Best AI TikTok Video Generators for Going Viral in 2024
The average TikTok content creator records video selfies and uses apps like CapCut or Klap to remove dead air, overlay subtitles, and apply transition effects. That’s how they’re achieving that familiar look we associate with the platform.
AI TikTok video generators have emerged in the past couple of years as a way to streamline video creation, from ChatGPT-style script generation, scene selection, voiceovers and editing, to advanced and innovative techniques involving AI animation with a service like neural frames.
For this article we’ll be sharing resources that help familiarize you with the niche and get a better sense of which apps would be best for you.
3 Best AI Video Generators for TikTok
You’ve probably seen viral tiktok videos that use talking head avatars instead of real human actors. It’s funny that these have become as popular as they have.
Turns out there's a lot of folks want to get their ideas out into the world, but don’t feel comfortable speaking in front of a camera. That's where AI comes in handy.
Text to speech lets anyone to come up with ideas turn them into complete pieces of content, with talking heads that narrate the video on your behalf.
FlexClip vs Capcut: AI TikTok video makers
FlexClip is one of the most popular AI tools for TikTok creators. It has a variety of templates designed specially for the platform. They understand the latest trends in social media and use animated fonts with stock video to help you match that look.
You don’t have to sign up to start a new project with one of those presets. Browse the template page here and select an option to open the video editor timeline.
Projects will automatically default to the 9:16 aspect ratio when you use the TikTok template. Upload your own video if you have something or plug into their AI powered features to generate something from scratch.
Paste in a link to an existing article from your site and Flexclip’s artificial intelligence will summarize it in a video. Bring that into your templated video project to combine the TikTok aesthetic with the content you’ve just generated.
Overall, we found Flexclip to be a much more robust video editor. It offers the customization needed to create high quality videos, whereas Fliki is close to a quick-and-easy ideation tool. Both offer a big media library to pull from, so it comes down to how much control you need over the final product.
CapCut: Replace your video background with AI
FlexClip has at least one serious competitor for editing TikTok videos. As you may know, TikTok's parent company is ByteDance, and they are the same company that owns Capcut. For those not familiar, Capcut is a super easy-to-use mobile app that specializes in vertical reels.
The biggest differentiator between CapCut and FlexClip is the background removal feature. You can record a video absolutely anywhere and as long as the lighting is decent, it will remove your background and replace it with whatever you want. No more setting up clunky green screens. Just hit record and swap it out later.
Above is a 45 second video tutorial above showing you exactly how to remove backgrounds and add new ones in with Capcut. Here's a quick rundown:
- Create a new project in Capcut
- Click the add button to upload a video
- Select the video clip in your timeline
- In the toolbar, choose the cutout tool
- Hit remove background
- Return to the project timeline and hit add
- Upload your background video
- Select the original clip and click overlay in the toolbar below
- Drag the video overlay, so it's under your background video on the timeline
That's all there is to it. You can read Capcut's official tutorial here.
Video editing software tools will typically add watermarks if you’re on the free plan, so be prepared to subscribe in order to remove those.
Of course, the questions remains as to what your background video should be.
Neural frames: Text-to-video animations
If you're looking to spice things up on your TikTok and try to go viral, AI-generated backgrounds are worth a try. Most TikTok creators use stock video, which looks a bit sterile. AI animations give you more control over what's happening behind you and are more visually engaging for the viewer.
Neural frames is currently the best way to create animated AI video content to go behind you (if you've recorded a talking head) or even to stand alone with your voiceovers. Tell a story visually with music and a narrative instead. Up to you!
Have a look at the tutorial below for a primer on how it works.
As the video explains, you can begin by choosing an image model as your video template. When you generate your initial keyframe, make sure it’s in the portrait format. Of course, you can keep it in landscape mode if you’re trying to create youtube videos or publish on other social media platforms.
Audio-reactivity is one of the most exciting features setting neural frames apart from other AI tools. You can upload any song and it creates animations that sync up with the music.
The algorithm listens for snare hits, kick drums, or any other intermittent sound in the mix that you choose. Based on your parameters it will zoom, rotate, or pan at whatever speed and intensity you choose.
Creating viral AI TikTok Videos with neural frames
Neural Frames will get you started with an amazing background video, and it could very well go viral on its own. In February 2024, one user StormCrow used the app to create this AI animation of the founding US presidents and reached over a million users in 24 hours. It was re-tweeted by former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, where it got thousands of engagements.
When you're going for viral content, it's always a good idea to spend extra time in the video editor. Layer on some finishing touches, like sound effects and transitions that give it a more produced feeling.
Consider doing a little bit of hashtag research ahead of time and use them sparingly at the bottom of your video description for organic reach. A few high quality hashtags are better than lots of inactive ones.
As every TikTok video creator knows, virality requires a combination of great ideas and a dash of good luck. The more time and care you put into your content, the better it will be received by an audience.
Sign up at neuralframes.com today for free and start creating engaging animated backgrounds for your TikTok videos today!
Fliki: Text-to-video turns ideas into finished content
Fliki is a text-to-video tool that creates audio-visual content with AI voices and talking heads. It offers professional looking visuals that are realistic enough to satisfy most viewers. The uncanny valley is closing and these fake influencers are looking more realistic every month.
When signing up for Fliki’s free plan, you get access to what they call an “idea to video” generator. You have the option to type up original scripts for yourself or provide a short prompt explaining the initial idea you have for the video.
In the dashboard, all you’ve got to do is click new file to get started. Choose your language and dialect, along with a few parameters like the prompt type and aspect ratio.
To create a TikTok video with Fliki, choose the 9:16 portrait mode aspect ratio.
Next, you’ll provide an initial concept in the “idea” tab during your first experiment. The free plan comes with stock media that auto-selects videos and images from an existing library. There’s also an AI image generator that will turn each beat of the video into a picture. This will provide you with a slideshow-style montage at the end of the process.
The talking head feature requires that you sign up for the paid plan, but the free plan does provide stock video, background music, and AI voices for you to experiment with. Have a look at the pricing page here for an overview on what you get with each plan.
If you like the simplicity of Fliki but don’t need AI generated talking heads, consider trying Klap or CapCut instead. These apps are better for people recording their own content, who don’t want to manually edit.
They provide auto-extraction to grab the best moments from a take, auto-reframing with face detection to make sure the vertical content focuses on you, and dynamic captions for subtitles.
We hope this summary gave you some insights about the tools TikTok influencers are using to improve their engagement. Let us know if you have any questions or want other topics covered here. Thanks!
No VC money, just a small bootstrapped team in love with text-to-video. Contact our team here: help@neuralframes.com. Our AI animation generation is inspired by the open-source Deforum algorithm, but doesn't actually use it. For inspiration on prompts, I recommend Civitai.