How to edit videos with AI: a workflow you can copy
Describe the cut once, review it in passes, revise with specific asks. Every step shown on a real edit you can open in the editor without an account.
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AI video editors vs. traditional editing software: which one for which job
Where an AI editor saves you time, where a traditional NLE still wins, and how to test the difference on one real project instead of a feature list.
How to reframe a 16:9 video to 9:16 without losing anyone in the shot
A centre crop loses one of the two people. The fix is to stack them or follow whoever is talking. Here is a 27-second clip that does both, and how to ask for it.
How to turn a podcast episode into short clips
The slow part is not the trimming, it is finding the six moments in two hours that belong together. Here is a clip that did that, and what to ask for to get your own.
How to cut a video to the beat of the music
Cutting on the beat by hand means marking every downbeat. Here it is one request, shown on a 24-second snowboard edit and a 20-second festival recap.
How to cut interviews into a two-minute explainer, with B-roll and lower thirds
Five interview recordings, twelve minutes of talking, one two-minute piece with lower thirds, captions and B-roll over the cuts. How it was built and how to brief your own.
How to make an event recap video from a day of footage
Eighteen minutes of festival footage became a 20-second recap: twenty cuts, one look, cut to the drum build. How to get the same from your own event.