Anybody using Al for video editing? Which tool do you recommend?

I'm looking to use AI more for my video content creation and keep seeing people get pretty impressive results. There are so many AI video tools out there that I'm not sure where to start.

I've been checking out newer models like Seedance 2.5 as well, especially for generating and animating video from images. It seems like the newer models are getting much better, but I'm curious which tools are actually useful in a real workflow.

For someone getting started, what AI video generator would you recommend? Are there any free AI video tools that are actually worth trying before paying?

Would love to hear what you guys are using and what's worked well for you.