The FUTURE of Video Editing – Descript AI’s Automatic Video Editor
In this video we will be getting an in-depth look into Descript AI’s brand new AI-based automatic video editor, which allows you to edit a video simply by writing prompts. Here’s the video:
Video Summary
This video analyzes the capabilities of Descript AI’s new automatic video editor, which simplifies the editing process through text prompts.
Here is a brief summary of the video:
- The video introduces Descript AI’s new feature, which allows users to edit a video of any length by simply attaching it and writing a descriptive prompt—a “one-click process” [00:06]. Users get up to 60 minutes of free editing each month [00:23].
- For the demo, an unedited 10-minute recipe video was used, which contained filler words, long pauses, and unneeded movements [00:45].
- Using a predefined prompt to remove filler words, long pauses, and retakes, the AI successfully trimmed the 10-minute original video down to 5 minutes and 22 seconds [03:23].
- The editing interface is flexible, allowing users to make manual adjustments to the AI’s output, such as changing fonts, colors, or editing text directly within the transcript [04:15].
- Complex elements can be added with simple commands to the AI assistant (Underlord), including:
- The tool can also repurpose content by using a prompt to convert the existing video into a different format, such as a 30-second vertical video for platforms like Instagram Reels [06:33].
- The host concludes that the tool is a “complete game-changer” for handling simple, time-consuming edits [07:14].
Important Links
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