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AI Video Editor:
Describe the Edit, Get the Cut

Describe your edit in plain English and ChatCut applies it to an editable multi-track timeline in the desktop app, web app, or ChatCut Agent Plugin.

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AITRANSCRIPT
I want to make this bit smooth and tight. Add proper motion graphics and generate music for this talking head content.
read_script, read 2 files

I can see there are repeated takes and a trailing "okay?" that can be trimmed. Let me also check for fillers and silences to tighten everything up.

Edited, apply_script

Tightened it up: cut the leading and trailing dead air, and shortened the pauses between sentences.

Added motion graphics, apply_script

Dropped a Midnights title card and a quote lower-third onto the MG track, animated in over the open, above your footage.

Generated music, apply_script

Generated a soft music bed and tucked it under the whole clip, leveled so it ducks beneath your voice.

Tell AI what changes to make, @ to reference media
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FavoritePopularData Viz
Quote Title Card
GDP Dual Chart
Apple Sales
00:00:04:11 / 00:01:30:00
00:00.00 / 00:13.19 OFF
00:00:0000:04:0000:08:0000:12:00
MGGraphics
Quote Card
Midnights Overlay
V1Video 1
A1Audio 1
interview.wav
interview.wav

Illustrative editor workflow. Results depend on the source footage and prompt; review every edit before export.

See an AI video edit from source to result

In our August 22, 2026 walkthrough, ChatGPT used ChatCut to turn a Lennyโ€™s Podcast episode into three captioned vertical highlights. The published example includes the source video, editing prompt, screen recording, and output details: 1080 ร— 1920, 30 fps, H.264 MP4. The source media and editable timelines remained in the project.

This is one recorded workflow. Review the selected quotes, framing, captions, and final exports before publishing. The demonstration recording is silent; it does not independently verify the audio quality of the exports.

For a tutorial workflow, see Justin Brownโ€™s ChatCut walkthrough at Primal Video. It shows a camera-and-screen-recording edit and a layout correction. The guide discloses affiliate links.

Watch the 30-second demo View the prompt and results Explore timeline controls Read transcript and caption docs

Describe the edit.
ChatCut makes it.

ChatCut turns your instructions into editable changes to clips, tracks, and captions. Continue in chat, edit the transcript, or refine the same project on the timeline.

Conversational editing Text-based editing Auto-captions Motion graphics AI voiceover Generate clips Noise removal Multi-track timeline

Describe the edit.
Watch it happen.

One project, one timeline. Cut, restructure, generate, and caption. Inspect each change in the editor and adjust it before export.

Edit just by
describing it

Ask the way you'd ask an editor,
like "cut the dead air," and ChatCut
runs it on the timeline while you watch.

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Cut by editing
the transcript

Every word carries a timestamp.
Delete a line and the footage leaves
the cut, video and audio together.

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Drop in the
B-roll you need

Missing a shot? Generate the clip with Seedance 2.0 or an image with GPT-Image-2, and ChatCut lays it on a new track over your cut.

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Caption every
word, styled

ChatCut turns the active transcript into timed captions. Preview a built-in or saved style, edit the text, and export the result as video or subtitles.

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One editor,
start to finish

Pull back and it's all one workspace:
chat, player, transcript, timeline.
Your whole edit never leaves it.

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AITranscript
read_project ยท 2 files
read_transcript ยท 54 words ยท 2 speakers

Found pauses and filler words. Here's the plan:

plan ยท cut silences โ†’ B-roll โ†’ captions

Trimming the dead air and tightening the pauses.

Trimmed pauses and filler words
Generated B-roll ยท โ€œwild afroโ€ ยท V2
Captioned ยท 54 words
TranscriptMedia
Speaker 10:00

So um the thing about editing is you just read the words.

Speaker 20:04

Exactly. And you know the video like follows along with the edit.

Speaker 10:08

No scrubbing, no timeline hunting, you cut the text.

0:000:030:060:08
C1Captions ยท word-level
V2B-roll ยท generated
V1 Take A Take B Take C interview.mp4 ยท 0:08
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An AI video editor for YouTube,
TikTok, podcasts & social

Every platform wants a different cut. ChatCut shapes each video for the surface it's meant for, instead of forcing every format through one template.

A skateboarding clip reframed into vertical short-form cuts

YouTube, TikTok & Reels

Long-form or vertical from one upload. Reframe to 9:16, add captions, and cut highlight reels.

A podcast microphone beside a transcript and audio waveform

Podcasts & interviews

Edit by reading the transcript, label speakers, and strip filler, then publish as audio or video.

A screen recording being trimmed into course lessons

Courses & training

Turn a long session into clean lessons. Add chapters and cut screen-recording mistakes.

A product shot with a lower third on the editing timeline

Marketing & product

Demos, launches, and explainers with lower thirds, voiceover, B-roll, and branded visuals.

A stage recording sliced into short recap clips

Webinars & events

Cut long recordings into recap clips and speaker highlights, straight from the transcript.

A talking-head take split into several ad versions

Ads & UGC

Test hooks, captions, and endings from one take, ready for ads and organic posts.

All your tools,
on one timeline

Generate clips, edit on a multi-track timeline, and turn the active transcript into timed captions. Work in the desktop app, web app, or ChatCut Agent Plugin.

A creator filming a scene, generated as a clip in ChatCut
Create videoSeedance 2.0
A studio scene generated as an image in ChatCut
Create imageGPT-Image-2

Generate a clip in place

Spin up video with Seedance 2.0 and images with GPT-Image-2, generated right on the timeline, no round-trip between apps.

Cut the silences and tighten the open so the first line lands in the first two seconds.

Then lay captions over the whole thing and drop a soft music bed underneath.

Tell ChatCut what to change, @ to reference media

A real editor underneath

Transcript, agent chat, a multi-track timeline and a player. The full editor lives one click under the conversation.

Noise removal

Clean up background hum, hiss, room noise, and rough audio with a simple instruction.

AI voiceover

Choose a voice, add your script and placement instructions, and generate narration as a project audio asset.

Motion graphics

Lower thirds, titles, and data viz from one sentence, fully editable, no keyframes.
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  • Motion graphics (up to 500 clips)
  • AI music (up to 555 songs)
  • Motion graphics transparent export
  • All AI agent editing capabilities
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Questions

AI video editor FAQ

What is an AI video editor?
An AI video editor edits footage from instructions instead of manual, frame-by-frame work. It cuts pauses, generates captions, cleans audio, and reframes for each platform. ChatCut goes further: describe the edit in plain English and it happens on a real multi-track timeline, where everything stays editable by hand.
Can AI actually edit a video for me?
Yes. Tell ChatCut "cut the silences," "tighten the intro," or "pull the best 30 seconds for a Reel," and it runs the edit on the timeline while you watch. Each instruction becomes a normal edit you can undo, adjust, or build on. The more specific you are, the better the cut.
Is ChatCut's AI video editor free?
It's free to start, no card. Sign-up includes starter credits to edit, caption, and generate. The Pro plan adds more credits, higher limits, and Pro-only exports like ProRes 4444 with alpha. Compare Free and Pro.
Does ChatCut watermark my exports?
No. ChatCut doesn't put a watermark on your exports, on the free plan or any plan. Check current export limits.
How does editing through the transcript work?
ChatCut transcribes speech and maps each word to its time range. Select words and press Delete; ChatCut removes that range from the selected track and closes the gap. Review the cut and use Undo if needed. Read the transcript editing steps.
Do I need editing experience to use ChatCut?
You can start by describing the change you want, then inspect the result in the player, transcript, and timeline. The manual timeline controls remain available when you want to trim, split, move, or undo an edit.
Where can I use ChatCut?
Use ChatCut Desktop on macOS or Windows, open the web app in a desktop browser, or use the ChatCut Agent Plugin in Claude Code Desktop or Codex Desktop. All three open an editable ChatCut project. Compare the three products.
Can it edit YouTube, TikTok, and podcast videos?
Yes. Reframe to 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9, add platform-style captions, cut highlights, and label speakers. See social media content and talking-head editing.
How is ChatCut different from other AI video editors?
ChatCut combines conversational editing, a transcript, and a multi-track timeline. AI edits become clips, tracks, and captions that you can inspect and adjust manually. You can continue in the conversation or refine the same project in the editor.
Can multiple people edit the same project together?
Yes. A project owner can create an invite link, and a signed-in recipient can join as an editor. Invited editors can upload media, change the project, and run generations. Use a watch link when someone should only review an exported video. Read the sharing and collaboration steps.

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