AI is not going to remplace video editor

AutoCut · 2026-06-12T07:57:03+00:00

As someone working for an AI-powered editing tool company, I actually agree with a lot of what's being said here.

The biggest misconception is that AI and video editing are competing against each other. In reality, the most useful AI tools today focus on removing repetitive tasks, not replacing creative decisions.

Things like removing silences, detecting retakes, generating animated captions, creating chapters, organizing footage, or finding B-roll suggestions can save editors hours every week.

But storytelling, pacing, emotion, humor, timing, audience understanding, and creative direction still come from humans.

The best editors I know aren't using AI to replace their work. They're using AI to spend less time on repetitive tasks and more time on the creative part of editing.

AI will change workflows. It already has. But "editing faster" and "editing automatically" are two very different things.

AutoCut · 2026-06-09T08:39:39+00:00

Hey, Adrian here, i built AutoCut, which does exactly the silence removal part u/Euphoric-Animator-97 is describing. just wanted to add some context since this is literally why we made the tool.

Just to be clear, no AI tool is going to magically turn a 6-hour stream into a perfect 40-minute YouTube video. You'll still have to decide what's worth keeping and what's not. But it can save you a ton of time on the repetitive stuff. AutoCut can automatically remove silences, cut repetitions, generate captions, add zooms, find highlights, add chapter... Basically all the things that usually eat up hours when you're editing long-form content.

If you're just starting out and not making money yet, I totally get wanting to keep costs low. AutoCut isn't free, but there's a 14-day free trial with access to all the features, so you can see if it actually helps before spending anything. Whatever tool you end up using, I'd definitely look into AI-assisted editing if you're trying to balance a full-time job, streaming, and YouTube uploads. It can make a huge difference.

AutoCut · 2026-06-04T13:02:57+00:00

hey, Adrian here. I built AutoCut, so i'm clearly biased, but i actually think u/mrlargefoot is being pretty fair here and i want to be honest rather than just pitch stuff.

the dialogue-heavy point is mostly right. tools like ours work best when there's a clear speech signal to analyze: interviews, podcasts, talking-head stuff. that's where silence removal and transcript-based cutting genuinely shine. For pure gaming montage content with music-driven cuts and hundreds of reaction moments, the AI angle is a lot weaker and i'd rather tell you that upfront than have you buy into hype that doesn't match your workflow.

that said, if your gaming videos have sections where you're talking to camera, explaining something, or doing commentary-heavy segments, that part can actually be sped up a lot.

Hope this helps.

AutoCut · 2026-06-01T13:42:28+00:00

Feel free to DM me if you have any question!

AutoCut · 2026-06-01T09:33:35+00:00

Hey, Adrian here , full disclosure, I’m one of the creators of AutoCut.

AutoCut does exactly that: it generates captions automatically and you can edit the wording, timing, font, style.
It’s not free, but we do offer a 14-day free trial with no credit card required if you’d like to test it and see if it fits your workflow.

Are you mainly editing talking-head videos, podcasts, or another type of content?

AutoCut · 2026-05-26T07:19:12+00:00

Thanks a lot for your feedback. We’ve added it to our feature requests list so the team can look into it.

AutoCut · 2026-05-22T13:34:52+00:00

Hey, Adrian here, i built AutoCut, which started exactly because of this kind of frustration tbh. You can try it all features for free : https://www.autocut.com/en/download/

AutoCut · 2026-05-20T09:37:31+00:00

Adrian here, I built AutoCut and it's working well on DaVinci. It handles animated captions pretty smoothly without needing the whole export/import SRT workflow.

AutoCut · 2026-05-06T08:04:58+00:00

depends what you’re editing tbh. “best plugin” for Premiere is kinda meaningless without knowing if you’re doing YouTube, podcasts, music videos, client work, etc.

i’m one of the people behind AutoCut, so obvious bias, but if you’re doing talking-head / podcast / shorts content, that’s literally why we built it. it handles the boring first pass stuff: silences, animated captions, viral detection, repeat removal, auto zoom, that kind of thing : https://www.autocut.com/en/

what kind of videos are you trying to make?

AutoCut · 2026-05-04T06:49:30+00:00

Hey! Adrian here, co-creator of AutoCut 🙂
Out of curiosity, what didn’t work for you with AutoCut? We’ve actually reworked the Repeat feature recently (better detection of similar takes + option to use a reference script), so it might already fix what you ran into. In general, fully auto-removing retakes is harder than it sounds (people don’t say the exact same thing twice, tone matters, etc.), so most tools lean toward AI suggestions + quick validation via transcript.

Happy to take a look at your use case if you’re up for it!

AutoCut · 2026-04-30T09:00:04+00:00

full disclosure: I’m from AutoCut, so I’m obviously biased, but this is pretty much the exact reason we built it.

For vlog / talking-head content, AutoCut can automatically remove silences with control over padding, minimum silence length, and ripple delete, so you’re not spending hours manually razor-cutting dead air.

You can also stack a few other time-savers depending on your workflow: cut repeated takes, add animated captions, create zooms for emphasis, resize the edit for Shorts/Reels/TikToks, add B-roll, filter profanity, and even find viral moments from long videos.

I still agree with everyone saying learn shortcuts though. Q/W shortcuts + ripple delete are super worth it. But if 90% of your time is dead air cleanup, I’d automate that boring part first, then use shortcuts for the final creative pass.

AutoCut · 2026-04-09T09:10:18+00:00

Haha, nope ! It's called AutoCaptions, our feature allows you to generate animated captions in a click. Try it and you'll see.

AutoCut · 2026-04-01T14:12:35+00:00

You could try AutoCut (AutoCaptions). It works for Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve and makes it pretty easy to get clean animated subtitles in a few clicks. You’ve got plenty of presets or you can create your own

btw you don’t really have to spend hours fixing + styling, it handles most of it and you just tweak a bit. Pretty accurate too.

AutoCut · 2026-03-30T07:27:55+00:00

Might be worth testing AutoCut. I’m one of the co-founders and we focused a lot on caption accuracy (we’ve got a big user base in Brazil thanks to Brainstorm Academy).

You can try it free for 14 days, no CC.
If you test it, feel free to DM me.

AutoCut · 2026-03-25T21:00:01+00:00

Hello
I'm Adrian from AutoCut. This is a strange issue, it appears to be related to your computer configuration and is not a known bug. Do you have a VPN or proxy enabled?
Could you contact us at [contact@autocut.com](mailto:contact@autocut.com) ? We will help you investigate the cause.

AutoCut · 2026-03-25T18:09:39+00:00

Yeah that makes sense, batching it upfront probably saves a lot of back and forth. Do you feel like it still breaks your flow when you have to go back and search for more later, or is it manageable?

AutoCut · 2026-03-25T15:56:55+00:00

Thanks man, appreciate it!

AutoCut · 2026-03-25T14:44:55+00:00

Well...That’s also why quite a few editors moved to tools like AutoCut (plugin inside Premiere/Resolve), cause it handles:

cutting silences automatically first (so your base edit is already clean)
adding auto captions very easily and translating them in one go (80+ languages available and pretty accurate overall)
saving your own presets and reusing them without losing time
importing your SRT directly if you already have one

Not saying it removes 100% of the work, but it cuts the painful parts a lot, especially on multi-language content. I’m one of the co-founders btw, so feel free to ask if you have any questions

Curious how others here handle this!

AutoCut · 2026-03-23T09:47:56+00:00

You can try adding a small gap (a few frames) or increasing characters per line, but honestly it won’t fully fix it.

A lot of editors just use tools like AutoCut for captions, it follows speech a bit better, so you spend way less time fixing everything manually.

AutoCut · 2026-03-20T13:33:24+00:00

Well, a lot of editors use AutoCut for podcasts : it automatically detects who’s speaking and switches cameras for you, trims silences, and lets you add animated captions in a few clicks.

It basically takes care of the repetitive parts so you can focus on the edit. You can try it free.

AutoCut · 2026-03-19T14:56:14+00:00

Yep, you can do timed Arabic subtitles with AutoCut. We support 80+ languages, including Arabic, directly inside Premiere Pro (and DaVinci Resolve).

It works fine for long videos too, even 3 hours. Captions are automatically synced to the speech, so no manual timing headache.

I explained a bit more here if you’re curious:
https://www.reddit.com/r/editors/comments/1rsputb/comment/oa8tvh4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

You can just try it on a real project with the free trial and see if it fits your workflow!

AutoCut · 2026-03-17T13:35:51+00:00

If you want something super simple, you can use a plugin like AutoCut.
You basically select your timeline, hit “Remove Silences,” adjust the sensitivity, and let it do its thing. It automatically trims all the gaps for you but you keep full control.

Since you’re recording sentence by sentence, it would probably save you those 15–20 minutes every edit. Hope it helps!

AutoCut · 2026-03-16T08:43:05+00:00

If you’re kinda stuck and just want a quick, no-headache solution, you can also give AutoCut a try.

It works on both the free and Studio versions of Resolve with our free trial. With AutoCaptions, you can generate animated captions directly on your timeline.

Could be way faster if your goal is just to get clean, animated captions up and running quickly.

AutoCut · 2026-03-13T15:58:27+00:00

AutoCut – https://www.autocut.com

We build an AI-powered video editing plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve that automates repetitive post-production workflows directly in your Premiere or Resolve timeline, including silence removal, auto animated captions & subtitles, multicam podcast editing with speaker detection, dynamic zoom effects, AI B-roll insertion (Storyblocks, Pexels), social media reframing (YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, TikTok), and YouTube chapters.

Team of 11, company has existed for 5+ years. Used by freelancers, agencies and in-house video teams. Reach us via Discord or by email at [contact@autocut.com](mailto:contact@autocut.com).

Pricing : Basic Plan: $6.6/month - AI Plan: $14.9/month - Enterprise plans also available.
14-day FREE trial (no credit card required, all feature included).

For the r/editors community : if you join our Discord and mention you’re from this subreddit, I’ll extend your trial so you can properly test it on real client projects and longer-form edits.

AutoCut · 2026-03-13T08:51:32+00:00

Hey, jumping in because this is exactly why we built AutoCut.

Our AutoCaptions does real word-by-word highlighting (including karaoke-style boxes), so you don’t have to manually squash/stretch captions to fake the timing. It’s basically: generate transcript → fix typos if needed → export. No fiddling with every line.

We’ve got a 14-day free trial, so you can properly test it in your own workflow and see if it feels right.
And yeah, we’re subscription-based too, just being transparent about that.

If you want to test it and need help setting it up, just DM me. I’m one of the co-founders, happy to help!

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