AI video editing tools. What editors want and how far is AI from delivering?

TL;DR

This paper surveys the current state of AI-powered video editing tools, identifies editors' automation needs, and assesses technological limits to guide future research in creating truly intelligent editing systems.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive overview of research in intelligent video editing tools, surveys professional editors' needs, and analyzes AI capabilities and limitations for automation.

Findings

Identifies key automation needs from professional editors

Highlights technological gaps in current AI video editing tools

Provides recommendations for future research directions

Abstract

Video editing can be a very tedious task, so unsurprisingly Artificial Intelligence has been increasingly used to streamline the workflow or automate away tedious tasks. However, it is very difficult to get an overview of what intelligent video editing tools are in the research literature and needs for automation from the video editors. So, we identified the field of intelligent video editing tools in research, and we survey the opinions of professional video editors. We have also summarized current state of the art in artificial intelligence research with the intention of identifying what are the possibilities and current technical limits towards truly intelligent video editing tools. The findings contribute towards understanding of the field of intelligent video editing tools, highlights unaddressed automation needs by the survey and provides general suggestions for further research in intelligent video editing tools.