š How to Automate Some Parts Of Video Editing (and Still Keep High Quality)
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1. Automate Repetitive Editing Tasks With Presets Most editors waste time doing the same things in every project: - Color grading - Audio cleanup - Titles/lower thirds - Transitions - Export settings š§ Solution Create presets (templates) so you can apply them in one click. Tools: - Adobe Premiere Pro: Presets for color (Lumetri), audio, sequences, captions - DaVinci Resolve: PowerGrades, Fusion templates - Final Cut Pro: Effects presets, titles presets Result: Instead of doing 10ā15 clicks per clip, you do 1 click. ā
2. Auto-Cut Silences & Bad Takes Manually trimming pauses takes the most time. š§ Solution Use auto-silence cutting + ādetect dead air.ā Tools: - Descript ā Auto-remove silence + filler words - Premiere Pro Speech-to-Text + Auto Split - DaVinci Resolve Neural Engine (Detect Moments) Result: Cuts your timeline cleanup time by 70%. ā
3. Auto-Captions & Subtitles (with high accuracy) Donāt write captions manually. Tools: - Premiere Pro Speech-to-Text - CapCut Auto-captions - Descript Captions - DaVinci Resolve Transcription Result: Saves 1ā2 hours per video and improves accuracy by 95%. ā
4. Auto-Enhance Audio Instead of manually EQ, noise reduce, and compress⦠Tools: - Adobe āEnhance Speechā - DaVinci Resolve āDialogue Levelerā - Audition presets - Krisp (real-time noise removal) Result: Good audio without touching advanced audio tools. ā
5. Use AI Editing Tools (for 10x faster workflows) If you edit volume content like TikToks, podcasts, reels, etc., AI tools can automate most of it. Best AI Tools: š§ Wisecut ā Auto cut silences, add zooms, subtitles šļø Descript ā Edit video like a text document š Runway ā Auto-remove backgrounds, fill, b-roll šļø Pika / Kapwing AI ā Quick cuts, captions, templates Result: Cuts 3-hour work to 20ā30 minutes. ā
6. Automated B-Roll & Stock Insertions Adding b-roll manually is slow. Tools: - Runway automatic b-roll suggestions - Premiere Pro AI B-Roll Recommender (beta) - Descript Auto B-roll - Vidyo.ai for auto-highlights & b-roll