Not for: Not a webinar talking-head editor, and not a tool that writes avatar presenters from a script.
Story beats for this day
- Doors and the room filling. Badges, coats, the first wide of the hall. A London awards night and a Singapore launch both start here. Give it the opening phrase; do not spend it on a logo sting.
- The stage: keynote or host. One face, readable, and one sentence that lands. Keep that line in the reel and the song ducks under it; a full speech would eat the song.
- The beat you sold: award, demo or reveal. The thing on the run-of-show. If the cut chose a wide of the catering instead, swap it. Name it in the brief and when Auto-Edit asks what matters.
- The room answering. Applause, a standing table, a laugh. Documentary keeps this after the stage; Energetic will try to dance it. Check the order.
- The close. A last wide, a handshake, people leaving with bags. End on a frame the client can send round internally. An empty stage as the closer is the usual repair.
After Vantacut Auto-Edit makes the cut, walk these beats on the timeline. A missing one is an ordinary clip; swap it in.
How Vantacut cuts it
Import the day’s cards and turn on AI analysis; speech is understood in English and 22 Indian languages, so the keynote and the toasts count as moments. Choose a short song, pick Documentary if the run-of-show matters or Cinematic Story if they asked for a film, and press Create. Answer the questions, then walk the five beats and export on the same machine.
The music
A song that can sit under a face, then lift for the reveal. Trim it to the three-minute recap you promised, not the seventy-minute recording, because the song’s length is the reel’s length.
The light
Ballroom LEDs, a cold camera, a keynote spot that does not match the tables. Auto Balance Colour is the first pass across that; finish the brand look on the colour page with the wheels, curves and LUTs.
Theme
Start with Documentary. You pick it alongside the song and the brief, and if the pace is wrong you can run Auto-Edit again with another of the four.
Your footage stays on your computer
Editing, playback and export run on your computer, and your original footage and songs never leave it. To find moments, Auto-Edit shares low-quality copies of your clips, still frames and the speech, and the app asks once before anything is sent. The editor works worldwide, in English; credit packs are priced in Indian rupees.
Questions
Is this only a wedding editor?
No. Corporate recaps use the same desktop app, the same four themes and the same credits. The beats you check are different.
We filmed a panel for an hour.
A highlight is not the panel. Trim the song to the recap you sold and keep faces, plus one line worth hearing; do not try to hold the whole conversation.
Are prices in dollars or pounds?
No. Credit packs are priced in Indian rupees, and Auto-Edit is charged in credits by the minute. The editor works worldwide, in English.
Get the editor
Windows and Linux now; macOS is coming. The editor is free; create your account when it first opens.