ORIGINCUT JOURNAL

The steps worth understanding between footage and a finished film.

Understand AI video editing and learn how to organize footage, build a first cut, and refine your video.

Paper dialogue shapes above an editable sequence of video frames, captions and audio

AI VIDEO EDITING · 8 MIN

What is AI video editing—and how is it different from text-to-video?

Separate three different jobs before choosing the right creative workflow.

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A collection of footage thumbnails becomes an ordered selection of clips, captions and audio
FOOTAGE WORKFLOW · 7 MIN

How do you turn hours of footage into a first edit with AI?

Find the moments worth keeping, then write the first structure to a timeline.

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Four coding-agent task tabs connect to one layered video project
CODE AGENTS · 7 MIN

Can Codex, Claude Code, OpenCode, and WorkBuddy help edit video?

See how local coding Agents can read a project, use tools, and leave inspectable edit work.

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