lazycut
Guides
I'm Kyle. I built lazycut, and I'm not a coach or an editor. These pages are about using footage you filmed yourself, and each one should be useful even if you never use lazycut. Where a page talks about my own tool, it says so.
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Guide
B-roll ideas for coaches: the shots your script asks forWhat one real 50-second talk asked for, line by line, and a checklist of 20 shots to film or find in your camera roll.
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Guide
How to edit a talking head video with B-rollWhen to cut away or stay on the speaker, shown cut by cut on one real 50-second talk.
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Guide
Retreat and event recap video: shot list and scriptHow to plan, film and script a 60 to 120 second retreat or event recap from your own footage.
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Guide
How to brief a video editor: what to send, with a templateA seven-part brief and copy-ready template for coaches handing a script and footage to a video editor.
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Guide
Descript B-roll from your own footage: how to do itWhat Descript does with B-roll from your own clips, by-hand steps, a file name pattern, and where lazycut differs.
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Buyer's guide
AI video editor with your own footage: how to chooseFour kinds of AI video editor for your own footage, a decision table, and five questions to ask.
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Help
How to import FCPXML into DaVinci Resolve or Final CutHow to import a lazycut FCPXML timeline into DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut, and fix missing clips.
What lazycut does
Paste your script and point it at a folder of footage you filmed. It places one of your shots on each line it can and gives a reason for each one. Lines with no good match stay on you.
You or your editor finish the cut in DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut. Not Premiere yet. No stock, nothing generated. Free, invite-only beta, no card.
See lazycut for coaches