Tim Simmons of Theoretically Media gives us The Ultimate AI Video Starter Guide for 2026!
He starts off with a short history of AI-generated images and video. He then moves on to cover the main ways to create video today:
- Text to Video
- Image to Video
- Video to Video
- Ingredients to Video
He then reviews some image generators that you can use to create first frames and other ingredients:
- Nano Banana Pro
- Midjourney
- Flux (Black Forest Labs)
- SeeDream (ByteDance)
He then reviews some video generators:
- Google Veo 3.1
- Kling 2.6
- OpenAI Sora 2
- Runway Gen 4.5
- Luma Labs Ray 3
- SeeDance (ByteDance)
He even mentions three platforms that bring all the tools together under one roof:
- Freepik
- Higgsfield
- Flora
This is the best 18 minutes you’ll spend on YouTube today!
My take: there is skill involved in each component of this creative workflow. I think we are passed the point of ignoring these tools.