Can an AI video editor find B-roll or generate a missing shot?

Yes. An AI video editor can search uploaded footage for relevant B-roll, source suitable stock media, or generate a new visual when the project does not contain the shot an edit needs. These are three different sources, and the editor should know which one is being used.

The agent first needs to understand the purpose of the B-roll. It may be covering a cut, illustrating something mentioned in dialogue, establishing a location, demonstrating a process, or adding visual variety. It can then look for a shot that matches that role.

For example, it could:

• find a product close-up elsewhere in the uploaded footage;

• locate a wide shot of the office from another shoot day;

• source a stock shot that illustrates a general concept;

• generate a specific visual that was never recorded.

The invideo agent for editing can find B-roll in uploaded media, draw from stock libraries, and generate missing visuals using supported AI models. The chosen material is placed in the edit as a timeline layer, where its timing and treatment can be changed.

Editors should review each result for more than visual quality. Uploaded footage needs to fit the surrounding action and continuity. Stock footage should be relevant and appropriately licensed. Generated media should be checked for factual accuracy, visual errors, brand consistency, and whether its synthetic origin needs to be disclosed.

AI can make coverage gaps faster to solve, but it should not hide a storytelling problem with unrelated imagery. The final B-roll should clarify, support, or deliberately contrast with the main narrative.