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Editing short video in Pictory or Submagic

Pictory and Submagic read differently on 7 of the ten features: generating footage with AI, getting the video onto platforms, the highest export resolution, reframing a video to vertical, AI voiceover and dubbing, B-roll and stock footage, and cleaning up audio and picture. As of 2026-09-25.

Features each listsGreen dot: listed. Hollow: not stated on the pages read.Features each listsPictorySubmagicAutomatic captionsAutomatic captions — Pictory: Automatic captionsAutomatic captions — Submagic: Automatic captionsLong video to short clipsLong video to short clips — Pictory: Clips cut from a long videoLong video to short clips — Submagic: Clips cut from a long videoGenerating with AIGenerating with AI — Pictory: AI actors and new footageGenerating with AI — Submagic: New footage from a promptGetting it onto platformsGetting it onto platforms — Pictory: Not documented on the pages readGetting it onto platforms — Submagic: Publishing from the appWatermark on exportsWatermark on exports — Pictory: Clean exports on paid plansWatermark on exports — Submagic: Clean exports on paid plansHighest export resolutionHighest export resolution — Pictory: 1080pHighest export resolution — Submagic: 4KReframing to verticalReframing to vertical — Pictory: Resizing to set shapesReframing to vertical — Submagic: Not documented on the pages readAI voiceover and dubbingAI voiceover and dubbing — Pictory: AI voiceoverAI voiceover and dubbing — Submagic: Translation or dubbingB-roll and stock footageB-roll and stock footage — Pictory: A stock media libraryB-roll and stock footage — Submagic: AI-picked B-rollAudio and picture cleanupAudio and picture cleanup — Pictory: Not documented on the pages readAudio and picture cleanup — Submagic: Audio and picture cleanup
Fig. 1 Green dot: listed. Hollow: not stated on the pages read.
Pictory and Submagic, feature by feature, read 2026-09-25.
FeaturePictorySubmagic
Automatic captionsAutomatic captionsAutomatic captions
Long video to short clipsClips cut from a long videoClips cut from a long video
Generating with AIAI actors and new footageNew footage from a prompt
Getting it onto platformsNot documented on the pages readPublishing from the app
Watermark on exportsClean exports on paid plansClean exports on paid plans
Highest export resolution1080p4K
Reframing to verticalResizing to set shapesNot documented on the pages read
AI voiceover and dubbingAI voiceoverTranslation or dubbing
B-roll and stock footageA stock media libraryAI-picked B-roll
Audio and picture cleanupNot documented on the pages readAudio and picture cleanup

Inclusion rule. The ten features every app is read for. Order. The order features take on every app page.

1Where they differ

Only Pictory's pages list reframing a video to vertical. Only Submagic's pages list getting the video onto platforms, and cleaning up audio and picture. On automatic captions they agree: automatic captions. On cutting a long video into short clips they agree: clips cut from a long video. On generating footage with AI, Pictory reads “AI actors and new footage” and Submagic “new footage from a prompt”. On watermarks on exports they agree: clean exports on paid plans. On the highest export resolution, Pictory reads “1080p” and Submagic “4K”. On AI voiceover and dubbing, Pictory reads “AI voiceover” and Submagic “translation or dubbing”. On B-roll and stock footage, Pictory reads “a stock media library” and Submagic “AI-picked B-roll”.

Where one app is silent, a product page may list what its pricing page leaves out.

2From each app's pages

Generating with AI

Stock video avatars

Pictory pricing page

Generate AI videos and AI images

Submagic pricing page

Highest export resolution

Maximum Resolution 720p 1080p

Pictory pricing page

Export in 4k & 60 FPS

Submagic pricing page

3Beyond Pictory and Submagic: a script-first maker on the same features

Of the features that set Pictory and Submagic apart, how SceneMixer handles them, read 2026-09-25.
FeatureSceneMixerSource
Getting it onto platformsA segment or a finished episode can also be shared as a page with a social previewSceneMixer, AI drama for TikTok and Reels page
Highest export resolution1080p on its highest Wan 3.0 tierSceneMixer pricing page
AI voiceover and dubbingDialogue written and spoken in the chosen language rather than dubbed afterwardsSceneMixer, AI drama for TikTok and Reels page

Inclusion rule. Features on which the two apps differ and SceneMixer's pages state something; a feature it does not offer is left out. Order. The order features take on every app page.

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