53 AI apps for visual creation
A curated list of generative AI applications for creating, editing, and enhancing visual assets: images, videos, 3D models and more.
by Clement Levallois
⭐⭐⭐ : global market leaders
⭐⭐ : good or very good but not recognized as global market leaders
⭐ : value to be ascertained
🗿 Foundational models and fine-layer aggregators of such models
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App Name
API
One line description
quality
"nationality"
1
🎨
ByteDance Seedream
✅
API only? ByteDance’s model for creative image generation.
⭐⭐⭐
🇨🇳
2
🎨
Google's Nano Banana
✅
Google's latest model
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
3
🎥
Hailuo AI
✅
Text-to-video generator producing short cinematic clips. Integrated in an app with editing capabilities
⭐⭐⭐
🇸🇬
4
👄🎙️
InfinityTalk
✅
AI model for dubbing. Research model integrated in Comfy and others
⭐⭐⭐
🇨🇳
5
🎨
Midjourney
Image generation model for concept art and visuals.
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
6
🎨
Reve
✅
image generation with a focus on post editing
⭐⭐
🇺🇸
7
🎨
Stablility
✅
Image creation platform from the company that created Stable Diffusion
⭐⭐⭐
🇬🇧
8
🎨
ChatGPT
✅
OpenAI's new type of image generation
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
9
🎥
Luma
✅
video generation
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
10
🎥
Runway
✅
video generation
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
🛠️ Specialized tools (post processing...)
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App Name
API
One line description
quality
"nationality"
1
🎨
Topaz Photo AI
✅
Upscaling, sharpening, noise reduction, etc.
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
2
🎥
EbSynth
✅
Editing and restyling videos with generative AI
⭐⭐
🇨🇿
🎞️ Focus on art, animation, storytelling
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🎥 | [Morphic](https://www.morphic.com/ ) || Generation of video and editing, including for games | ⭐⭐⭐| 🇺🇸|
| 2 | 🎥 | [AniSora](https://anisora.ai/ ) | | Text-to-anime video generator with stylized output. | ?|🇨🇳|
🎯📈 Focus on marketing, sales and brand communications
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API
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quality
"nationality"
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👠
Caimera
AI photo studio for fashion and portrait photography.
?
🇮🇳
2
👩🎙️
HeyGen
✅
Avatar-driven AI video generator for marketing and training.
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
3
👩🎙️
MakeUGC
Generates ready-to-use influencer-style video ads.
?
🇬🇧
4
👠
Fotographer AI
✅
AI-generated fashion and product photoshoots.
?
🇯🇵
5
🎨
Recraft
✅
AI vector and raster editor for icons and visuals for brand communication
?
🇺🇸 🇬🇧
6
🎥
SeeLab
✅
Video clip generation for brands. Focus on entreprise.
?
🇫🇷
7
🎥
Vidu
✅
Text-to-video tool for product marketing presentations
?
🇨🇳
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API
One line description
quality
"nationality"
1
🪑⚔️
Hyper3D (Rodin)
✅
Turns 2D images into editable 3D objects
⭐⭐⭐
🇨🇳
2
🎥
Kinetix
No-code motion capture: 3D-Conditioned AI Video Model
⭐⭐⭐
🇫🇷
3
🎨
Omi 3.0
virutal photo studio: turn photo shoots into 3D visuals, especially for advertising
?
🇫🇷
4
🧟🕹️
Scenario
AI pipeline for consistent game assets, characters, and 3D-ready textures.
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
5
🎨
Spline
✅
Browser-based tool for designing and publishing 3D assets and worlds, with AI generation services
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
6
🎥
Krea
Real-time AI tool for images, videos, and text-to-3D workflows.
⭐⭐
🇺🇸
7
🎥
Hunyuan
✅
Raw model to turn 2D images into 3D assets
⭐⭐
🇨🇳
🦾 All in one visual creation tooling suites / model & workflow integrators / agents
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API
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quality
"nationality"
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🎥
CapCut
ByteDance’s free editor with AI-powered video creation features.
⭐⭐⭐
🇨🇳
2
🎨
Dzine
AI design platform for generating and editing images
?
🇺🇸
3
🎨
Freepik AI Suite
✅
Aggregates AI models to images with just a prompt or an image reference.
?
🇪🇸
4
🤖
Glif
✅
Collaborative platform where agents for visual generation can be created and shared.
?
🇺🇸
5
🎥
Pippit
Video and image generation with a veneer of broader services (asset management, "analytics"...). By the creators of CapCut.
?
🇨🇳
6
🎨
FLORA (FloraFauna)
AI creative suite for images, motion, and storytelling.
?
🇺🇸
7
🎨🎥🎙️
Comfy
✅
AI creative suite for images, motion, and storytelling.
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
8
🎨🎥🎙️
Kling AI
✅
AI video generator capable of realistic motion synthesis.
⭐⭐⭐
🇨🇳
9
🎥🎙️
PixVerse
✅
Text-to-video platform producing short animated clips.
?
🇨🇳
10
🎨🎥
Seedance
AI Art (image/video) generator.
?
🇨🇳
11
🎨🎥
Awen
single space to create and edit content across text, images, video, and 3D.
⭐⭐
🇫🇷
12
🎨🎥
Higgsfield
model aggregator for image and video generation and edition, with a focus on building a social community.
⭐⭐
🇺🇸
13
🎨🎥
LTX Studio
professional video production tooling suite
⭐⭐⭐
🇮🇱
14
🎨🎥
Adobe Suite
since Sept 2025, Adobe Illustrator integrates Google's flagship model for image generation
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
15
🎨🎥
Leonardo.ai
✅
studio for image and video generation and post processing
⭐⭐⭐
🇦🇺
16
🎨🎥
imagine.art
studio for image and video generation and post processing
⭐
🇺🇸
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API
One line description
quality
"nationality"
1
🎨
Orchids
Automation of web interface design by prompting
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
2
🎨
Gamma
✅
Generation of documents: office docs, web pages...
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
🫢 Value or function is not super clear - or not really launched
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API
One line description
quality
"nationality"
1
🎨
DreamEngine.ai
Image generation
🤨
🇺🇸
2
🎥
DreamEngine.app
Video and image generation
🤨
🇺🇸
3
📷
FotoFluid
Minimalist UI, no clear documentation
🤨
🇮🇳
4
🎥
FinalFrame
Generates cinematic frames & visual storyboards.
🤨
🇺🇸
5
🎥
SkyReels
AI generator for short social media videos.
🤨
🇸🇬
6
🎥
World Labs
spatial intelligence company building Large World Models to perceive, generate, and interact with the 3D world. In closed beta.
⭐⭐⭐
🇺🇸
7
🎥
Pika
Mobile first : transform a picture, to a new picture or a video. Not perfect but focuses on ease of use. For art / hobby / communication
⭐⭐
🇺🇸
(a missing app or correction? send your comments just below or at clementlevallois[at]protonmail dot com)