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A full shot plan for every script, without editing by hand.
AI Director
An AI editor that plans every shot of your video.
Most script-to-video tools give each scene one picture. AI Director edits the way a person would: it decides how many shots a scene needs, where each one comes from, how long it stays on screen and the exact word it lands on. Your script is never rewritten.
- 4cut rhythms
- 3visual sources per shot
- 6transition types
- 0words rewritten
What is AI Director?
AI Director is the part of Vid Optimus that turns a script into an edit. It reads your narration scene by scene and writes a shot plan: how many shots each scene gets, whether each one is an AI image, a stock photo or a stock video, how it moves and how it hands over to the next.
It works with the language model you connect: Groq, OpenAI or Google Gemini, with your own key. It plans the pictures, never the words. Every sentence you wrote is read back exactly as you wrote it, and every choice the Director makes stays editable.
Shot planning
More than one picture per scene
A long line about a harbour at dawn might need a wide shot, a close-up and a stock clip of boats. AI Director plans each shot with its own source and length, so a scene keeps moving instead of sitting on one image.
Shot planning
- How many shots each scene needs
- AI image, stock photo or stock video for every shot
- A Ken Burns move or a clip that plays as shot
- Transitions: fade, slide, slide right, rise, zoom or a hard cut
Word-accurate cuts
Every cut lands on the word it belongs to
Shots are planned after the voiceover, on the Plan step, so the Director places each picture on the word it starts at. A picture of the harbour comes on screen as "harbour" is said, not a second before or after, however fast the voice reads.
Word-accurate cuts
- Re-voicing a scene moves every cut with the new take
- Editing a line keeps each shot on the same words
- Long shots split where the sentence turns, after a comma or on "and" or "when"
- Maps and charts stay up until their last place or figure is said
Rhythm
Four cut rhythms, each with its own look
Pick the pacing that suits your channel. Each rhythm changes how often the picture changes, what kind of shots the Director prefers and how much the pictures move.
Rhythm
- Documentary: pictures hold 5 to 7 seconds, about 11 cuts a minute, wide shots, real footage, places on maps and dates on timelines
- Calm: spacious pictures and gentle motion
- Standard: a mix of wide, medium and close shots
- Punchy: close-ups, a stronger push-in and key lines on text cards
Optional extras
Charts, maps, text cards and a hook, only when you want them
Switch on Charts, Maps or Motion graphics and the Director uses them where a line gives a number, names a place or makes a point worth putting on screen. Tick Opening hook and it opens your video on your strongest line.
Optional extras
- Only numbers and places your script actually says
- Off until you switch them on
- Your own custom image styles, planned for that look
AI Director, step by step
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1 Script
Paste your script. The Director can choose where to split it into scenes, only ever on your own sentences.
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2 Voice
Voice each scene with the built-in voice or a premium engine, or bring your own recording.
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3 Plan
AI Director plans the shots on the exact words, scene by scene. In Auto mode it plans four scenes at a time as they are voiced.
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4 Polish
Change any shot, source, move or cut on the Visuals and Timeline screens, then export.
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Every feature included. No card needed.
Made for creators like you
Documentary and history
The Documentary rhythm, with maps and timelines where the story needs them.
Shorts and Reels
Punchy pacing with close-ups and text cards for vertical video.
FAQ
AI Director: common questions
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Does AI Director write or change my script?
No. It plans the pictures, not the words. It can choose where to split your script into scenes, but only on your own sentences, and every word is read back exactly as you wrote it.
Which AI models does AI Director use?
The language model you connect with your own key: Groq, OpenAI or Google Gemini. Gemini and Groq both have free tiers, and the app waits and carries on when a free key asks it to slow down.
Can I change what AI Director planned?
Yes. Every shot, source, move, transition and cut stays editable on the Plan, Visuals and Timeline screens. On the timeline you can move a cut one word earlier or later.
What are the cut rhythms?
Documentary, Calm, Standard and Punchy. They set how long pictures hold, what kinds of shots the Director prefers and how strongly pictures move. Documentary holds pictures 5 to 7 seconds; Punchy cuts fastest with close-ups.
Does AI Director pick stock footage or AI images?
Either, per shot. It chooses between an AI image, a stock photo and a stock video for each shot, and in Auto mode it never repeats a stock pick.
Do I have to use AI Director?
No. You can plan shots by hand, and projects without the Director work as usual.
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