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- AI captions and music
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- Web export limit: 60 minutes total
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.
Artificial Coral Crayfish Export 735.1
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
MY ASSETSLIBRARY
Motion GraphicsLUTsZoomFX
FavoritePopularData Viz
Quote Title Card
GDP Dual Chart
Apple Sales
00:00:04:11 / 00:01:30:00
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 Lenny’s Podcast episode into three captioned vertical highlights. The published example includes the source video, editing prompt, screen recording, and output details: 1080 × 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 Brown’s ChatCut walkthrough at Primal Video. It shows a camera-and-screen-recording edit and a layout correction. The guide discloses affiliate links.
To see the editor during revisions, watch our June 21, 2026 editable-shorts demo. It shows separate clip timelines, the transcript, vertical previews, and caption changes.
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.
Cut by editing
the transcript
Every word carries a timestamp.
Delete a line and the footage leaves
the cut, video and audio together.
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.
Start editing freeCaption 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.
Start editing freeOne editor,
start to finish
Pull back and it's all one workspace:
chat, player, transcript, timeline.
Your whole edit never leaves it.
AITranscript
read_project · 2 files
read_transcript · 54 words · 2 speakers
Found pauses and filler words. Here's the plan:
plan · cut silences → B-roll → captions
Trimming the dead air and tightening the pauses.
Trimmed pauses and filler words
Generated B-roll · “wild afro” · V2
Captioned · 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 · word-level
V2B-roll · generated
V1 Take A Take B Take C interview.mp4 · 0:08
Dialogue
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.
YouTube, TikTok & Reels
Long-form or vertical from one upload. Reframe to 9:16, add captions, and cut highlight reels.
Podcasts & interviews
Edit by reading the transcript, label speakers, and strip filler, then publish as audio or video.
Courses & training
Turn a long session into clean lessons. Add chapters and cut screen-recording mistakes.
Marketing & product
Demos, launches, and explainers with lower thirds, voiceover, B-roll, and branded visuals.
Webinars & events
Cut long recordings into recap clips and speaker highlights, straight from the transcript.
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.
Create videoSeedance 2.0
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.
From your footage to a finished clip
Open a project, add your interview, describe the point to preserve, then review speech, captions and the exported file. Each guide below has the exact steps and current limits.
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Codex
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WorkBuddy $38 $50 /month 24% off
$456 · Billed annually
200 credits / month
Get started- Seedance 2.5 (up to 416s of video)
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 588s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 512s of video)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 833s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 769 images)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 512 images)
- Motion graphics (up to 1,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 909 songs)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 2 voices)
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Motion graphics transparent export
- No export limit
$72 $100 /month 28% off
$864 · Billed annually
400 credits / month
Get started- Seedance 2.5 (up to 833s of video)
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 1,176s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 1,025s of video)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 1,666s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 1,538 images)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 1,025 images)
- Motion graphics (up to 2,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 1,818 songs)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 4 voices)
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Motion graphics transparent export
- No export limit
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$1692 · Billed annually
800 credits / month
Get started- Seedance 2.5 (up to 1,666s of video)
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 2,352s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 2,051s of video)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 3,333s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 3,076 images)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 2,051 images)
- Motion graphics (up to 4,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 3,636 songs)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 8 voices)
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Motion graphics transparent export
- No export limit
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200 credits / month
- Seedance 2.5 (up to 416s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 512s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 769 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 833s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 1,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 909 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 588s of video)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 512 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 2 voices)
- No export limit
400 credits / month
- Seedance 2.5 (up to 833s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 1,025s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 1,538 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 1,666s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 2,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 1,818 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 1,176s of video)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 1,025 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 4 voices)
- No export limit
800 credits / month
- Seedance 2.5 (up to 1,666s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 2,051s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 3,076 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 3,333s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 4,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 3,636 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 2,352s of video)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 2,051 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 8 voices)
- No export limit
1,200 credits / month
- Seedance 2.5 (up to 2,500s of video)
- MiniMax H3 (Up to 3,076s of video)
- GPT Image 2 (up to 4,615 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 5,000s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 6,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 5,454 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 3,529s of video)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 3,076 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 12 voices)
- No export limit
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- Seedance 2.5 (up to 4,166s of video)
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- GPT Image 2 (up to 7,692 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 8,333s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 10,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 9,090 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
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- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 20 voices)
- No export limit
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- Seedance 2.5 (up to 6,250s of video)
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- GPT Image 2 (up to 11,538 images)
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- Motion graphics transparent export
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- Nano Banana 2 (up to 7,692 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 30 voices)
- No export limit
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- Seedance 2.5 (up to 8,333s of video)
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- GPT Image 2 (up to 15,384 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 16,666s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 20,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 18,181 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
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- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 40 voices)
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- Motion graphics transparent export
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- AI music (up to 34,090 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
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- Nano Banana 2 (up to 19,230 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 75 voices)
- No export limit
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- Seedance 2.5 (up to 20,833s of video)
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- GPT Image 2 (up to 38,461 images)
- MiniMax H3 Max (Up to 41,666s of video)
- Motion graphics (up to 50,000 clips)
- AI music (up to 45,454 songs)
- Motion graphics transparent export
- All AI agent editing capabilities
- Seedance 2.0 (up to 29,411s of video)
- Nano Banana 2 (up to 25,641 images)
- Clone voices and reuse them in projects (up to 100 voices)
- No export limit
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. Free includes the core editor and starter credits. An active paid plan adds recurring credits, removes the Free cloud-export duration quota, and unlocks paid capabilities. Check the current Upgrade dialog for plan terms. 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. Web projects use cloud storage; Desktop can start from local project packages and local media. Cloud and local features have different network and export requirements. 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.