The job
If the day was filmed, you need an editor. If the day was not filmed, you need a generator. Vantacut is the first.
Side by side
| Question | Runway | Vantacut |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A cloud-based creative platform to generate and edit video, built around its own video model. | A desktop editor whose Auto-Edit cuts your own event footage to a song. |
| Invented picture | Generating new video is the point of the model. | If it is not in your footage, it is not in the reel. Auto-Edit only uses the clips you give it. |
| Where it runs | In the cloud, with iPhone and Android apps. | On your Windows or Linux computer. Originals and songs never leave it. |
| What you get | Generated media to use in an edit. | A highlight reel as ordinary clips on a real timeline, yours to trim. |
Choose Runway if
You need a shot that does not exist, and you are willing to generate it.
Choose Vantacut if
You shot the wedding, the couple is waiting, and the footage is the film.
Which to pick
| If you need | Pick |
|---|---|
| A shot that was never filmed | Runway |
| Generated media to drop into an edit | Runway |
| Working from a phone app | Runway |
| A highlight reel of a wedding or event you filmed | Vantacut |
| Editing on your own computer, with the originals staying there | Vantacut |
Why a generator is the wrong tool for a wedding film
A couple wants the day that happened: their faces, their families, the vows they actually said. A generator makes new picture, which is its point and its value, but a generated ceremony is not their ceremony, and a client who notices will not forgive it. Event work starts from footage you shot. Auto-Edit only uses the clips you give it, so if a moment is not in your footage, it is not in the reel. That limit is the promise you are making to the client, and it is why the two products answer different searches even when both are called an AI video editor.
Where the two meet
They can sit in one workflow without being the same tool. If a film needs an establishing shot you could not get, or a title sequence built from generated media, make that asset where you make such things and import it into Vantacut like any other clip; it goes on the timeline wherever you put it. The highlight itself is still cut from the day’s footage: Auto-Edit watches it, asks who matters and the tone, shows a plan, then lays the reel on a new timeline of ordinary clips. Your own edit is never touched, and the whole reel is one undo from gone.
What each one needs from you
A generator needs a prompt and a clear picture in your head of a shot nobody filmed. Vantacut needs the cards from the day, one song as long as the film you sold, and a theme, plus a brief if you like. The rest is the part you already know: walking the reel against the day you filmed, beat by beat, and fixing what the first cut missed before the couple sees it.
Your footage stays on your computer
Editing, playback and export run on your computer, and your original footage and songs never leave it. To find moments, Auto-Edit shares low-quality copies of your clips, still frames and the speech, and the app asks once before anything is sent. The editor works worldwide, in English; credit packs are priced in Indian rupees.
Questions
Can I mix generated B-roll into a Vantacut timeline?
You can import any clip and place it on the timeline. Auto-Edit itself only cuts from the clips you give it.
Is Vantacut text-to-video?
No. It starts from footage you shot.
Why do search results mix these up?
“AI video editor” is used for both jobs. This page is here so you pick the one you actually need.
Does Vantacut need a powerful computer?
Editing, playback and export run on your computer, so the machine matters more than the connection. Heavy footage gets light proxies so playback stays smooth. Only Auto-Edit needs the internet.
Get the editor
Windows and Linux now; macOS is coming. The editor is free; create your account when it first opens.