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AI Video Editing for Ecommerce Product Videos

An ecommerce video should show the item buyers will receive: how it looks, how it works, its size and what's in the box. Upload your product footage, paste the approved product facts, and describe the video. Valmera's agent cuts it, adds text and captions and frames it for each placement; you review each version and export full-resolution MP4s.

THE OUTCOME

A product-page master plus ad and social versions, each matched to the right product variant and exported as an MP4.

What Valmera Does for Product Video

Builds the product story

Arranges your hero shots, demonstrations, close-ups and scale references around the questions buyers ask, and pairs each claim with the shot that shows it.

Adds facts and captions

Places product names, key specs and prices as on-screen text, adds word-timed captions to any narration, and inserts your own product images and logo.

Versions every placement

Makes 9:16, 1:1, 4:5 and 16:9 versions with framing chosen per shot, plus shorter ad cuts that lead with a different hook.

Related tools: Add text to video; Resize video; Add b-roll.

What Makes This Editing Job Difficult

The product must stay accurate

A crop, grade or mismatched shot can show a color, size or bundle the buyer won't receive.

One product needs many stories

A product page needs clarity, an ad needs a hook, and a marketplace needs a plain demonstration. One edit rarely fits all three.

Facts change

Prices, offers, packaging and included items change while the video is still running.

What to Prepare Before You Upload

Give the agent the approved product record. It shouldn't infer materials, dimensions, compatibility or sale terms from how the footage looks.

  • Product name, variant, key specs, approved claims, price and offer terms.
  • Hero footage, demonstrations, close-ups, packaging and a scale reference (MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV or WebM), plus product images (PNG, JPG or WebP).
  • Which shot shows which variant, and which footage proves each claim.
  • The placements you need: product page, marketplace, paid social, organic social, email.

How to Edit a Product Video with AI in Valmera

Build one accurate product master, then adapt the hook, length and shape for each placement.

  1. 1

    Upload footage and facts

    Upload the product footage and images, and paste the approved product facts into the first message.

  2. 2

    Direct the product master

    Ask for the master around buyer questions: what it is, how it works, what's included, how big it is. Pair each claim with the shot that shows it.

  3. 3

    Make placement versions

    From the approved master, ask for a 9:16 ad led by a hook, a square marketplace cut or a 16:9 product-page version.

  4. 4

    Check variant accuracy

    Confirm every shot, caption and price matches the variant this version sells.

  5. 5

    Export and track

    Export each MP4 and note the product, variant and placement in your own tracker so you can update the right videos when facts change.

Prompts You Can Copy

These are production briefs, not magic words. Replace bracketed details with the real audience, duration, platform, claims, and assets for your project.

Product-page video

Create a [45–60 second] product-page video for [product]. Show the product in the first two seconds, then demonstrate [feature 1] and [feature 2], show scale and what's in the box. Use only the facts below, paired with the matching shot. [paste facts]

Paid-social version

From the approved master, make a [15-second] 9:16 ad that opens on [demonstration]. Keep the claims, offer terms and disclaimer unchanged. Captions inside the safe area.

Variant accuracy

This version is for [blue / 500 ml / EU bundle]. Remove every shot, caption or price that belongs to another variant and tell me if anything is ambiguous.

Price update

Replace the price card [old price] with [new price] and the end card with [new CTA]. Keep everything else and list any other place the old offer appears.

Limits

Valmera edits footage you supply; it doesn't generate product shots or connect to your store's catalog, so paste current facts into each edit and replace published videos yourself when they change. It places translated text and recorded voiceovers you upload but doesn't create voiceovers or translations. Captions are burned in, and exports end with a brief Valmera end card.

Learn more: Valmera docs; Automate with MCP; How the AI video editor works.

Edit One Product Video Accurately

Upload the footage, paste the facts, and direct the master and its versions.

Direct the first edit →
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The Review Gate: What a Human Must Check

Variant match

Color, size, capacity, bundle and packaging must match the item sold in this placement.

Claim evidence

Every performance or comparison claim needs approval and a shot that shows it.

Destination consistency

Price, offer and product name must agree with the linked product page on the day you publish.

Deliverables to Request

  • A product-page master MP4.
  • 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5 social and ad versions.
  • Short ad cuts with different hooks from the same footage.
  • Captioned and caption-free versions as each placement needs.

When an Agentic Editor Fits—and When It Does Not

A strong fit

  • Approved product facts and real demonstration footage are available.
  • Many placement versions share one product story.
  • Someone keeps track of prices, offers and which video uses which facts.

Use another workflow

  • You need product shots or features generated that weren't filmed.
  • No one tracks changing prices, offers or packaging.
  • Footage can't be matched to the exact variant being sold.

The Operating Principle

Product video scales safely when creative choices sit on top of accurate product facts. The edit can change the hook, order, length and shape; it can't change what the buyer receives.

New to the model? Read the complete guide to AI video editing or start with production-ready editing prompts.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, from your footage. Upload product shots and demonstrations, paste the approved facts, and describe the video. The agent cuts it, adds text and captions and frames it for each placement. You review each version and export the MP4s.
A hero shot, a real demonstration, close-up details, a scale reference, packaging and included items, and any app or screen behavior that matters to the buyer.
Yes. Approve one master, then ask for each shape and length as a new version. Framing is chosen per shot so the product stays in frame, and you check each one before export.
Partly. It can place translated on-screen text and a recorded voiceover you upload. It doesn't translate or create voiceovers, and a market owner should check wording, units and prices.
No. Valmera doesn't connect to your catalog. Ask for the price card to be updated in the project, export again, and replace the published file yourself.
Creating an account and uploading are free. Editing requires a subscription; see the current plans on the pricing page.

Direct Your Next Product Video

Upload the footage and facts, then build the master and every placement version through conversation.

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