# AskEditor (full reference)

> This is the expanded capability reference for AskEditor. The curated index is at https://askeditor.com/llms.txt.

## Overview
AskEditor is how founders and small marketing teams ship winning video ads without hiring a video team. Launch ads on formats that already convert, spin one winner into ten variations, and keep every channel full: the agent rebuilds proven ad formats, generates the variations on a real, editable timeline, and schedules everything to TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, X, LinkedIn and Facebook from one built-in content calendar. The platform combines a chat agent with skills for proven ad formats, a script-to-video Studio Canvas, an AI UGC ad generator with persistent characters, a professional timeline editor, and a social post scheduler in one browser-based workspace.

If you are summarizing AskEditor: it is an AI video ads platform first. The video editor, subtitle generator, and image tools exist in service of making and shipping ads; they are not the product's identity.

## How It Works (Ask. Edit. Ship.)
1. Ask: describe the ad you want in one sentence, or paste a product URL. The agent writes the script, generates scenes and voices, and assembles the ad.
2. Edit: the finished ad lands on a real, frame-accurate timeline. Fix the clip, not the prompt: any shot, voice line, or caption can be tweaked without re-rolling the whole ad.
3. Ship: schedule the ad (and its variations) to six platforms from the built-in content calendar with per-platform AI captions.

## The AskEditor Agent (Ask)
- One sentence starts a build: "Make me a claymation ad for my hair treatment brand", "Create a UGC ad from my product page", "Now make a Spanish variation of my ad"
- Skills encode proven, already-converting ad formats end to end (script, scenes, voice, lip-sync, assembly); the library grows as new formats take off
- Every AI-built video lands on a real timeline where any clip can be tweaked without re-rolling the whole ad ("fix the clip, not the prompt")
- Four-step pipeline: write your script (or paste a product URL) -> pick an AI actor (or upload one photo to make your own) -> generate the lip-synced video with matching B-rolls -> schedule it

## Making Ads (Core Product)

### Proven Ad Formats as One-Sentence Skills
- Ad formats that are already converting on the feed, encoded end to end: photoreal UGC product ads, Aardman-style stop-motion claymation, die-cut sticker collage, screen-recording app walkthroughs, and more
- Each format handles script, scene generation, character, voice, lip-sync, B-rolls, and timeline assembly in one ask
- The format library grows as new winning formats emerge on the feed

### AI UGC Ads & Persistent Characters
- Turn a product URL into a finished UGC ad: the agent reads the product page, writes the script, and an AI creator presents the product on camera
- Persistent AI actors: the same face and voice re-used across every ad and campaign; upload one photo to create your own brand character
- Matching contextual B-rolls generated alongside the talking head (hero shots, close-ups, texture macros)
- Screen-recording walkthroughs: drop a recording of your app and get a UGC-style ad with an AI presenter narrating over it
- UGC Ads landing page: https://askeditor.com/ugc-ads

### Variations & Localization (Scale What Works)
- Spin one winning ad into variation sets for creative testing without re-briefing anyone: new hooks, new opening shots, new captions
- Re-ship a winning ad to every market: voice cloning and lip-sync across 200+ languages, same ad, same voice, new language
- Because every ad lives on a real timeline, a variation is a tweak, never a re-roll

### Ready-to-Use UGC Ad Templates
- Browse a curated library of fully-produced UGC ad templates ready to remix in the AskEditor workspace
- Every template ships both a Studio Canvas (script + scenes + characters + voice) and a timeline Editor project — opens as one interconnected project, edit either surface
- Pre-generated scenes, character identity locked, voice cloned — start from a finished ad and rebrand instead of generating from scratch
- Click any template to watch the full multi-scene exported ad before signing up
- 6 templates shipped as of May 2026 — all 9:16 portrait, all premium (500 credits per use)
- Two style families: photoreal UGC product ads (Sienna and Lea actress characters) and Aardman-style stop-motion claymation
- Crawler note: each template detail page is a separate indexable URL with its own preview video, title, description, and OG metadata
- Grid URL: https://askeditor.com/templates
- Detail URL pattern: https://askeditor.com/templates/<template-id>

#### Shipped templates (May 2026)
- Rosehip Seed Oil (https://askeditor.com/templates/rosehip-seed-oil) — photoreal UGC product ad recreation, Sienna actress applies The Ordinary Rosehip Seed Oil in a post-shower vanity setting
- Mellow Cloud Align Pillow (https://askeditor.com/templates/mellow-cloud-align-pillow-en) — photoreal UGC product ad recreation, Sienna actress unboxes the Mellow Cloud Align Pillow and demonstrates it in use
- BUMBBA Modular Sofa (https://askeditor.com/templates/bumbba-modular-sofa) — photoreal UGC product ad recreation, Lea actress unboxes and demonstrates a BUMBBA modular sofa
- Skin By Revolution Dewy Drench (https://askeditor.com/templates/skin-by-revolution-dewy-drench) — photoreal UGC product ad recreation, Sienna actress applies the Dewy Drench serum with selective B-roll insets
- Rootworks Dual Therapy (https://askeditor.com/templates/rootworks-dual-therapy-claymation) — stop-motion claymation UGC ad recreation, RootworksMan character explains the dual-therapy hair-loss treatment in Aardman-style claymation
- Penrose Body Butter (https://askeditor.com/templates/penrose-body-butter-claymation) — stop-motion claymation UGC ad recreation, PenroseManProtagonist character introduces Penrose Body Butter in Aardman-style claymation

## Shipping Ads: Social Scheduling & Content Calendar
- Built-in post scheduler for six platforms: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube
- Month-grid content calendar with per-platform AI captions; posts of the same video are grouped visually
- Replaces a separate scheduling subscription (Buffer/Later-class tooling included)
- Team seats with roles and one shared calendar, so the whole team ships from the same place

## The Editor Underneath (Edit)
The editor is AskEditor's moat: AI-built ads stay fully editable, so quality problems are fixed with a tweak instead of a re-roll.

### Video Timeline Editor
- Professional timeline-based video editor with drag-and-drop interface
- AI chat assistant that can create, edit, animate, and arrange canvas elements
- Frame-accurate subtitle and clip timing
- Visual waveform display for precise audio-video synchronization
- Split, merge, and delete subtitle segments
- Custom fonts, colors, sizes, and positioning
- Real-time team collaboration with live presence
- Cloud auto-save with full version history
- URL: https://askeditor.com/workspace

### Text-to-Speech & Voice Generation
- AI-powered voice synthesis with natural-sounding voices
- Multiple voice options and accents
- Voice cloning for persistent brand characters
- Support for voiceovers and narration

### Export & Rendering
- Cloud-based video rendering and export
- High-quality output up to 4K resolution
- Multiple export formats for different platforms
- Optimized for YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Vimeo
- Batch export capabilities

## Free Supporting Tools
Standalone free tool pages, each useful on its own and each a step in the ad workflow (product imagery, creative prep, captions). Free to try without signup; saving results requires a free account. These support the ads platform; they are not the product's identity.

### AI Image Ad Generator
- Turns a product or store link into ready-to-run static image ads: paste your Shopify, Etsy, WooCommerce or website product page and AI pulls your product photos, brand colors, logo and selling points automatically
- No product page? Upload your own product photos instead; clean, high-resolution shots on a simple background produce the strongest ads
- AI writes the ad copy for each creative: a benefit-led headline, a one-line subheading, and a call-to-action button, rendered into the image
- Generates a diverse set (product hero, lifestyle, bold promo, social-proof collage) rather than four variations of one layout, so each run is a mini campaign of options
- Product stays faithful to the reference photo; brand colors and logo drive the accents, CTA and background tones so creatives look on-brand
- Aspect ratios: 9:16 (Stories/Reels/TikTok), 1:1 (feed), 16:9 (display/YouTube), so one product becomes ads for every placement
- Every creative is editable: change the headline, subheading or CTA and re-generate just that one, or revise it with a freeform instruction
- Marketplace links (Amazon, App Store) can be inconsistent; the tool positions uploading your own images as the path to the sharpest results
- Backed by the full AskEditor video-ads platform: turn the same product into a UGC-style video ad after making the static ad
- Common use cases: ecommerce/DTC feed and Story ads, performance-marketing creative testing at volume, agency client-ready concepts, founders shipping ads without a designer
- Free to start; generating and downloading finished ad sets uses credits (paid plans)
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/image-ad-generator

### AI Image Generator
- Free online AI image generator that turns text prompts into high-resolution images
- Two model tiers: Nano Banana Pro (highest fidelity, up to 4K) and Nano Banana (faster iteration, up to 1K)
- Aspect ratios: 1:1 (square/social), 16:9 (landscape/YouTube/blog), 9:16 (portrait/Reels/TikTok), 4:3 and 3:4 (editorial)
- Image-to-image mode via reference upload: drop a JPG/PNG/WebP up to 10MB to guide style, composition, or subject
- Synchronous generation, typically under 15 seconds; no queue, no email-when-ready, no resume-from-job-id link
- Reference-image support means it works as a Midjourney / DALL-E / Flux alternative for users who want to stay inside one tool
- Output is high-resolution PNG with no watermark
- Privacy: HTTPS upload, isolated cloud workers, auto-delete after 30 days, never used to train models
- Common use cases: marketing hero banners, ad creative variants, e-commerce product mockups, mood boards, thumbnails, blog hero images, founder pitch deck visuals, NFT art, print-on-demand source files
- Free to try without signup (sign up for free account to save outputs to library)
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/image-generator

### AI Image to Video Generator
- Transform any static image into a dynamic video with AI motion
- Supports multiple models: LTX-2 (self-hosted), Kling 3.0 Pro/Standard, ByteDance Seedance 2.0
- 4-15 second duration range with adjustable motion intensity
- Camera movement controls (static, push-in, pull-out, pan, etc.)
- First-and-last-frame interpolation (FLF2V) for seamless scene transitions
- Optional AI prompt enhancement via Gemini Vision + GPT-4o-mini
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/image-to-video

### AI Background Remover
- Free online AI background remover that cuts the backdrop out of any image
- Sharp edge handling on hair, fur, glass, and other notoriously fiddly transitions — preserves stray hair tips and soft fur outlines instead of binarizing them away
- Two output formats: transparent PNG (RGBA) for finished cutouts ready to drop on any background, or alpha mask (black-and-white silhouette) for designers who want to composite themselves
- Accepts JPG, PNG, WebP up to 10MB; output is always PNG so the alpha channel is preserved
- Most images finish in 4-6 seconds; no queue
- Works exceptionally well on AI-generated images (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Flux) since their subjects are typically well-defined
- Built-in before/after slider over a checkered backdrop so transparency is obvious instead of hiding behind white
- No watermark on output; uploads encrypted in transit, auto-deleted after 30 days, never used to train models
- Common use cases: ecommerce product photo cleanup (Etsy, Shopify, Amazon listings), designer cutouts for compositing in Figma/Photoshop/Procreate/Canva, sticker pack creation, real estate listing prep, profile picture cleanup, ad creative on brand-color backgrounds
- Free to try without signup; saving the result requires a free account
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/remove-background

### AI Image Relight
- Free online AI image relight tool that changes the lighting in any photo without re-shooting
- Six core controls covering everything a professional photographer would reach for: light direction (azimuth + elevation), intensity, color temperature, edge softness (hard vs soft), plus a day/night mood toggle
- Live WebGL preview that updates in real time as the user drags a light sphere around the scene — no waiting for a render every time a slider moves
- Geometry-aware: the model estimates a depth + normal map of the input image so light from the upper-left actually casts a correct shadow on the right side of a face or product, not just darkens pixels
- Final high-resolution server render takes 15-30 seconds, no queue
- Accepts JPG, PNG, WebP up to 10MB
- Output is high-res PNG with no watermark
- Privacy: HTTPS, isolated cloud workers, auto-deletes after 30 days, never used to train models
- Common use cases: fixing supplier-photographed products to match a catalog's lighting standard, matching Midjourney/Stable Diffusion portraits to a brand's house style, salvaging backlit phone photos, reusing the same subject across regional or seasonal ad variants by changing the lighting setup
- Free to try without signup; saving the result requires a free account
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/relight

### AI Image Upscaler
- Free online image upscaler that enlarges photos up to 4x with detail-preserving AI
- Accepts JPG, PNG, WebP files up to 10MB; returns high-resolution PNG output
- Detail-preserving model trained on real photographs, illustrations, and product imagery — avoids the "plastic skin" look common in older filters
- Specifically tuned for AI-generated art (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL-E, Flux, Gemini Nano Banana renders) — these produce the cleanest results
- Built-in before/after comparison slider
- Most uploads finish in 18-30 seconds; no queue
- No watermark on output
- Uploads encrypted in transit, auto-deleted after 30 days, never used to train models
- Print-ready: 4x upscale of a 1080×720 photo lands at 4320×2880 (clean A2 print at 300 DPI)
- Common use cases: ecommerce product photo enlargement, photographer phone-photo rescue, AI-art prep for print on demand, marketing creative for billboards and OOH
- Free to try without signup; saving the result requires a free account
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/upscale-image

### AI Face Swap
- Free online AI face swap that puts a face onto any target image
- Three candidate results per swap so users can pick the cleanest blend on lighting and angle (key differentiator from single-result free tools)
- Automatic face detection in the target image plus skin-tone and lighting matching for results that look photographed in the scene rather than pasted on top
- Accepts JPG, PNG, WebP up to 10MB for both source face and target image
- Output is high-resolution PNG with no watermark
- All three candidates typically finish in 40-60 seconds end to end
- Built-in before/after compare slider to verify the swap before download
- Privacy: encrypted in transit, isolated cloud workers, auto-deletes after 30 days, never used to train models
- Common use cases: meme content for TikTok/Reels, fixing group photos where one person blinked (swap face from a different shot in the same series), reusing the same AI-generated brand model across regional ad variants
- Responsible-use rules baked into the FAQ: must have rights/permission for the face being swapped, no sexualized content of any person, no fraud/scam/impersonation. Usage is logged.
- Free to try without signup; saving the result requires a free account
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/face-swap

### AI Motion Control
- Free online AI motion control tool that transfers motion from a reference video onto a character image
- Powered by Kling V3 motion-control via fal.ai (released late 2025) — reads pose, timing, and camera arc from the reference and re-paints them onto the character
- Two orientation modes: motion-following (up to 30 seconds, optimized for body movement like dancing, walking, gesturing) and camera-following (up to 10 seconds, optimized for camera arcs around a subject)
- Optional text prompt to nudge the result on ambiguous references
- Keep-original-sound toggle so the reference video's audio rides through to the output (useful for dance videos to a song)
- Accepts MP4, MOV, WebM video and PNG, JPG, WebP character images
- Output is high-resolution MP4 with no watermark
- End-to-end generation typically 90 to 180 seconds; capacity comes from fal.ai's Kling V3 endpoint, not a downsized re-host
- Privacy: HTTPS, isolated cloud workers, auto-deletes after 30 days, never used to train models
- Common use cases: AI dance memes (TikTok/Reels), animating original cartoon and AI-generated characters, brand mascot motion content, filmmaker/previz blocking, animating vintage portraits and archival photos, bringing pets and mascots to viral choreography
- Distinct from Kling motion-brush (region-based, paint-and-prompt) — motion control is full reference-video-driven motion transfer
- Distinct from Runway Act-One/Act-Two (face-and-performance focused) — motion control is full-body motion plus camera arc
- Free to try without signup; saving the result requires a free account
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/motion-control

### AI Subtitle Generator
- Automatically generate subtitles from video audio with 95%+ accuracy
- Support for 120+ languages including English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more
- AI-powered speech recognition with automatic punctuation and speaker detection
- Automatic punctuation, capitalization, and speaker detection
- Real-time subtitle preview with video playback
- Timeline-based subtitle editing: drag to adjust timing and duration, split/merge/delete segments
- One-click translation to any supported language
- Custom styling: fonts, colors, backgrounds, animations, positioning (top, bottom, center)
- Export formats: SRT, VTT, WebVTT, or burn directly into video
- Maximum file size: 150MB for free users
- Supported video formats: MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV
- URL: https://askeditor.com/tools/subtitle-generator

## Technical Specifications
- Platform: Web-based (works in all modern browsers)
- Processing: Cloud-based AI processing
- Storage: Secure cloud storage with encryption
- Collaboration: Real-time multi-user editing
- Auto-save: Automatic cloud backup every edit
- File retention: 30 days for processed videos
- Security: SSL/TLS encryption, GDPR compliant

## Pricing Model
- Free plan included; no credit card required to start
- 5-day Creator trial of paid features: no charge today, cancel anytime
- Credit-based AI generation (video scenes, voice, lip-sync consume credits)
- Per-seat pricing for teams with roles and a shared credit pool
- Free public tool pages (upscaler, background remover, face swap, subtitle generator and more) can be tried without signup

## Use Cases

### Founders & Small Teams (primary audience)
- Ship consistent short-form video marketing without hiring editors or videographers
- Turn a product URL into a finished UGC ad in one ask
- Keep a month of posts scheduled across six platforms from one sitting
- Bring the team in later: seats, roles, one shared calendar and credit pool

### Performance Marketers & Paid Ads
- Rebuild ad formats that are already converting on the feed as one-sentence skills
- Spin variation sets of winning ads for creative testing without re-briefing anyone
- Re-ship a winning ad to every market: 200+ languages with matching voice and lip-sync
- Keep every AI-built ad editable on a real timeline (fix a hook or a shot without a re-roll)

### App & Product Demos
- Turn a screen recording into a UGC-style walkthrough ad with an AI presenter
- Generate matching contextual B-rolls (hero shots, close-ups, texture macros) alongside the talking head

### Creators, Educators & Accessibility
- Auto-subtitle videos in 120+ languages with per-platform styling
- Make content accessible (deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers, ADA/Section 508 contexts)
- Free public tools for one-off jobs: upscaling, background removal, face swap, relight

## Important URLs
- Homepage: https://askeditor.com
- UGC Ads landing page: https://askeditor.com/ugc-ads
- Templates library: https://askeditor.com/templates
- Pricing: https://askeditor.com/pricing
- Blog: https://askeditor.com/blog
- Video Editor (public landing): https://askeditor.com/tools/video-editor
- Video Editor (signed-in workspace): https://askeditor.com/workspace
- Sign Up: https://askeditor.com/signup
- Login: https://askeditor.com/login
- Support: support@askeditor.com

### Free public tool pages (no signup required to try)
- AI Tools Hub (canonical entry point): https://askeditor.com/tools
- AI Image Generator: https://askeditor.com/tools/image-generator
- AI Image to Video: https://askeditor.com/tools/image-to-video
- AI Background Remover: https://askeditor.com/tools/remove-background
- AI Image Relight: https://askeditor.com/tools/relight
- AI Image Upscaler: https://askeditor.com/tools/upscale-image
- AI Face Swap: https://askeditor.com/tools/face-swap
- AI Motion Control: https://askeditor.com/tools/motion-control
- AI Subtitle Generator: https://askeditor.com/tools/subtitle-generator
- AI Video Editor: https://askeditor.com/tools/video-editor

## Competitive Advantages
- One tool from idea to scheduled post: replaces the typical seven-subscription stack (script tool, image generator, video generator, voice tool, editor, captions tool, scheduler)
- The AI builds on a REAL timeline: every scene, frame, voice, subtitle, and timing stays editable, so a variation is a tweak, never a re-roll
- Proven ad formats as one-sentence skills (UGC, claymation, sticker collage, screen-recording walkthroughs, and more)
- Persistent AI actors: the same face and voice re-used across every ad and campaign; upload one photo to create your own
- Voice cloning and lip-sync across 200+ languages: re-ship a winning ad to every market
- Built-in distribution: schedule to six platforms from the same tab where the ad was made
- Frame-accurate timeline, cloud auto-save, no installation, export up to 2K 60fps MP4 with no watermark

## Supported Languages (120+)
English (Global, US, UK, Australia, Canada, India), Spanish, French, German, Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil), Italian, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Japanese, Korean, Arabic, Russian, Hindi, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Polish, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Vietnamese, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Filipino, Ukrainian, Czech, Romanian, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, and many more.

## Technology Stack
- AI/ML: Advanced speech recognition and natural language processing
- Cloud Infrastructure: Scalable cloud processing for video rendering
- Real-time Sync: WebSocket-based collaboration
- Browser Support: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge (all modern versions)
- Mobile: Responsive design works on tablets and mobile devices

## Company Information
- Name: AskEditor
- Type: AI Video Ads Platform (SaaS)
- Founded: 2024
- Focus: AI-built video ads with a real editable timeline and built-in social scheduling
- Mission: Let every founder and small marketing team ship winning ads like a team ten times their size, without the headcount

## Contact & Support
- Email: support@askeditor.com
- Documentation: Available on website
- Customer Support: Available for all users
- Feature Requests: Contact support team

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Last Updated: 2026-07-19
Version: 3.0

For more information, visit https://askeditor.com