Selects can turn your raw footage into a structured rough cut in minutes. Total time depends on footage duration, your internet connection, and hardware specs. No footage on hand? Use the sample project included with the app to follow along.
Download the Selects app and activate your free trial to get started.
Step 1: Import your footage
Launch Selects and drag your footage files or folder into the Drop files or folder area.
Step 2: Prep your footage and sync
When your footage is imported, Selects Agent starts automatically on the Prep page and sets up your main timeline for you, placing your clips and running sync where needed. Once the clips are on the timeline, you can manually adjust their positions if anything needs tweaking.
Step 3: Start AI analysis
Click Start analysis to begin. Selects transcribes your footage, identifies speakers, detects topics, and generates your topic stringout. This takes a few minutes, depending on the footage length and hardware. You'll get a notification when it's done.
Step 4: Review your topic stringout and check names
Once analysis is complete, Selects organizes your footage into a topic stringout, giving you a full picture of your shoot before you start editing. Take a moment to review topic labels, verify that names and key terms are correctly identified, and adjust your multicam settings if needed.
Step 5: Choose how to create your draft
Select an edit direction to generate your first draft: prompting Selects AI Agent, script, or manually.
Step 6: Refine your edit
Use the workspace to trim, reorder, add B-roll, or swap angles. You can also use
Selects Agent, built into the timeline, to refine your edit through conversation. Describe what you want, and the agent makes the changes.
Step 7: Export to your NLE
When your rough cut is ready, click Handoff, choose your format, and save. Selects supports Premiere (.prproj), Final Cut Pro (FCPXML), and DaVinci Resolve (XML). Open the file in your NLE. All clips, transitions, and audio are preserved.
You now have a structured rough cut ready for fine editing. From here, color grade, add effects, refine sound, and finish your cut the way you normally would.