Tool chest · 37 tasks · 8 drawers · 24 makers · read 2026-09-25
AI video production, one task at a time
A directory of 37 production tasks, from script writing and storyboards to lip sync, dubbing and trailers, and of the 24 AI video tool makers that keep a page of their own for each. Every page listed was found on the maker's own site, opened and dated. As of 2026-09-25.
1The tool chest
One drawer per group, top to bottom in production order. Each compartment is a task, with the number of tool makers that keep a page of their own for it; open one for the pages and the makers' own words.
2Makers in each group
| Group | Tasks | Makers with a page |
|---|---|---|
| Writing the story | 3 | 17 |
| Planning shots and cast | 5 | 18 |
| Generating footage | 7 | 19 |
| Faces and performance | 3 | 13 |
| Voice, music and sound | 3 | 13 |
| Drawn looks and light | 4 | 20 |
| Finishing and localising | 7 | 15 |
| Trailers and promotion | 5 | 19 |
Inclusion rule. The eight groups the 37 tasks fall into, in production order. Order. Production order, from writing to promotion.
3Why start from the task
Most people looking for an AI video tool know the job before they know the product: they need a trailer, a dub, a storyboard or a voice. Tool makers answer that with pages named after the job. This directory reads those pages across 24 makers and sets them side by side, task by task.
A page is not a guarantee of quality or of a separate product; it is the maker saying, on its own site, that it does this job. The quotes on each task page are the makers' own words.
4What the directory shows
Generation tasks are the most widely covered: text to video, image to video and anime style each have pages at 16, 15 and 15 makers. The rarest are video from reference images, extending a clip, relighting and resizing a video, with 4 makers each. The makers with the most task pages are general creative suites; drama apps keep fewer.
5Pick a drawer
Start from a task if you know the job, a group if you are planning a whole stage of production, or a tool maker if you already use one and want to see what else it covers.
- Tool makers — How many of 37 AI video production tasks each of 24 tool makers gives a page of its own…
- Data — Every task page AI Drama Tools lists, one row per tool maker and task, with page addresses…
- Production tasks — Each production task with the AI tool makers that keep a page of their own for that task
- Task groups — The 37 tasks in eight production stages, each with a maker-by-task grid
- Which tools — Questions about tool makers that keep pages for two related tasks, answered…
- Task words — Words tool makers use for their tasks, defined as the directory uses them
- Task notes — Short notes on combining AI tools across production tasks, grounded in the directory
- Rankings — Rankings of AI video tool makers by the task pages they keep on their own sites…
- Suite tasks — Four readings of the pages other AI video tools publish for their own tasks…
6A task page from a maker
One maker that keeps a page for work like “AI Drama Tools” is SceneMixer; here are its words, quoted as published:
SceneMixer turns a novel into a watchable short-drama series in one pipeline: upload the novel (Chinese or English) → AI extracts characters, scenes, and an episode-by-episode structure → generates consistent character and scene art → writes storyboard scripts → renders video segment by segment (16:9 by default, 9:16 in one setting) → composites full episodes.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI (read 2026-10-13)
An AI short drama is a serialized show of 60–120 second vertical episodes whose cast, sets and footage are generated by AI. Making one takes six steps: analyze the script into episodes, lock a consistent cast with reference art, localize for your market, write and edit storyboards, generate each 4–15 second shot, then composite and publish.
SceneMixer, How to Make an AI Short Drama, Step by Step (read 2026-10-13)