Start with the screenplay
Import a script or develop one in the Writers' Room. ShowMaker builds the cast, locations, props and wardrobe from it.
InVideo alternative
An InVideo alternative for generating scripted drama
InVideo is an AI-powered video editor: a multitrack timeline that AI agents can edit, with footage search, plain-language edits and collaboration. ShowMaker Studio sits earlier in the process. It generates scripted drama from a screenplay, with a cast that stays the same across shots and episodes, then edits it.
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Three steps in ShowMaker.
Generate the shots
Break scenes into shots, generate stills with the same references every time, voice the dialogue and watch a free animatic.
Render and finish
Render video per shot, then assemble the timeline with captions, B-roll, score and sound. Download or publish.
Side by side
InVideo vs ShowMaker Studio
| InVideo | ShowMaker Studio | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI-powered video editor with agents on a multitrack timeline | A scripted drama pipeline that generates and then edits episodes |
| Center of the workflow | The edit | The script, the cast and the shots |
| Characters | Depends on your footage | Character sheets, wardrobe and fixed voices cited by every shot |
| Dialogue and voices | See InVideo's site for audio features | A voice per character, delivery tags, lip-synced via native audio |
| Editing | Multitrack timeline, agent edits, collaboration | Timeline, trim, captions, B-roll, score and sound |
| Preview before video | Depends on your workflow | Free narrated animatic before video renders |
What InVideo is built for
InVideo's current product is an AI video editor for creatives. Its site describes a multitrack timeline that AI agents can work on, searching footage by describing a moment, applying one instruction across many shots, plain-language edits, real-time collaboration, and custom agents for roles like cinematographer or sound designer.
It's built around editing: you bring footage, or generate it, and the editor helps you shape it quickly with a team.
Features like describing a moment to find it in your footage, or applying one instruction across many shots, are aimed at people with a lot of material to cut down, such as creators, agencies and teams working on long recordings or campaigns.
What ShowMaker is built for
ShowMaker Studio is built around making the footage of a scripted drama in the first place. A project holds a screenplay, a cast with character sheets, outfits and fixed voices, and locations with reference stills. Every shot cites them, so generated shots line up with the script and with each other.
The editor is the last stage: timeline assembly, trim, captions in several styles, B-roll, score and sound, then export or publish to social. Before that come the Writers' Room, the storyboard, the voices and a free narrated animatic.
- Dialogue lines attached to the shots that speak them
- Video models chosen per shot: Seedance, Wan, Veo, Kling, MiniMax
- Series share one cast across every episode
- Omni Assistant: talk or type to run the studio
How to decide
If your bottleneck is editing footage you already have, or collaborating on a cut with a team, an AI editor like InVideo fits. If your bottleneck is producing consistent scripted footage at all, with the same actors and sets in every shot, ShowMaker is built for that part.
You can also combine them: generate and assemble the episode in ShowMaker, download the cut, and keep editing wherever your team works.
The difference shows up in what happens when a shot is wrong. In an editor you replace or trim the footage. In ShowMaker you fix the cause: redraw the frame with Shoot with AI, adjust the shot size or camera move, or change the line, and the shot is regenerated with the same cast and location references.
When InVideo is the better pick
- You already have footage and need a fast AI-assisted edit.
- You want real-time multiplayer editing with a team.
- Your work is explainers, marketing or talking-head video rather than scripted drama.
Questions
What people ask first.
Does ShowMaker have an editor?
Yes. You can assemble the timeline, trim, add captions in several styles, B-roll, a music score and sound, then download the final cut or publish to social.
What's the main difference from InVideo?
InVideo is built around editing. ShowMaker is built around generating scripted drama: it stores the screenplay and cast and sends the same character and location references to the model on every shot.
Can I bring a ShowMaker episode into another editor?
Yes. You can download the final cut and keep working in any editor.
What does ShowMaker cost?
There's a free plan with 200 credits and no card. Paid plans run from $19 a month for 900 credits to $399 for 18,000, and annual billing saves about 20%.
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