Not for: Not a henna design generator, and not a tool that reads the pattern on her hands. It cuts the footage you shot of them.
Story beats for this day
- The artist’s first lines. Wet henna going on, the cone in hand, the first lines on her palm. Close and steady. These shots are slow by nature, so give them the quiet opening of the song rather than its chorus.
- Hands and feet, finished. The full design, held still long enough to read. If the cut chose a shaky angle, a cleaner one from the same minute is an ordinary clip you can swap in.
- The name in the design. Many brides hide the groom’s name or initials in the henna. If the camera caught the search for it, that small hunt is often the best moment of the afternoon; tell Auto-Edit the couple matter most when it asks.
- Dholak and the family songs. The women’s songs, the dholak, the cousins who start dancing first. This is where the reel finds its pace. Check that more than one side of the family made it in.
- Everyone else’s turn. Late in the afternoon, guests queue for their own henna. A few of those hands, and the bride watching them, close the reel better than another wide of the décor.
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 mehendi cards, often a separate shoot from the wedding, and turn on AI analysis. Speech is understood in 22 Indian languages and English, so a blessing or a joke can count as a moment. Choose the song, pick Emotional, add a brief if the henna detail matters more than the dancing, and press Create. Auto-Edit asks up to three questions, such as who matters most, then shows the plan. The reel opens as a new timeline of ordinary clips: walk the five beats above and swap in what it missed.
The music
A mehendi wants a song with warmth more than drive. If someone recorded the family’s songs cleanly, that recording can be the song, as on a sangeet, and the reel will be as long as it is. Otherwise trim a track to the film you promised and keep the singing for the long film.
The light
A mehendi is usually in daylight, often under a coloured canopy that tints every face beneath it, then fairy lights as it gets dark. Auto Balance Colour evens white balance across that path. It is a pass, not a grade: the deep orange of the henna and the colours of the outfits are the look, so check them with the scopes on the colour page before you export.
Theme
Start with Emotional. 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
Mehendi or mehndi: is this the right page?
Yes. The ceremony is spelled both ways, and the job is the same: the henna, the songs and the family, cut to one song on a timeline you can edit.
Can the mehendi be its own reel?
Yes. Import it as its own project, choose its own song and press Create. The reel opens on its own timeline.
Does it work for a Muslim or Sikh mehndi night?
Yes. A mehndi night of dances and speeches is the same job: footage, one song, a theme, and the beats you check afterwards. Speech is understood in 22 Indian languages and English.
Get the editor
Windows and Linux now; macOS is coming. The editor is free; create your account when it first opens.