How Creators Should Actually Use AI Video Tools (Read Only If You Want to Publish Videos Faster Without Becoming Video Editors) By AI video tools, I always mean tools that help creators generate visuals, captions, or short videos — not full-scale professional video editors. Every time I open an AI video tool, I feel the same resistance. Not excitement. Not curiosity. Resistance. Timelines. Presets. Transitions. Export buttons everywhere. And I always think the same thing: I didn’t want to learn video editing. I just wanted to post something. AI video tools are supposed to make things easier. But for a lot of creators, they do the opposite. Instead of helping us publish faster, they add one more thing to figure out. If you’re a writer, solo creator, or freelancer like me, this usually leads to one of two things: You overcomplicate video and burn out Or you avoid video entirely, even though you know it matters For a long time, I thought this meant I was...