Not for: Not a tool that decides what may be filmed in a gurdwara, and not one that labels the laavan for you. It only cuts the clips you give it.
Story beats for this day
- Chooda and kaleere. The bride’s red and white bangles, the golden kaleere tied to them, and the cousins trying to catch a falling one. Close, bright detail shots; they set up the family before the noise starts.
- Jaggo. The night procession with the decorated pot of lamps, the dancing and the dhol. It is dark, loud and full of movement, the busiest stretch of the song. Keep the shots where faces are lit by the lamps, not the ones lit only by phone screens.
- Milni at the door. The two families meet, embrace and exchange garlands, relative by relative. It can take a while in the footage; three or four of the warmest embraces say it all, and the long film can keep the rest.
- The laavan. Four rounds around the Guru Granth Sahib while the hymns are sung, the couple joined by a scarf. This is the still centre of the film. Hold the rounds long enough to feel them, and keep the cut respectful: no fast montage here.
- The doli. The bride leaves her family’s home, often throwing puffed rice back over her head. Faces matter more than the car. If the cut ended on a wide of the street, swap in the parents.
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
Before the day, ask the gurdwara and the family what may be filmed, and keep your head covered inside, as everyone else does. Import the cards from each event and turn on AI analysis; speech is understood in 22 Indian languages and English. Choose the song, pick Cinematic Story for the film or Energetic for a jaggo reel, and press Create. Answer the questions about who matters, read the plan, then walk the five beats above on the new timeline and swap in what it missed.
The music
A Punjabi wedding wants two moods: the jaggo’s energy and the stillness of the laavan. One song can hold both if it has a quiet centre; otherwise make two reels with two songs. Keep the kirtan audible under the laavan if the family wants it, and the song ducks under it.
The light
Lamplight and fairy lights at the jaggo, morning daylight at the gurdwara, then a banquet hall at night. Auto Balance Colour evens white balance across the cut. A gurdwara’s interior can be bright and warm from its own lights; check skin and the colours of the turbans and the lehenga with the scopes on the colour page.
Theme
Start with Cinematic Story. 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
Can I film inside the gurdwara?
Ask the gurdwara and the family first, and follow their wishes. Auto-Edit only uses the footage you give it, so a moment you were asked not to film never appears in the reel.
Can the jaggo be a separate reel?
Yes. Choose a faster song, pick Energetic and run Auto-Edit again. The new reel opens on its own timeline, and footage already analysed is not watched again.
Can a line of the ardas or a speech stay in the reel?
Yes. Speech is understood in 22 Indian languages and English; keep the line in the reel and the song ducks under it.
Get the editor
Windows and Linux now; macOS is coming. The editor is free; create your account when it first opens.