Redo & regenerate steps
Fix or improve a single pipeline step without regenerating the whole video.
Generation is a sequence of pipeline steps, and every step can be redone individually. This is the main way to recover from a failed step or improve a part of the result you don't like — without paying for the whole video again.
Where to find it
On the project page, the Resume/Redo menu lists each step: video plan, narrations, infographics, overlays, stock videos, video search and analysis, clip download, scene assembly, final video — plus a fast Assembly Only option that re-renders without redoing any content work.
Redo modes
For steps that operate on many scenes, three modes control the scope:
- Smart Resume — skip what already exists, fix only what failed. The default and usually the right choice.
- Regenerate All — fresh start for that step; discards its previous output.
- New Only — process only scenes the step never attempted.
What it costs
Redoing a step uses additional credits for the new work performed — a confirmation dialog shows what the project has spent so far before you proceed. Two rules keep this fair:
- You pay for the new step's actual cost only, not for the video again. A narration redo re-bills narration; it doesn't touch what you paid for the plan or footage.
- Smart Resume re-processes only missing or failed items, so a redo that finds most scenes intact costs very little.
Downstream effects
Steps feed each other. Redoing narration, for example, changes timing — so assembly and the final render need to run again afterward (the pipeline handles this ordering for you). Redoing the video plan effectively restarts production, so treat it as a last resort; prefer editing the script or fixing individual scenes.
Redo vs edit
If the structure is right and you just want different footage, wording, or styling on specific scenes, the editor is faster and cheaper than a redo — swap a clip, regenerate one narration segment, restyle an overlay, and re-render for a small fraction of the original cost. Reach for step redos when a step failed or when you want VidNext to re-do creative work at scale.