Clean audio and tighter pacing separate polished edits from rough ones. Selects provides AI cleanup tools accessible from the floating toolbar and the cut tools menu.
Remove silence
Remove silence detects and cuts silent gaps in your footage. This tightens pacing in interviews, conversations, and any content where speakers pause between thoughts.
Step 1: Open Remove silence
Click Cut tools in the floating toolbar, then select Remove silence.
Step 2: Choose a gap preset
Select how much space to leave between words after silence is removed:
No gap: Cuts are tight with minimal breathing room. Best for fast-paced, energetic edits.
Short: Leaves a small pause between sentences. Feels natural for most conversational content.
Medium: Preserves more breathing room. Good for slower-paced or more formal content.
Step 3: Fine-tune with custom settings (optional)
If the presets do not fit your needs, use the custom settings:
After Word Ends: How much padding to leave after a word finishes before the cut begins. Controls the tail end of each phrase.
Minimum Cut: The shortest silence that will actually be removed (excluding padding). Silences shorter than this threshold are left untouched.
Before Next Word: How much padding to leave before the next word starts. Controls the lead-in to each new phrase.
Step 4: Apply
Click Remove silence to apply. Review the result in the timeline. You can undo if the pacing feels off and try a different preset or custom setting.
Cut filler words
Cut filler words detects and removes verbal clutter from your edit: the ums, uhs, and repeated phrases that slow down delivery.
Step 1: Open Cut filler words
Click Cut tools in the floating toolbar, then select Cut filler words.
Step 2: Select filler categories
Choose which types of filler to target:
Hesitations: um, uh, er, and similar sounds
Hedging: kind of, sort of, I think, you know, and similar softening phrases
Repeats: stuttered or repeated words and phrases
You can enable one, two, or all three categories depending on how aggressive you want the cleanup to be.
Step 3: Choose cut behavior
Select how filler words are removed:
Cut all: Removes every detected filler word in the selected categories.
Minimize jump cuts: Only removes filler words where the cut will not create a noticeable visual jump. This preserves smoother on-camera delivery at the cost of leaving some filler in place.
Step 4: Apply
Click Cut filler words to apply. Review the result. Some filler may be intentional for natural delivery, especially in conversational footage where removing every hesitation makes someone sound scripted.
To undo, select Restore filler words to bring back all removed filler and start over.