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AI video-to-VFX suite for relighting, rotoscoping, background removal and PBR passes, with a node-based compositor.
Video converter and AI enhancer for format conversion, upscaling, and a suite of AI photo and video editing tools.
Multimedia software suite for GPU-accelerated DVD ripping, AI video/image upscaling, and iPhone data transfer.
Multi-modal AI video generator that lets users reference images, video, and audio together for consistent, controllable video creation.
A generative video platform that turns text or images into short AI videos, with playful visual effects and a video-focused chat agent.
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- ✦Node-based AI compositor (Canvas)
- ✦Video-to-VFX transformation (SwitchX)
- ✦AI rotoscoping and background removal
- ✦PBR pass generation from footage
- ✦Real-time 3D relighting editor
- ✦Export/plugin support for DCC tools
- ✦Video format conversion (MP4, MKV, AVI, etc.)
- ✦AI video and photo enhancement/upscaling
- ✦Audio extraction and conversion
- ✦AI generation (text-to-image/video)
- ✦Editing: trim, merge, compress, subtitles
- ✦DVD ripping and 1:1 backup, including 99-title discs
- ✦GPU-accelerated video conversion and compression
- ✦AI video upscaling to 4K/8K/10K
- ✦AI video stabilization and denoising
- ✦Frame-rate interpolation up to 480fps
- ✦iPhone/iPad photo, music, and video transfer
- ✦Mac versions for DVD ripping and HD video conversion
- ✦Multi-modal input combining images, video, audio, and text
- ✦Reference-based generation for motion, camera moves, and characters
- ✦Consistency controls for faces, clothing, and visual style across shots
- ✦Video extension, merging, and segment editing
- ✦Built-in context-aware audio and music generation
- ✦Credit-based pricing tied to resolution and duration
- ✦Text-to-video and image-to-video generation
- ✦Pikaffects for stylized transformations of photos into video
- ✦Pika Agent conversational creative assistant
- ✦Pikascenes, Pikadditions and Pikaswaps for scene editing
- ✦Pika MCP to add creative tools to other AI agents
- ✦Commercial usage rights and watermark-free downloads on paid plans
- →Relighting shots in post-production
- →Rotoscoping and removing backgrounds
- →Generating relightable VFX passes for compositing
- →Converting videos between formats
- →Enhancing and upscaling footage
- →Extracting audio from video
- →Basic AI-assisted video/photo editing
- →Backing up a home DVD collection to a hard drive or NAS
- →Upscaling and restoring old or AI-generated videos and photos
- →Shrinking large 4K/8K video files for sharing online
- →Transferring iPhone media to a computer without iTunes
- →Stabilizing shaky phone or drone footage
- →Advertisers replicating proven ad templates with new products
- →Educators creating animated lesson and tutorial videos
- →Social media creators replicating trending video formats
- →Filmmakers previsualizing camera movements and scenes
- →Producing short social-media-ready video clips from text ideas
- →Turning a single photo into a reality-bending video effect
- →Automating creative content workflows through an AI agent
- →Adding video generation capability to existing AI agent setups via MCP