AI Video Editing Tools: Chat With Videos, One-Take Editing, Asset Libraries

“If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is a library.” – Srinivas Narayanan

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❓ What You’ll Learn

How to chat with videos to trim footage and get editing tips?
How to live-edit parts of the video?
How to make great videos in one take?
How to lower the barrier to entry?
Why should you build AI plugins for popular video editors?
How to get early feedback?
How to help users streamline video creation?
How to help users overcome creative blocks?
How to boost customer success?
How to help prospective customers pick you over competitors?
How to build trust with your target audience?
How to monetize traffic?
How to get leads with free tools?

🔍 Problem

To make great videos, you need a high level of skill, creativity and technical expertise.

💡 Solution

AI video editing tools help you focus on your artistic vision and storytelling.

Instead of cutting, trimming, adding captions and taking care of other technical details.

🏁 Players

AI Video Editing Tools

Opus Clip • Turn long videos into short clips
Descript • The simple, powerful and fun way to edit
Typeframes • Turn text into product videos
Gling AI • Cut silences and bad takes
invideo AI • Create videos with text prompts
FireCut • Lightning-fast AI video editor in Adobe Premiere Pro
Zubtitle • Add subtitles, trim and repurpose videos with a few clicks

🗺️ Roadmap

1️⃣ Build Your App

Add a chat interface to trim footage, enhance visuals, apply effects and more.
- invideo AI tweaks the video with text commands.
- Viddyoze can make and edit videos from a simple chat.
- Filmora has an AI Copilot that offers editing tips for your video.

Let customers live-edit parts of the video.
- Pika lets you change colors and objects in the scene.
- Sora can change colors, objects and environments from text.

Help users make great videos in one take. Let AI enhance the visuals and sound to make it look professional.
- Descript lets you overdub mistakes and awkward phrases by rewriting the script.
- Vimeo lets you make videos in one take. You can generate, record and edit the script to get the best result.
- OneTake uses AI to edit, enhance and translate videos. Check out the original and AI-enhanced videos on its landing page.

2️⃣ Pick Your Monetization Strategy

Charge per user.
- Vimeo costs up to $108 per user.
- invideo AI costs up to $60 per user.
- Descript costs up to $30/mo per user.
Offer pay-per-use plans to lower the entry barrier by minimizing costs.
- CaptionCreator lets you get up to 2,000 credits for $140.
- Opus Clip lets you pick the number of processing minutes per year.
- DeepBrain AI Studios offers up to 240 AI processing minutes per month.
Use subscriptions to get predictable cash flow.
- TimeBolt costs $17 per month.
- Synthesia costs up to $67 per month.
- Adobe Premiere Pro costs $23 per month.

3️⃣ Find Your First Customers

Build on top of ecosystems to lower market risk. Help users become more productive with the tools they use.
- FireCut is an AI video editor plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro.
- AutoPod offers automatic editing for video podcasts and shows in Adobe Premiere Pro.
- AI AI, CAPTAIN is an AI editing plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve Studio.
Offer beta access to get early feedback.
- Dumme asks you to join its waitlist.
- Spingle.ai lets you apply to its beta waitlist.
- Nova AI announced a beta of its AI video clip maker.

4️⃣ Improve User Experience

Offer stock assets to help users streamline video creation.
- CapCut offers royalty-free music, graphics and effects.
- RawShorts offers up to 50 libraries with graphic assets.
- NOVA A.I. partnered with iStock to offer stock images, audio and videos.
Share video templates to help users overcome creative blocks.
- invideo AI has 5,000+ video templates for inspiration.
- Kapwing has hundreds of templates to boost your creativity.
- DeepBrain AI Studios has 500+ templates to make sales, news and education videos.

5️⃣ Boost Brand Awareness

Offer tutorials to educate users and boost customer success.
- FlexClip shares AI video creation and editing tips.
- OpusClip has tutorials on how to make, edit and export videos.
- Filmora has a full guide of its basic and advanced editing features. You can get free AI credits and 30-day plugin access by learning Filmora.
Build comparison pages to help people pick you over competitors.
- Klap compares itself to Qlip, Vydio, Munch and more.
- Submagic compares itself to Opus Clip, Zubtitle and more.
- Peech AI compares itself to Veed, Descript, Opus Clip and more.
Use content marketing to build trust with your target audience.
- Ssemble shares video marketing and editing posts.
- Descript posts on its blog, X (Twitter) and Facebook.
- Pictory shares educational posts on its blog, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

6️⃣ Scale Your Business

Build an affiliate program to monetize traffic.
- Wisecut pays up to $52 per sale.
- Zubtitle pays 30% recurring commissions.
- Fliki pays a 30% commission for every sale.
Use side project marketing to boost awareness and get leads.
- VEED has a free silence remover.
- Opus Clip has a free tool for generating captions.
- Kapwing has free tools such as an AI subtitle generator.
Offer a demo to get warm leads.
- Vimeo lets you play with its transcript editor.
- Keyframes Studio lets you try a demo project.
- Typeframes lets you generate and edit a sample video from text.

🙏 Thanks

Thanks to Chris Beaumont and Stewart Townsend. We had a great time jamming on this report.

✏️ Emin researched and wrote this report. Dru researched and edited this report.

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AI-Generated Headshots: The Moat In AI, AI Avatars, Building In Public

“Photography has nothing to do with cameras.” – Lucas Gentry

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🔍 Problem

To get professional headshots, you need great lighting, a wardrobe and a skilled photographer.

💡 Solution

AI headshot generators give you studio-quality photos without a physical photo shoot.

🏁 Players

AI Headshot Generators

HeadshotPro • Professional business headshots by Danny Postma
Photo AI • Create beautiful AI photos without using a camera by Pieter Levels
Secta AI • Turn selfies into professional headshots with AI
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InstaHeadshots • Turn your selfies into professional business headshots by Magic Studio
1PhotoAI • Generate beautiful AI photos from one selfie by Ken
Try it on AI • AI headshots for your LinkedIn, resume, social media and more
Simplified • Generate professional headshots without breaking the bank
BetterPic • Professional headshots with your phone selfies and everyday photos
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🗺️ Roadmap

1️⃣ Build your app

Train your own model to gain a competitive edge. More realistic and precise results will lead to positive word of mouth.
- Danny Postmaa built a custom Stable Diffusion model for HeadshotPro.
- Aragon AI says it uses a custom AI model to generate realistic headshots.
- Pieter Levels based Photo AI on custom Stable Diffusion models that he made for his Interior AI app.
Lower the time to value. Let clients get their first results fast – without waiting for hours.
- Pica AI says you’ll get your headshots in seconds.
- AI Headshot Generator says it needs 1 selfie to generate 4 images in 10 seconds.
- Ken says he made $1,023 in 10 days with 1PhotoAI. His headshot generator needed 1 selfie and 10 seconds to generate images. While competitors needed 20+ photos and hours of waiting.
Crowdsource challenges to solve problems. You’ll build faster with the help from the community.
- Pieter Levels asked his audience how to scale an SQL database.
- Danny Postma asked his audience how to lower Stripe disputes and solve technical challenges with his upscaler.

2️⃣ Pick your monetization strategy

Charge a subscription to get predictable revenue.
- Photo AI costs $39 – $299 per month.
- Creative Studio by Try it on AI costs $19 per month.
- AIPassportPhotos has subscription plans for up to $69 per month.
Charge per photo shoot to lower mental overhead.
- Bettershot costs $29 per person.
- Secta AI costs $49 per photo shoot.
- Try it on AI costs $21 per photo shoot.

3️⃣ Find your first customers

Build in public to build trust, get early customers and feedback.
- Seb Lhomme shared photo examples and plans for PhotoAI.me (acquired) in public.
- Danny Postma shares revenue numbers and product updates for HeadshotPro in public.
- Pieter Levels shares revenue numbers and product updates for Photo AI in public. He’s on track to making $90,000 MRR.
Use side project marketing to drive traffic to your paid AI headshot generator.
- Snap Headshots has a free profile pic generator.
- HeadshotsByAI has a free LinkedIn business card generator.
- Danny Postma made a free Profile Picture Generator. He wants to build more free apps to drive traffic to HeadshotPro.

4️⃣ Build trust

Showcase social proof by sharing reviews from happy customers.
- Secta AI shares a wall of testimonials from happy customers.
- ProPhotos shares reviews from doctors, lawyers, real estate agents and more.
- HeadshotPro says it has served 60,000 customers and generated 12,000,000 headshots.
Build trust by sharing sample images. This helps to convert visitors to paid users.
- InstaHeadshots shares sample AI headshots.
- HeadshotPro shares photos generated by real customers.
- Secta AI lets you view sample images from real customers.

5️⃣ Capture leads

Make a demo video to show your app’s workflow before asking for payment.
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- Pieter Levels makes short-form videos with Photo AI’s features.
- InstaHeadshots has an explainer video that highlights its features.
Use scarcity to boost conversion.
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- Pawify AI has themes that you can apply to pet photos. They are different each month.

6️⃣ Boost brand awareness

Use Programmatic SEO to rank higher in Google. Target long-tail keywords to reach a higher-intent audience.
- Pet Booth has pages with popular dog and cat breeds.
- Aragon AI has headshot pages based on your profession. Such as students, lawyers, sales and more.
- 1PhotoAI has pages with different style keywords. Such as headshots for passports, weddings, Halloween and more.
- HeadshotPro has on-site keywords for different clothing options. Plus pages with headshot types and locations. They show their app among headshot studios in a specific city.
Use affiliate marketing to scale your marketing efforts.
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- Aragon AI pays a 20% commission to affiliates. They’ve paid $100,000 in commissions.
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Notion Templates: Building in Public, $100,000 in 1 Month, Micro-Templates

“A good system shortens the road to the goal.”

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Notion Templates

Lifestyle Tracker • Focus on things that matter by Rosie Sherry
Property Listing • Property portfolio for real estate agencies by Santosh
Freelance OS • Track your projects and clients by Easlo
Task Architect • Task management system by Pascio
Notion Agency Kit • Launch and scale your agency business by Matt Bio
Knowledge Hub Template • Collect and save important resources by Marie Poulin
Ultimate Brain • Organize your notes, tasks and projects by Thomas Frank
Airbnb Super Pack • Property manager for Airbnb hosts by Alejandra Cienfuegos

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Offer micro-templates. These are simple templates that focus on 1 job-to-be-done.
- Psclla made Food Diary to track eating habits.
- Ithakka made Risk Register to log project risks.
- Hamza made Fiverr Quick Responses and Project Questionnaire.
- Red Gregory made a Pomodoro Planner, Podcast Calendar and more.

Build in public to earn trust and early customers.
- Victor Bigfield is building Buildearn OS in public.
- Pascio shares how he made $144,000 with Notion templates.
- Thomas Frank shares strategies to make $100,000 in a month with Notion templates.

Find inspiration in others’ work. Take the guesswork out of what to build.
- Smoul based Grow with Naval Ravikant on Naval’s mental models.
- Wesley Anna based Ultimate Notion Dashboard on templates by other creators.
- Fernando Cordeiro based User Research Playbook on The Mom Test and Deploy Empathy.

🌱 How to Grow Notion Templates

Offer freemium templates to lower customer acquisition costs.
- Ismail offers free and paid versions of GTD Dashboard.
- Julian Paul offers 2 free templates as part of Bootstrap OS.
- Rosidssoy offers free and paid versions of Finance Tracker.

Offer free templates as lead magnets to build an email list.
- Ben Issen offers his Invoice Template for free.
- Matt Bio offers Weekly Habit Tracker and Project Proposal for free.
- Sarthak Sharma offers Basic Employee Management System for free.

Use affiliate marketing to get others to share your templates.
- Matt Bio lets you become an affiliate for his Notion templates.
- Jess Lozano offers a 20% commission for selling Ultimate Agent Hub.
- Pascio says his best affiliates made $12,000 for sharing his templates.

💰 How to Monetize Notion Templates

Offer one-time pricing to lower buyer fatigue.
- Bootstrap OS costs $53.
- Finance Tracker costs $19.
- Obsidian Life OS costs $45.

Build custom templates for a fixed fee.
- William Nutt builds smart workspaces.
- iNotion offers custom workspaces for up to $1,289.
- Miha makes cinematic videos for Notion templates.
- Sev Estil helps businesses build custom workspaces.
- Rames Quinerie builds custom templates for up to $9,995.
- Tem Nugmanov helps to optimize Notion workspaces with Optemization.

Upsell a 1:1 version with personalized help. Done-with-you is more valuable than do-it-yourself.
- Davis W. Frank charges $69 for a call on using 1-1 Tracker.
- Triz charges $69 for a 45-minute call on using ProjectOS Pro.
- Ben Taylor upsells a custom Notion CRM setup with 1:1 consulting.

🔮 Predictions

We’ll see more custom widgets for personalizing Notion templates.
- Blocs offers Pomodoro, water and habit trackers.
- Notion Plus offers dozens of widgets for custom templates.
- Widgets.so helps to boost productivity with custom widgets.
- Kairo Notion Blocks offers colorful time, habit and goal tracking widgets.

SaaS products will be inspired by Notion. They will try to be as simple and elegant.
- eFounders built folk, a CRM inspired by Notion. They officially compare the two.
- Marie Martens and Filip Minev built Tally. They wanted to build “Notion of form builders”.
- Christophe Pasquier is building Slite. He wanted to build a knowledge management tool that is easier than Notion.

We’ll see more all-in-one templates. These are operating systems for your work, business and life.
- HiveMind is a template for early-stage startups.
- UX Chunks is a manual for designing great products.
- Student OS has everything you need for your academic career.
- Web Designer Hub helps to manage web design projects in one place.
- Small Business OS helps to build, grow and operate small businesses.
- Newsletter Operating System helps to curate, write, grow and monetize newsletters.

😠 Haters

“Templates have limitations. It’s better to find a SaaS for your needs.”
Most SaaS are closed-source businesses. They too have limitations. But you can’t tailor their interface to your needs.

“It’s hard to differentiate.”
While the core is the same. You can add a “service” to stand out. It’s harder to copy a 1:1 call, cohort-based course or community.

“These templates are easy to clone.”
Second Brain is a popular template type. Easlo sold 4,640 copies. Thomas Frank made $760,000 with Ultimate Brain. Simon sold 1,902 copies of the Life OS bundle. Do not fear the competition. Distribution is what matters.

🔗 Links

Making $500,000 with Notion Templates • The thread behind this report.
Building a Report on Notion Templates • The tweet behind this report.
Selling Notion Templates • Beginner’s guide on making and marketing Notion templates.
$100,000 MRR Selling Notion Templates • Thomas Frank talking about building and marketing Notion templates.

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Digital Products • Share your knowledge in a scalable way.

🙏 Thanks

Thanks to Bernhard Friedrichs, Avy Leghziel, Thomas Demesmaeker, Santosh Kumar Srinivas, Kimon Skarlatos, Sebastian, Sagar Shah, Julien Collet and Trilok Hebbur. We had a great time jamming on this report.

✏️ Emin researched and wrote this report. Dru researched and edited this report.

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Solving Invented Problems

Some problems, when solved, lead to making things better.

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