Pika review — Effects-led video for social

Pika by Pika Labs (United States, since 2023): A video app built around named effects — inflate, melt, explode — plus straightforward image-to-video. It ai

• Pika — Effects-led video for social
• AI video generators
• Blender — A free 3D suite that’s quietly reached the level of professional production — and it’s got a real video editor in it, too.
• Motion and special effects
• Google Veo — The most convincing motion, with sound
• Adobe Premiere Pro — The industry default choice for teamwork on video, and the safest option if you’re working with other editors.
• Video editor
• Adobe After Effects — It’s still standard motion graphics, and it’s still slow. Both are correct.
• OpenAI Sora — Storyboards, remixing and a real editing timeline
• Runway — A working post-production suite that happens to generate