AI Video Editor for Podcasts: Episodes, Captions and Social Clips

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Upload your recording, describe the episode, and review the resulting edit. A subscription is required to edit.

Choose the episode and clip deliverables first

A long episode and a short clip need different pacing. A pause that supports a considered answer may belong in the episode; an unrelated setup may not belong in a short excerpt. Decide the destination and caption requirements before requesting the edit.

From a recorded podcast to reviewed episode and clips

1. 1
   Upload the recorded session

   Use MP4, MOV, M4V, MKV or WebM within both limits: 14 GB and 3 hours per upload. Wait for source analysis. Record the episode title, guest names and source filename in your brief.
2. 2
   Direct the episode cleanup

   Specify pauses, repeated takes and fillers to remove, plus moments to protect. Preserve questions that make answers understandable. Use a pacing target rather than a requirement to remove every quiet moment.
3. 3
   Review the episode and captions

   Listen around cut boundaries and watch the whole conversation for lost context. Correct transcript errors, check names and numbers against the soundtrack, and inspect caption timing on the current preview.
4. 4
   Select self-contained clip candidates

   Choose a topic or ask for candidate story arcs. Review the source ranges, opening, example and conclusion. Multiple selected arcs can become separate child projects; creating candidates does not finish those clips.
5. 5
   Finish each clip for its destination

   Open each child project and request its cleanup, framing and captions. Check both speakers, reactions, text placement and the final sentence. Recheck captions and music on that clip rather than assuming it inherits the finished episode.
6. 6
   Export and review the delivered files

   Create the final MP4 in Studio for the episode and each finished clip. Download and play every delivered file, including its ending, before uploading it to your podcast or social platform.

This is a review workflow, not a fixed turnaround estimate. Longer sources, revisions and additional clip projects require more processing and review.

A show brief you can adapt for every episode

Reuse the editorial preferences; update the episode facts. Include exact guest and company spellings, passages to protect, your caption style and a list of files you want to deliver. Label all time references as source time or preview time because cuts change the clock.

Episode [number], source [filename]. Guests: [names and spellings]. Keep a conversational pace. Remove abandoned starts and unnecessary long gaps, but preserve laughter, intentional pauses, qualifications and the questions needed to understand an answer. Keep source [start–end] intact. Add [caption style] and flag uncertain names for review. Start with the full episode; I will review the preview before we finish the social clips.

For theme music, upload the track and give its intended range, level and fade: “Use my uploaded theme under the opening, lower it when the host starts speaking, and fade it out before the first question.” Check that speech remains intelligible. See the music controls and source requirements.

Choose a clip that still makes sense without the episode

Ask for candidate ranges and a reason to keep each one. Listen to the surrounding conversation before choosing. A strong opening can become misleading if it drops the speaker's condition, changes who a pronoun refers to or removes the example that explains the claim.

Illustrative editorial examples: these are invented passages, not customer results or tested clips.

Find up to three self-contained passages about [topic]. For each, give the source start and end, opening words, supporting example and ending. Flag any context that must stay. After I select the candidates, create separate child projects. In each selected project, request the intended framing and captions, then review its preview before the Studio export.

Several candidates can become child projects, but those projects are starting points. Review and finish each one. For two speakers, check whether a vertical crop excludes a necessary reaction; consider pad or blurred-pad when both faces need to stay visible. Valmera does not automatically track a moving subject through the crop. The clip maker guide explains the project workflow.

Review captions, audio and the exact file you will publish

• Meaning: listen across cuts; keep the question, qualification and conclusion when the answer depends on them.
• Caption text: verify guest names, numbers, negatives and technical terms against the delivered speech. A spelling correction does not repair an incorrect spoken statement.
• Caption timing: inspect the current preview after cuts, speed changes and text corrections. Check the first and last words around each join.
• Framing: keep faces and meaningful reactions visible; place captions where they do not cover the conversation.
• Sound: listen to quiet answers, overlaps, room-tone jumps and music fades. Layer-volume controls do not remove source noise or independently balance speakers in one mixed track.
• Delivery: export in Studio and play each downloaded MP4 through its ending. Inspect branding and any end card in the actual file.

Studio captions are burned into the picture. Studio does not import or export SRT/VTT subtitle files. If you need player-selectable captions, arrange a separate subtitle workflow timed to the final video. Use the caption correction guide and export guide for the detailed controls.

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Direct the cleanup, review the conversation and finish the clips you choose. Free account and uploads; paid editing.