AI video editing for YouTubers
from script to upload without the grind
EditAssist helps YouTubers edit faster by cutting from scripts, finding B-roll with plain-English descriptions, auto-reframing to Shorts, and burning captions. All local, all private, so your raw footage stays on your machine.
Pain points
Finding B-roll takes forever
Describe what you need in plain English and EditAssist searches every frame across your entire library. 'Find all shots of the city skyline at golden hour' returns results in seconds.
Re-cutting for Shorts
The agent finds the best moments, reframes to 9:16 with subject tracking, burns captions, and exports ready-to-upload Shorts from the same master project.
Script-to-timeline drift
Upload your script and the agent builds an assembly that matches each section to the best take. Edit the transcript and the timeline updates in real time.
Caption burn-in
Auto-transcribe locally, time to the millisecond, and burn clean captions into the video or export as SRT/VTT for YouTube uploads.
Prompts
“Find the most viral-worthy 30 seconds of this vlog.”
“Create a vertical 9:16 recut of this horizontal sequence.”
“Pull all B-roll of the city skyline and arrange by time of day.”
“Build a rough cut from today's interview footage, colour-match to episode 3, and sync the external audio.”
“Find the frame with the most visual energy in the performance and use it as the thumbnail.”
“Create 15 TikTok cuts from the music video: each one a different visual hook.”
“Reframe the widescreen music video into 9:16, 1:1, and 4:5 for every platform in one go.”
“Find every shot where the camera is handheld and the horizon isn't level.”
Features
Semantic B-roll search
Describe cutaways in plain English and find them across terabytes of footage without manual logging or tagging.
Auto-reframe to Shorts
Subject-aware 9:16 crop that tracks faces and action, plus batch export across all vertical specs.
Script-driven assembly
Match script sections to the best takes, build assemblies, and refine by editing the transcript.
Local-first privacy
All footage analysis and indexing runs on your own machine. Only chat text leaves the device.
Local-first
All transcription, vision analysis, semantic search, and clustering run on your own GPU. Nothing about your footage is uploaded. The only data that leaves is the text of your conversation with the agent. It's free to download, local models are free, and a new account starts with £15 of credit and no card. For long-running cloud work, pay as you go, or choose £20/mo Starter or £100/mo Pro.
Getting started
- 01Download EditAssist for macOS or Windows and create an account. You get £15 credit and no card is needed.
- 02Ingest your footage. The agent transcribes, indexes, and clusters automatically.
- 03Describe what you want in plain English and let the agent build the cut.
- 04Review, refine with conversational commands, and export to your delivery spec.
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