Clips & footage sources
How VidNext finds footage, and how to control the scene mix and source types.
Every scene in the plan specifies what should be on screen. VidNext then fills those scenes from several kinds of visuals — and you control the mix.
Scene types
Five visual building blocks make up a video:
- Video Clips — real clips found and downloaded from the web, matched to what each scene describes
- Search Images — web and stock photos with motion applied (Ken Burns, pans, zooms)
- Motion Design — animated templates: chapter headings, ranking panels, quote cards, stat cards
- Stock Video — licensed b-roll
- Generated Images — AI-generated imagery for scenes where no real footage exists
Three presets set the balance quickly — Video Heavy, Balanced, or Visual — or drag the per-type sliders yourself. You can also toggle individual features like chapter headings, movie/show clips, interviews, b-roll, news footage, charts, and maps. At least one scene type must stay active.
Footage sources
Control where video clips come from. Categories: Entertainment (movies, TV series, anime, cartoons, gaming, music videos), Non-Fiction (documentaries, archival, news, interviews, sports, nature), Web/UGC (vlogs, social, amateur), and Professional (stock, corporate, educational).
Presets like Movies & TV, Anime, Gaming, Documentary, or No Stock configure the whole set in one click. Narrowing sources makes footage more on-brand for your niche — a gaming channel can exclude corporate stock entirely.
How matching works
The video plan describes each scene's ideal footage. During the Video Search step, VidNext searches, scores candidates against the scene description and the video's subject, filters out low-quality and watermarked sources, and picks the best match. Clips are then downloaded, trimmed to the scene, and quality-checked during Clip Download.
If a scene's footage can't be found, VidNext degrades gracefully — falling back to alternate clips, stock, images, or motion design rather than leaving a gap.
Fixing a clip you don't like
You don't need to regenerate anything to swap footage. In the editor, select the clip and use Find Different Clip — search the web, paste a specific URL, or pick from backup clips found during generation. You can also re-trim the source clip or upload your own file.
Transitions
Scene transitions are configurable too — 18 styles from dissolve to glitch to whip pan, with presets for documentary, educational, and energetic pacing. The Professional pacing option uses hard cuts for most scene changes and saves transitions for chapter breaks and reveals, which is how most successful channels edit.
