Field notes
Thinking clearly about useful video.
Practical notes for teams turning long recordings and archives into precise, purposeful edits.
Clipping finds a moment. Composition builds an argument.
A practical framework for deciding whether a brief needs one isolated highlight or a structured edit assembled from many moments.
Read the field noteWorkflow
02One webinar, three editorial jobs
How to brief a promo, a speaker-led cut and an argument summary without producing the same edit at three different lengths.
Video archives
03Video archive repurposing: from stored footage to useful edits
A practical workflow for inventorying an archive, checking reuse permissions, selecting sources and reviewing a new story before publication.
Developer guide
04The best AI video editing APIs, compared by what they actually do
A technical buyer’s guide to ingestion, search, planning, rendering, reviewability and the operational details that API feature tables usually omit.
Video archives
05How to search inside video - not just find the file
Find usable passages in existing footage: turn buyer questions into transcript searches, diagnose poor matches and build a source-checked shortlist.
Technical strategy
06Build or buy an AI video editing pipeline?
A layer-by-layer architecture and decision framework for teams deciding what to own, what to integrate and where the hidden operational cost lives.
Agent workflows
07AI agent video editing with MCP: the complete control loop
How an agent can explore footage, commission a cut, inspect the plan, request revisions and render - without removing human approval from consequential decisions.
Editorial operations
08The B2B content repurposing system
Choose useful edits from existing footage with a customer-interview campaign map, source audit, clear briefs and human review gates.
Editorial governance
09How to review AI-generated video without losing editorial control
Review AI video edits against source footage, resolve misleading claims and joins, and record human approval for the exact campaign file you publish.
Podcast workflow
10AI multicamera podcast editing: from synced sources to a story
Prepare camera and audio files, choose a self-contained exchange and review the story, angle choices and continuity before rendering.
Editorial experiments
11YouTube video A/B testing: prepare three faithful hook variants
YouTube has announced testing for up to three video cuts. Here is how to prepare distinct openings while preserving the same story and source meaning.
