Cut studio

Open Cut in a project to assemble saved takes into one sequence. Cut editing requires no AI generation or media copying.

Choose takes

Use Choose takes to assemble saved takes. Existing clips default to replacement in place; new shots are inserted in shot order without rearranging your existing clips. Choose Add another clip explicitly to repeat a shot.

For quick alternatives, select a timeline clip and use the Take dropdown or previous/next take buttons above the viewer. Swapping keeps its position and resets the trim to the replacement’s full range; Undo restores the previous take and trim. Shot-level production selections remain intact.

Timeline

The timeline fits the full cut initially; zoom and scroll inside it for precision. Click or drag the playhead to scrub, drag a selected clip’s grip to reorder, and drag either edge to trim. The full-source strip below makes excluded footage available again. Both displayed boundary frames are included, and the original media stays intact.

Each completed drag is one Undo step; Escape cancels a drag.

Key (trim handle focused)	Action
Left / Right	Move one frame
Shift + Left / Right	Move ten frames
Home / End	Move to its limit

Numeric frame fields and Move earlier / later remain available without dragging.

Playback

Play starts at the playhead; Play from beginning previews the whole sequence with original audio. Playback does not change your selected clip. Paused and trim previews use exact archived frames. The next clip is preloaded, with buffering and explicit retry if it cannot load. Playback pauses when editing or when the tab is hidden.

This is a browser preview, not a rendered export or a guarantee of sample-accurate joins.

Saving and export

Each project saves one sequence in cut.json, with autosave, manual Save, Undo/Redo during the page visit, and protection against conflicting edits. A clip keeps its exact take until replaced. Restore unavailable takes through Trash and refresh, or remove the affected clips.

Use Export MP4 to render the saved sequence with the configured FFmpeg executable.