Can I remake a competitor’s ad?

Upload only ads you own or have the rights to use. Use a competitor’s ad as inspiration for your own direction instead.

What does a remake keep?

The pacing, framing, camera movement and structure of your ad. You choose what changes in each version.

Which frames can I get?

Vertical and wide by default, plus square and portrait, each made in that frame rather than cropped.

What if a version fails?

It is refunded automatically and you can run it again.

A young ad team comparing versions of one ad

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All workflows

Imagera workflow · Ad Remakes

One winning ad in. A set of versions to test out.

Name: Ad Remakes: how it works
Uploaded: 2026-10-13
Duration: 64 s
Description: Upload an ad that already works. Imagera breaks it down, you pick what changes — the hook, the creator, the setting, the language or the frame — and get every version made the same way, ready to test.

255 credits per video version · 8 s ad, 720p

Upload an ad that already works. Imagera breaks it down, you pick what changes — the hook, the creator, the setting, the language or the frame — and get every version made the same way, ready to test.

Start Ad Remakes Watch how it works

Real results · tap to view

You bring: One video or image ad
You get: A grid of versions, named for upload
Best for: Meta, TikTok and Reels testing

Watch first

How Ad Remakes works, in 64 seconds.

The whole job on the real product, step by step, with captions. Press play, or open it full screen.

What you will learn

Real results

What it makes. Drag the line to see before and after.

7 examples, 6 with the input they started from. Each says whether it is a real result or an illustration.

Input → output clip · drag the lineA UGC video ad and its version with a new creator doing the same actions, made in Ad Remakes
Input → output clip · drag the lineA UGC video ad and the same ad spoken in Spanish, made in Ad Remakes
Input → output · drag the lineThe Ridgeline ad and its version with a new opening headline, made in Ad Remakes
Input → output · drag the lineThe Ridgeline ad and its version with a new hook, a desert canyon and Spanish copy, made in Ad Remakes
Input → output · drag the lineThe Ridgeline ad and its version moved to a desert canyon, made in Ad Remakes
Input → output · drag the lineThe Ridgeline ad and its version in Spanish, made in Ad Remakes
Real resultOne Ridgeline water bottle ad and eight versions made from it in Ad Remakes: new hooks, a new setting, English and Spanish

Step by step

5 steps, each on the real screen.

Every screen below is Ad Remakes itself, captured from the product.

- Use the version that performs: the remakes keep its pacing, framing and structure.
- One clear subject and few cuts gives the closest remakes.
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- Correct anything that is off before you choose changes; every version follows this table.
- Reading the ad is charged at what the reading costs, shown when it finishes; nothing is charged if it cannot be read.
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- Hooks are written from your ad; edit any line before it runs.
- A creator can be the original, a saved Character ID or a new face.
- The variety check flags sets that only change the words, so your test has real differences.
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- Failed versions are refunded automatically.
- You can stop the run at any time; finished versions stay.
- Downloads are named by hook, creator, setting, language and frame, so they stay sorted in your ads manager.
- Open any version in Canvas to change one step and run it again.
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Use cases

How people use it, start to finish.

Each one is a play you can copy: who it is for, the moves, and what you end up with.

Output: The Ridgeline ad and its version with a new opening headline, made in Ad Remakes — Real result

Input: The Ridgeline ad and its version with a new opening headline, made in Ad Remakes — Real result

DTC brands

Refresh a winner before it burns out

Keep the structure that sold and put new hooks and faces in front of the same audience.

Export your best ad of the last 30 days from your ads manager and upload it.
In the breakdown, mark the hook line and the product shot as the parts that sell.
Tick three new hooks and two creators: six versions, every one a real difference.
Upload all six to one ad set and let the delivery pick; keep the two with the best hook rate.
Make more like the best one next week.

A refreshed test set from one proven ad, every week.

Output: A UGC video ad and the same ad spoken in Spanish, made in Ad Remakes — Real result

Input: A UGC video ad and the same ad spoken in Spanish, made in Ad Remakes — Real result

Agencies

Localise one ad for every market

The same winning ad, in each market’s language and frame, without a reshoot.

Upload the client’s winning ad once.
Tick the languages of the markets you run and both vertical and wide frames.
Keep the original creator so the brand face stays the same everywhere.
Hand the client a folder named by language and frame, ready for each account.

One ad, live in every market the client sells in.

One Ridgeline water bottle ad and eight versions made from it in Ad Remakes: new hooks, a new setting, English and Spanish — Real result

Freelance ad makers

Sell variation packs

Brands pay for volume in creative testing; sell packs of versions from their own ad.

Ask the client for their best ad and the product photos.
Make a pack: hooks × creators in vertical, the set they need for a test.
Deliver the grid with names that match their naming convention.
Offer a monthly refresh from whichever version won.

A repeatable service built on one upload per client.

Before you start

What to bring, and what to do if something looks off.

What to prepare

The ad: Your best performer, one clear subject, few cutsAds you do not own or have rights to
New creators: A saved Character ID or one clear face photoGroup shots or faces turned away
Product: Clean photos where it is fully visibleBlurry or cropped product photos

If something looks off

Versions look too alike: Change the creator or the setting, not only the hook. The variety check shows which.
The product drifts in a version: Add a cleaner product photo in the breakdown and run that version again.
A spoken line is cut off: Shorten the hook line; the version keeps the original ad’s length.

Where it sells

Where this work earns. Sourced, never promised.

Figures are the publishers’ own, for the whole market — not a typical result for one person.

Upwork
Brands post AI video and ad-variation jobs; offer packs of versions from their own ad.
+329%AI video demandUpwork · 2025, 4 Feb 2026
Meta ads
Run the versions in your own or your clients’ testing campaigns.
~$3BCreator payoutsMeta · 2025, 18 Mar 2026; updated 19 Mar
Creator marketplaces
Brands buy creator-style ads in volume for paid social.
$44BUS creator ads · forecastIAB · 2026, 20 Nov 2025

Price

255 credits per video version (8 s ad, 720p)

You see the exact price before anything runs; a run that fails costs nothing.

Also: 15 credits per image version
Frames: 9:16 · 16:9 · 1:1 · 3:4 · 4:5
You bring: One video or image ad
You get: A grid of versions, named for upload

Start Ad Remakes

What a monthly plan makes at 255 credits per video version (8 s ad, 720p)

Starter240 credits0
Pro850 credits3
Business4,400 credits17

A plan’s credits refresh monthly. Failed runs are refunded.

Questions

Asked before the first run.

Can I remake a competitor’s ad?: Upload only ads you own or have the rights to use. Use a competitor’s ad as inspiration for your own direction instead.
What does a remake keep?: The pacing, framing, camera movement and structure of your ad. You choose what changes in each version.
Which frames can I get?: Vertical and wide by default, plus square and portrait, each made in that frame rather than cropped.
What if a version fails?: It is refunded automatically and you can run it again.

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