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Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, May 11, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.

Pika offers AI-powered video editing tools — including Pikaswaps, Pikadditions, and Pikaffects — that allow users to replace, add, or transform objects and characters within existing video clips. These tools are available to registered users on the web and iOS platforms.

Details

Pikaswaps accepts a video clip and a text prompt or reference image as input, and outputs a modified video with specified objects, backgrounds, or characters replaced while preserving the original motion and lighting. Pikadditions takes a video and a text or image description and composites new characters or objects into the footage, automatically matching color and lighting. Pikaffects applies physics-defying visual transformations (such as melting, inflating, exploding, or 'cake-ifying' objects) to video subjects. These features were progressively introduced from Pika 1.0 (November 2023) through Pika 2.2 (February 2025).

Products affected

Pika (pika.art)Pika iOS app

Sources & Evidence

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Trace Foundation. (2026). Pika: Pika offers AI-powered video editing tools — including Pikaswaps, Pikadditions, and Pikaffects — that allow users to replace, add, or transform objects and characters within existing video clips. These tools are available to registered users on the web and iOS platforms (data as of 2026-05-11) [Data set record]. AI Trace. https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/21075fe9-8432-4e26-bd39-37033fc316bc. Accessed October 5, 2026.

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https://www.aitrace.org/r/practice/21075fe9-8432-4e26-bd39-37033fc316bc
Data as of
May 11, 2026
Last verified
May 11, 2026

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