Guide
ChatGPT video editing apps hand your video to another company's editor
Updated
ChatGPT doesn't edit video itself. A video editing app inside ChatGPT passes your clip to its own editor, and that editor does the work.
In short
- Five video editing apps work with ChatGPT as of November 2026: Adobe, OpusClip, ChatCut, CapCut and invideo. Each one sends your video to its maker's own editor.
- Adobe lets you start without an account. The others need an account with the app's maker, and OpusClip's tools need a paid plan. ChatCut and CapCut are set up in the ChatGPT desktop app.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor is not a ChatGPT app. Jacob, its AI editor, makes the whole edit of a clip of you talking, and you change it by asking in a chat.
A florist's 35-second order-page clip, before and after Cutroom's Magic Editor
Drawn as Jacob's first edit in the Skit style, then two changes asked for in the chat.
Drawing of an example clip, not a customer video
Before · the clip as filmed
A 35-second phone video of a florist showing the order page of her flower shop
“So, um, forgot a birthday again? You can order flowers from us , uh, in under a minute. Pick a bunch, pick a, sorry, pick a time, and we bring it to the door.”
struck through = what Jacob cuts
After · Jacob's first edit, Skit style
“Forgot a birthday again? You can order flowers from us in under a minute. Pick a bunch, pick a time, and we bring it to the door.”
- On “again”: your opening question big on screen, then a sudden silent stop
- On “order”: a card with your screenshot order-page.png sliding over your face
- On “time”: your second screenshot, delivery-slots.png, swapped into the card
- On “door”: a phone playing your screen recording checkout.mp4 as the video ends
window: order-page.png
Then you ask Jacob
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”v2the same edit, about 10 seconds shorter
- “Make the key words stand out more”v3the words birthday, time and door now stand out bigger in your brand colour
Which video editing apps work inside ChatGPT?
These five are the ones their makers describe on their own pages, as of November 2026. In each one you type what you want in ChatGPT. The app's own editor then makes the change, sometimes in a new tab.
Whether you can add an app also depends on your ChatGPT plan, your workspace and your country.
- To add Adobe, open Plugins in ChatGPT on the web or desktop and add it. Then type @Adobe in a chat, attach your video and download the result.
- OpusClip works from a link. You give it a YouTube or Vimeo video and it cuts short clips from it.
- ChatCut and CapCut are set up in the ChatGPT desktop app. You can open CapCut's result in its own editor to finish it by hand.
- invideo opens a project in its own editor and sends you the link.
ChatGPT video editing apps, app by app
Each maker's own claims, read on 13 November 2026. Plans and countries can change what you see.
| App | What it does with a video | What you need |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe | A quick cut, a highlight reel, a resized copy for social apps | Nothing to start; some tools need a paid Adobe plan |
| OpusClip | Short clips from a YouTube or Vimeo link, caption fixes | An OpusClip Pro Beta, Max or Business plan |
| ChatCut | Cuts, captions and b-roll (extra shots over your voice) | The ChatGPT desktop app and a ChatCut account |
| CapCut | Edits your footage or makes a video from a prompt | The ChatGPT desktop app; access can depend on your account and country |
| invideo | Edits footage or makes a new video in invideo's editor | An invideo account |
App: Adobe
- What it does with a video
- A quick cut, a highlight reel, a resized copy for social apps
- What you need
- Nothing to start; some tools need a paid Adobe plan
App: OpusClip
- What it does with a video
- Short clips from a YouTube or Vimeo link, caption fixes
- What you need
- An OpusClip Pro Beta, Max or Business plan
App: ChatCut
- What it does with a video
- Cuts, captions and b-roll (extra shots over your voice)
- What you need
- The ChatGPT desktop app and a ChatCut account
App: CapCut
- What it does with a video
- Edits your footage or makes a video from a prompt
- What you need
- The ChatGPT desktop app; access can depend on your account and country
App: invideo
- What it does with a video
- Edits footage or makes a new video in invideo's editor
- What you need
- An invideo account
How Cutroom's Magic Editor does it without ChatGPT
Cutroom's Magic Editor is a separate editor, not a ChatGPT app. You upload one clip of you talking, pick a style and press "Make my video". Jacob, its AI editor, makes the whole edit.
Then you change it the way you'd ask ChatGPT: by typing in a chat. For a video where you show your shop's website while you talk, pick the style called Skit. It slides your screenshots over your face.
- It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first cut is ready. You can close the page while Jacob works. Your video keeps going.
- Jacob cuts the ums and the false starts, adds captions and puts each screenshot on the words where you mention it.
- Cutroom works with credits that come with your plan. The first edit costs 250 credits, and each chat message that changes it costs 40. A question that changes nothing is free, up to 20 a day.
- Every change Jacob makes is a new version. The earlier versions stay, and going back to one is free.
- No plugin and no ChatGPT plan is needed. Cutroom is not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic or Google.
How Cutroom's Magic Editor edits a video like this
Jacob is the AI editor inside Cutroom's Magic Editor: it edits your video for you, then changes it when you ask in a chat.
The 4 styles, as example edits
Steps
Three steps, four angles
Skit
Hook, hard stop, demo card
Verdict
The tester's verdict
Poster
Typography does the talking
Hover or tap an example to play it, without sound. These are example edits of each style; the presenters in them are generated with AI.
- Your take: one video of you talking, up to 3 minutes
- Your style: one of 4: Steps, Skit, Verdict or Poster
- Your files: screenshots, a screen recording or a logo, if you have them
- Your goal: what the video is for, in a few words, if you like
- Jacob makes it: normally 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email
- Your edit: ask Jacob for changes in a chat, then export
Then you ask Jacob, for example
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”
- “Put a clip on the strongest sentence”
- “Change the music to something calmer”
Each change is a new version, and going back is free. First cut 250 credits, each change 40, questions free, export 30 credits per started minute.
Which one fits your video
An app inside ChatGPT is handy if you already use that company's editor. Pick by the video you have.
- You have a long YouTube video and want short clips from it. OpusClip takes the link, but its tools need a paid OpusClip plan.
- You want a quick cut or a resized copy without making an account first. Adobe lets you start without one.
- You want to finish the edit by hand afterwards. CapCut gives you a project to open in its editor, but only from the ChatGPT desktop app.
- You filmed yourself talking and want a finished video back without touching an editor. Cutroom's Magic Editor hands back the finished video.
- Your video is long, wide or square. Cutroom takes a clip up to 3 minutes and makes one vertical MP4, 1080 by 1920, so a long or wide video needs another editor.
Questions people ask
- What video editing apps can I use in ChatGPT?
- As of November 2026, Adobe, OpusClip, ChatCut, CapCut and invideo each offer a way to edit video from ChatGPT. Each one uses its own editor. Adobe lets you start without an account; the others need one with that company.
- Are ChatGPT video editing apps free?
- Some can start for free. Adobe says you need no account to start, but some tools need a paid Adobe plan. OpusClip's tools only run on its Pro Beta, Max or Business plans.
- Can ChatGPT edit a video without an app?
- No. OpusClip's own page puts it plainly: ChatGPT can't cut footage by itself. Without an app, ChatGPT can tell you where to cut and what to add, but you still need an editor to make the video.
- Is Cutroom a ChatGPT app?
- No. Cutroom is not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic or Google. Cutroom's Magic Editor is a separate editor: Jacob, its AI editor, edits your clip and takes changes in a chat. Your first video is free, within 7 days of signing up.
Upload one clip of you talking, and Jacob makes the whole edit, then takes your changes in a chat. Your first video is free.