AI-Generated Video: How It Is Marked and What Travels With the File
Try it: download a finished clip, play it, and look at the bottom-right corner. Then open the same clip through its share link and compare. The badge you see on the share page is a separate copy that is always marked.
Four marks that all get called a label
| Mark | Who adds it | Where it lives | What happens to it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Visible badge | SceneMixer, at delivery | Burned into the picture, bottom-right corner | Part of the picture, so it survives download, re-upload and re-encoding |
| Metadata tag | SceneMixer, in the same pass | A text tag in the file’s metadata saying the video is AI-generated | Stays in the file we deliver; another tool or platform may drop it when it re-exports the video |
| Platform declaration | You, when you upload | The upload form of the platform you post to | The platform decides what to show viewers |
| Your caption or opening frames | You | The description, or a notice on screen | Whatever you wrote |
There is also a layer SceneMixer does not control: whatever the model services themselves may apply at the moment of generation. It is separate from the switch described below. What you get to keep has the terms side.
What SceneMixer puts on the file, by plan
| You are | Badge and metadata tag | A shared link | A generated image |
|---|---|---|---|
| On a free account | Always on | Badge always | No badge |
| On a paid plan | Off by default; you can switch them on | Badge always | No badge |
The switch is a pill beside the model picker in the editor, reading AI Badge or No Badge, and the same control is in Settings. It is read when a segment is generated: clips you already have do not change, and a joined episode is stitched from the clips as they are, so generate all of an episode under one setting. Regenerate a clip to apply a new setting; the earlier version stays in its history. The panel warns, before you remove the badge, that you then assume the compliance risk of how the video is labelled wherever you publish it. The AI badge switch.
Sharing works differently on purpose. A shared video travels on without you, reposted and embedded, so the share page, its preview picture and the file your phone’s share sheet sends all carry a badged copy, made once per clip in about a minute. If you want an unbadged file for your own channel as a member, use Download, not Share. Why shared videos carry the badge.
What the platforms asked when we last read them
Rules in this area move, so the dated version is the useful one. Our answers page read the platforms and the law on October 14, 2026. YouTube asks you to disclose, when you upload, realistic content that was altered or generated with AI, and shows its own label; photorealistic uploads can be labelled in the player and stylised or animated ones in the description. TikTok asks creators to label AI-generated content that shows realistic scenes or people, and excuses things like anime styles and generic narration voices. The EU AI Act’s transparency article applies from August 2, 2026, and binds providers of generative systems and those who publish content that resembles real people, places or events.
What these have in common is that the trigger is realism, and the declaration is on the uploader. A badge in the corner is not the same as ticking the platform’s box. This is general information, not legal advice; check the platform’s page on the day you publish. Do AI-generated videos need a label or a watermark? has the sources, and the 2026 compliance checklist covers likeness and copyright.
Telling by eye: how far to trust it
There is no reliable test by looking. A good cue is a label, so look for those first: a visible badge, a platform label, a disclosure in the description. Next look for provenance: the file’s metadata, which a media-info tool can show, and the account that posted it. A SceneMixer file carries an AI-generated tag there, unless a paid plan turned it off.
The picture itself gives habits, not proof, and the habits fade as models improve. In our own pipeline the recurring ones are these: readable text inside the frame does not hold, because video models do not render it reliably; faces start to blend when four or more named people share one frame; a character’s outfit or injury can drop out across a cut when the story did not write it again; and generated dialogue is paced at reading speed, with little overlap. Treat each as a reason to look for a label, not as a verdict.
Before you upload: a four-line routine
- Keep your own copy. Download the full-quality file; deleting on the site is one-way.
- Check the corner. Decide the badge setting before you generate an episode, so the joined file is consistent.
- Tick the platform declaration if the cut looks like filmed reality, and put a plain notice in the caption or the first frames if the badge is off.
- Do not upload what you have no right to use. No real person’s face or voice without documented consent.
Every sample project on this site is headed “AI-generated short drama” and says it was produced end to end with SceneMixer, which is the same habit applied to our own pages.
Make it in SceneMixer, start to finish
- Script: paste your own on Upload Script, or write a one-line brief in AI Create and let it draft the episodes.
- Step 1: Type Short Drama; Scene Style Frozen Wilderness; Costume Style Outdoor Gear; Visual Style Realistic HD; Target Region; dialogue language; 9:16 Portrait. Then read the script.
- Step 2: the two survivors with a description each; the cabin and the ridge as locations; the radio as a prop. The first 15 setup images on an account are free.
- Storyboard: generate episode 1 first (free on your first drama) and read it before you render anything. One place per segment.
- Video: render on the default tier at 10 credits a second, fix single shots instead of whole episodes, then put the episode together and post.
| Where a mark can live | Put there by | Survives a re-upload? |
|---|---|---|
| Corner badge | SceneMixer | Yes: it is part of the picture |
| Metadata tag | SceneMixer | Not always: tools and platforms can drop it when they re-export |
| Platform declaration | You | Belongs to the post, not the file |
| Caption or opening notice | You | Belongs to the post or the picture you made |
FAQ
How can you tell if a video is AI-generated?
Not reliably by eye. Look for a visible badge, a platform label, a disclosure from the creator, and the file's metadata. Visual habits such as unreadable text or blended faces are hints, not proof.
Does SceneMixer put a watermark on AI-generated video?
A small AI badge in the bottom-right corner and an AI-generated tag in the metadata. Free accounts always get them; on a paid plan they are off by default and can be switched on.
Can I remove the badge?
Members can switch it off for clips generated afterwards. Shared links always carry it, and the panel notes that you take on the labelling responsibility where you publish.
Does the badge survive downloading and re-uploading?
Yes, when it was on: it is burned into the picture, so it stays through download, re-upload and re-encoding.
Does the metadata tag survive?
It is in the file we deliver. Another tool or platform can drop metadata when it re-exports a video, so do not rely on it alone.
Do I still need to tick the platform's AI box?
Yes, if the platform asks for it. A badge in the corner and a declaration on upload are separate things.
Do AI-generated images carry the badge?
No. The badge is added to video, not to generated images.
Do stylised or anime videos need a label?
The trigger on the platforms we read was realism, and anime-style content was treated more lightly, but rules change; check the platform on the day you publish.
Decide the label before you generate
The badge setting is read when each segment is generated.
Updated November 2, 2026