Pictory AI in 2026: Can It Really Turn Text Into a Watchable Video in Minutes?

Hello everybody. Today I'm going to be

showing you how to create

professionallooking videos fast, like

really fast using Picture AI. This tool

not only is affordable, but it also

friendly and extremely easy to use. If

you like this kind of content, subscribe

to the channel and let's get started.

Okay, let's start by seeing the prices.

These are the ELY subscriptions. Okay,

if you decide to do it monthly, you're

going to be paying those prices here.

Just to be 100% transparent, I'm using

the professional plan, which for me is

very useful because I have 600 minutes

of video and something that is very

important for me is this 120 minutes of

11 AI voices, which are the best voices.

Okay, another thing that is important to

note is that you don't need to pay

anything up front. If you want, you can

just sign up and get the free trial,

which I do recommend. The only

limitation of this trial is the fact

that you will be able to export videos

at 720p only. Apart from that is a

pretty generous trial and you will be

able to do a lot with the tool. So, this

is the best way for you to see if it's

for you or not. Once you sign up to

Picture AI, you're going to be seeing

this dashboard here. The first feature

that we are going to be trying out is

this text to video. Just come here,

click on it, and then you're going to

see that you can either paste your

custom prompt in here or if you want,

you can also start with an idea, which I

love it. So, as you can see in my

professional plan, I have 600 credits.

Each credit is equivalent to 1 minute of

AI generated script. And this is as easy

as just coming here to start with an

idea. Then you're going to type in a

prompt. In my case, I want the AI to

create a video about the best things to

do in Australia. Why should tourists

choose this country as the destination?

What is the cuisine like? What are the

prices of food, accommodation, and

transport? So, this is the video that I

want. This video could either be an

explainer, a marketing material,

internal communication, tutorial, or

product information. In my case, I want

it to be an explainer. The platform is

going to be YouTube and I want it to be

five minutes or longer if possible. Once

I do this, all that you need to do is

just come here and click on generate

script. This is the final script and I

just read it and is actually really

really good. A couple of things to point

out here is the fact that this script is

only about 2 minutes and a half and we

asked it to be more than five, but we

can adjust that. That's not a problem at

all. This is the format down here. You

can either optimize this script if you

want. You can rephrase it, you can

shorten, you can lengthen it, and you

can even change the tone, which is a

great feature. In my case, I will

lengthen it a little bit. And this is

our final script. As you can see here,

the estimate is that after the voice

over, the video will be 3 minutes and a

half. A couple of settings here is the

ability to create s sentences, which you

want. This means that every time that

you get a dot at the end, a new scene

will be created. Create scenes online

breaks. You really want leave this on.

And you can also leave all of this on.

Now, I'm going to just show you a tip

that will really, really enhance your

video, will make it way more dynamic.

And this tip is whenever you want a new

scene to be created, you need to break

the line. I'm going to be showing you

here what I mean. So for example here we

have you can hike through the blue

mountains or wand the pristine sands of

Bondai beach. As you can see here this

whole thing will create only one scene.

And why is that? Because in here you

have only one dot. Okay. If you want to

add additional scenes I recommend you to

add a break of line here. For example

blue mountains and then the pristine

ends of Bondi Beach. Okay. Why is that?

because I want a new scene showing Blue

Mountains. I want a new scene showing

Bondai Beach and then we're going to

have a new scene here talking about

breathtaking views and unforgettable

experience. What I do recommend you to

do now is you're going to read the whole

script and everywhere where you want a

new scene, you're going to break the

line. This will make the video way more

dynamic and enjoyable to watch. I will

be doing this now and I will show you

how the final script will look like. Now

this is the final form of our script.

Like I told you, whenever I want a new

scene specifically for that thing, like

for example, the rugged outback, I

always break the line. This ensures that

the tool will create a scene only for

this sentence here. Once you do that,

all that you need to do is just come

here and click on generate video. Once

your video is created, you will see this

dashboard here. First, I would like to

show you what the initial video look

like.

[Music]

As you can see, we don't have any voice

over. The soundtrack was chosen by

picture, but of course we can change.

But now we are going to be learning how

to edit this video step by step. How you

can change it and how easy it is. The

first and most important thing is how to

change the background. So let's suppose

that you don't want this beachy scenery

here. First of all, you're going to

click on the background. Then you're

going to come here. If you click here,

you will come to visuals. Now, all that

you need to do is just type in whatever

you are looking for and press enter. And

you will see a lot of different

backgrounds here. All that you need to

do is just click on it. And that's it.

If you want to undo any changes that you

have made, all that you need to do is

just click on here. These are the

layers. In our case, so far we have two

layers. We have the background and the

captions. If you add anything else,

let's suppose that you were to add a

sticker or something like that. All that

you need to do to adjust the layers is

just drag and drop it. Here you have the

options to show or not show in the

caption voice over. I'm going to be

showing you how to create a voice over,

how to narrate it yourself, and how to

upload the audio if you want to trim

your video. These are the basic settings

and leaving the background music on. And

this is if you want to duplicate this

scene or delete it. So, as you can see,

the main background is super easy to

change it and personalize your video.

The next tab is the audio tab. This is

where you're going to do the narration

of your video. In my case here, I will

be choosing one of the premium voices

from 11 Labs. That's why I told you that

the professional plan is really good

because it allows me to use 120 minutes

of premium voices. In my case here, I

want an English speaker. I want a

British accent. I want the voice to

sound a little bit old. So, these are

the three options that we have here.

Let's have a look at them. We have

committed the golden rule to memory.

Love is a serious mental disease.

If there is no struggle, there is no

progress. I like Brian's voice, so I

will click here in generate and apply.

And that's all that you need to do. This

will take a while depending on how long

your video is. Now that the voice over

has been applied, let's check the

background music here. You can filter it

depending on your need. Once you select

your background music, all that you need

to do is just click on apply again. And

in less than a minute, this music will

be applied. Next up, let's have a look

at the style tabs. In this tab here, you

can customize the way that your captions

look. In our case here, we are using the

default, but if you want to change it,

for example, to a navy blue, all that

you need to do is to click on here. This

is a sleek style and so on. In my case,

I always like to leave it in default.

You can also upload your own styles if

you want. on the text tab. This is where

you go if you want to add text to your

video. The only thing that you need to

keep in mind is that whatever you add in

here won't be read by the AI. So, if you

want to say reasons to travel to

Australia, keep in mind that the AI

won't read this. This will be only to

illustrate your point. Moving on, let's

have a look at the branding tab. This is

a useful tab if I would say if you

already have established YouTube channel

or if you know what you want your

channel to look like. So you can upload

all your fonts and colors to this tab

here and then you can use it with only a

click. The elements will allow you to

customize your video. Let's suppose that

you want to add a element here. All that

you need to do again is just click on

it, drag and drop and you can adjust it

by coming to the layers and then you

make sure that you drag it for example

behind the text. And now as you can see

it's behind the text. Okay. Last but not

least, we have the format tab. As you

can see here, this is the 16x9 format

which we will be using on YouTube. And

this is the resolution of the video. Now

that we've done all these adjustments,

all that you need to do is just click on

download. The URL to video is a great

way to create a nice video very quickly.

So let's suppose that you want to create

a video about stoicism. In my case, I

went on Google, type in what isism and

then I landed on the Wikipedia page. All

that I did was I copied this link. Then

you come here URL to video paste the

link here and then of course all the

procedure here is going to be exactly

the same that I showed you. You will

choose the platform the length of the

video and you're going to click on

generate script. From here on you're

going to do exactly what I showed you

before. You're going to read the script

if you want. You're going to break the

lines to add more scenes and make the

video more dynamic. And then once you

click in generate video, you're going to

go back to the dashboard and you will be

able to edit your video exactly like I

showed you before. Next, we have the AI

video editor here. The first thing that

you will do is select the language of

the video that you want to upload. Then

you're going to choose the video. In my

case, I'm going to be using the demo

video. This is the video and the

transcription. Okay, there will be a lot

of feeling words and also silences here.

You can remove this with just the click

of a button. Pay attention. The length

of this video is 7 minutes and 31

seconds as it is. Once you click on

remove filler words, the video now is

only 7 minutes and 21 seconds. And if

you click on remove silences, all that

you need to do is to choose a duration.

In my case here, anything above 1 second

or if you are a little bit of a slower

speaker, 2 seconds should be fine. Click

on okay. And as you can see now the

video is only 7 minutes and 13 seconds.

So what this do is it will save you a

lot of time in the editing process of

the video. Images to video like the name

say will convert your images into a

video. This can be useful for example if

you went on a trip and you took heaps of

nice pictures and videos and you want to

create a long form video out of all

those pictures and video. All that you

need to do here is just click on it.

Then choose the files. As you can see

here, I uploaded six images and two

videos. Once you uploaded all the files,

all that you need to do is click on

proceed. And now from here on, you're

going to have exactly the same dashboard

that I showed you before. So you can

customize these videos as you wanted.

The PowerPoint to video is very similar

to the feature images to video. However,

in this case, rather than upload images

in the JPEG format or PNG, you will

upload a PowerPoint. Just click on

PowerPoint to video, select the file,

and now click on generate video. So,

this is a PowerPoint that I created on

the power of faith. And as you can see,

every slide on my PowerPoint has become

a part of the video. Okay. Again, in

here, you can customize everything

exactly like I showed you before. Last

but not least, you also have the option

of recording yourself. You could either

record only your webcam, your screen, or

your screen and your webcam together,

which is exactly what I'm doing now for

this video. That's all. Thank you so

much for watching. And I would like to

ask you which of these features is the

most relevant to your needs. Tell me in

the comments. If you like AI content,

subscribe to the channel and check out

the other playlists. There are a lot of

interesting stuff that can be done with

AI. Again, thank you so much for

watching. See you next time.