Selects handles the prep work so you can skip the grunt work of syncing, reviewing, scrubbing and labeling.
It analyzes your footage, syncs multi-cam and audio, removes silences, and splits everything into topic-based clips, all in one click, to get it ready for your creative edit.
1. Drop the footage folder
Open Selects and select your files or a folder containing all raw footage and audio files.
You can work with up to 6 hours of footage per project. The limit is based on the length of the final synced sequence e.g. 4 hour shoot with 5 multi angle cameras is also supported.
The files are automatically organized into A-roll, B-roll, Music & Sound effects categories, but double check before proceeding.
2. Give directions
Choose the prep tasks you want Selects to perform.
Split video into topics – Footage will be analyzed and split into topic clips based on conversation or content changes, for faster review.
Sync multi-cam – Sync multiple video angles and audio files, and create a nested multi-cam timeline. Automatically detect who is speaking, and switch to that angle. Also supports selecting best audio track per speaker, and mute non-speaker audio.
Sync audio & video – Match separate video and audio recordings automatically.
Automated drafts - Create your own editing prompt
Assembly cut - Get a cleaned up timeline with all the unnecessary sections and dead air removed.
Draft a storyline - Describe the purpose and output of the video, and get an edited rough cut.
5 min summary - Get a short summary of what the video is about.
Clips for shorts - Get a few suggestions for viral content or for introduction hooks
Script based edit – Paste your edited transcript, and get a timeline edited according to it.
You can combine several tasks and create several draft edits for a single prep run.
3. Let Selects do the work
Once you click Start setup, Selects handles all the tasks behind the scene within minutes, depending on the length of the video.
You’ll receive a notification when your project is ready, so feel free to work on something else in the meantime.
4. Review and cut
When the prep is complete, review the drafts.
Source panel (Right)
Main footage - The main footage is synced, and divided into topic chapters. Drag or click on the '+' button on each chapter to add to draft timeline.
B-roll, Audio - Editing B-roll, Audio files in Selects isn't supported in yet, but files will be organized into bins on handoff.
Main footage timeline (Middle) - Review the whole video, and see which parts are used in the current draft. Clips can be dragged from main footage timeline to draft timeline. The main footage timeline can't be edited directly.
Draft timelines (Bottom) - This is where the edits are made. Multiple drafts can be created.
Transcript panel (Left) - Transcription for the current active timeline is shown here. Text-based editing is supported - cut clips, change speaker, change camera track.
Search - Search for scenes in natural language to find the clips.
Cut assist - Cut silences, filler words, or edit the transcript to edit the video.
Multi-cam & audio - Set the speaker names, priority video & audio tracks. Mute non-speaker audio is also supported.
Markers - Add markers to note editing directions for later. Use the ‘M’ key to add a marker at current position.
These tools will save you time in making additional trims before handing off to your NLE.
5. Handoff your project
Selects creates a fully structured project file for Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve.
The handoff file includes nested multi-cam sequences, color coded chapters, labeled chapters, transcriptions, and markers so you can continue creative editing right away.
6. Get a head start
Selects is built for video editors and creators who need precision and efficiency to create great content. It turns what used to take days of organizing into minutes.