invideo AI Editing and Export: Text Commands to Final Cut

invideo AI (invideo.io) hands you a finished first draft: script, stock footage, voiceover, captions and music. The craft is in what you do next. You can steer the whole video with plain-English commands, step in and edit specific elements by hand, and then export a file that fits the destination. This guide gives you an editing order that avoids rework and an export checklist that avoids the usual surprises.

Two ways to edit

Text commands. Type what you want changed and the tool applies it across the video. This is best for global and structural changes: make the intro shorter, change the voice to a British male narrator, use a warmer colour grade, remove the music, make the captions larger, replace the clip in scene 3 with footage of a city at night. Commands are fast, but each one regenerates part of the video, so be specific about where and what.

Manual edits. Open the script and change individual lines; open a scene and swap its footage from the stock library or upload your own; adjust caption text; trim timings. Manual editing is best for precise fixes where a command might over-reach, such as correcting a single word or choosing one exact clip. Names of panels and buttons may differ in the current interface, but both routes exist.

An editing order that avoids rework

Each layer depends on the one before it, so edit in this order:

1. Script first. Read the whole script. Fix facts, cut filler, tighten the opening. Changing the script later changes timing, which disturbs footage and captions you already fixed.
2. Structure and length. Remove or merge scenes until the video is the length you briefed. Do this by command (cut scene 4, merge scenes 2 and 3) or by deleting scenes.
3. Footage. Go scene by scene. Replace clips that are off-topic, repetitive or cliched. Upload your own footage or screenshots where the video is about a specific product.
4. Voice. Choose the narrator and pace now that the script is final. Listen to the whole video; fix any mispronounced names by respelling them in the script.
5. Captions and text. Check caption accuracy against the final script, size for phone screens, and that on-screen text does not collide with platform UI areas (the bottom of a vertical video is often covered).
6. Music. Last. Pick a track and level that sits under the voice. If in doubt, lower it.

If you briefed well, steps one and two are small. The invideo AI prompts guide covers what to put in the brief so the draft arrives close to right.

Writing commands that land

• Say where. In scene 2 or at 0:14 rather than near the start.
• Say what and with what. Replace the office footage in scene 5 with a close-up of hands typing on a laptop, not make scene 5 better.
• One change per command. Combining three edits makes it hard to see which one went wrong.
• Protect what works. Add keep the script and voice unchanged when you only want visuals touched.
• Review after each command. Regeneration can shift neighbouring scenes; check the join before and after the edit.

Settings at a glance

Export resolutions, minutes and watermark removal depend on plan; check the platform’s current pricing page.

Exporting without surprises

Before you press export:

• Confirm aspect ratio. A video briefed as vertical should still be vertical; a late command can sometimes change framing.
• Pick resolution for the destination. 1080p is the standard for social and web. Export the highest resolution your plan allows for anything a client will re-use, and downscale yourself if needed.
• Check the watermark. Free-plan exports carry one. If a watermark-free file is required, the plan needs to be active before you export, not after.
• Watch the export, not the preview. Caption rendering, music level and clip transitions can differ slightly in the exported file. Watch it once end to end with sound.

Keeping versions straight

Text-command editing makes it easy to lose track of what changed. Keep a simple log beside each project: the original brief, each command you issued in order, and which export went to whom. Name exported files with project, orientation, version and date (BreadTips-9x16-v3-2026-03-12). When a stakeholder asks for the version with the other voice, you will know which it was. If you also produce videos in other tools, track prompts across AI tools sets out one method that scales.

Try it

Command 1: Shorten the intro to one sentence that asks why homemade bread turns out dense. Keep everything else unchanged.
Command 2: In scene 3, replace the current footage with a close-up of dough rising in a glass bowl, warm natural light. Keep the script and voice unchanged.
Command 3: Change the narrator to a calm British female voice at a slightly slower pace.
Command 4: Make the captions larger and move them to the upper third of the frame.
Export: vertical 9:16, 1080p, captions burned in, watermark off.

Run the commands one at a time and watch the join between scenes 2 and 3 after command 2; if the transition jumps, add a fifth command asking for a soft cut between scenes 2 and 3 rather than re-issuing the earlier ones.