VideoCoF and Kling 2.6 add director control – 4× longer shots, in‑clip cuts

AI video took a very director-brained turn today. VideoCoF shipped an Apache‑2.0 “Chain‑of‑Frames” model that does mask‑free object edits across sequences: trained on only 50k video pairs, it can remove or swap props and even extrapolate shots to 4× their original length while staying temporally clean. On the pacing side, fresh Kling 2.6 tests show in‑clip cuts from a single prompt, hinting at sequences that feel properly edited instead of one endless camera glide.

Around that, the tools are snapping into a recognisable production workflow. FLORA’s Qwen Edit Angles adds slider‑based push‑ins, pull‑outs, and tilts so you can lock a take, then re‑frame it like a DP instead of re‑prompting. LTX Studio’s Retake lets you regenerate only a bad 2–3 second span inside a 20s shot, keeping the rest of the scene intact. Glif’s Contact Sheet agent turns Nano Banana Pro stills into planned beats, SyncLabs’ upcoming React‑1 re‑acts a rendered performance without touching the shot, and Kling’s earlier native audio now meets these visual controls head‑on.

After last week’s “money shot” spec ads and ninja shorts, this is the next chapter: AI video is starting to behave less like a slot machine and more like an editable timeline.