Long-form footage covers a lot of ground. Selects breaks your content into topics and subtopics automatically, so you can quickly log what you have and find the parts you need without scrubbing through everything.
The Topics tab in the Source panel on the left shows how Selects organizes your content. Each topic represents a distinct subject or segment discussed in your footage. Subtopics are more granular breakdowns within each topic. Expand or collapse them to work at whatever level of detail you need.
Quickly understand what you have
Instead of watching hours of footage to figure out what was covered, scan the topic list. Each topic gives you a summary of that segment. Click any topic to jump directly to that moment in the timeline and preview. This turns a multi-hour review process into a quick scan.
Topic clip colors
In the Topic Stringout, each clip is automatically color-coded by its topic. The colors are consistent across the stringout so you can see how your footage is structured and where each topic appears without reading the labels.
Pull what you need into your draft
When you find the parts you want, click the + button on a topic or subtopic to add it to your draft, or drag it directly onto the timeline. This is the fastest way to build an edit from long-form content: identify the sections that matter, pull them in, and refine from there.
Learn more about creating a new draft manually here: [add link]
Export topics with your project
When you hand off to your NLE, topics and subtopics are included in the export. They appear as markers or labeled segments in Premiere, Final Cut Pro, and DaVinci Resolve. This makes downstream work easier because the structure Selects built carries over into your editing software. No need to rebuild your organization from scratch.
