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Why the script is the timeline
The Cutgraph Studio source preview is about to open. Here is the idea behind it, what works today, and what is still rough.
Read itPreview v0.1 developer preview · Fair Source · free
Edit video by editing text.
Cutgraph Studio transcribes your footage on your own machine and turns the script into the timeline. Strike a word and the picture cuts with it. Add animation, captions and B-roll, then export for YouTube, Shorts and Reels, or square feeds.
Windows 11 + NVIDIA tested · Linux best-effort · no account, no upload, no meter
Hi, I'm Lens. Try the toy below!
Try it here
Strike a word. Watch it cut.
This is the whole idea in one box. Click words to cut them, play the result, then let the filler finder propose a cleanup you can accept or reject.
PREVIEW · 0:00.0 / 0:11.8
Click any word to cut it.
Picture
0:11.8 → 0:11.8
Script lens
Click or press Enter to cut. Arrows move. Ctrl+Z undoes.
A simulation in your browser with synthetic timing. In Cutgraph Studio the same gesture cuts real picture and sound.
How it works
Three steps, no keyframes.
Everything below runs on your computer. The co-pilot is optional and only proposes.
- 01Drop in a recordingImport footage, or start from a pasted script and record narration later. WhisperX transcribes every word locally and lays the video out as scenes.What you can import →
- 02Edit the wordsStrike words to cut, drag scenes to reorder, drop B-roll and music onto a word. Turn any scene into an animation with Lens.Tour the Story view →
- 03Export with captionsBurned-in captions, 16:9 and 9:16 in one go, GPU encoding when you have it. Unchanged scenes come from the cache.Export details →
Sound familiar?
Pick the line that sounds like your week.
Pick the line that sounds like your week. Lens has notes.
Which one sounds like you?
The editing bays
Seven bays, one script.
Every capability on this site carries a tag: Shipped means you can use it in v0.1 today. Preview means partial or behind setup. Planned means not built.
- Bay 01 · Bring it inStart from footage, or from an ideaDrop in what you shot, or start with a sentence and record the narration later.4 of 4 shipped
- Bay 02 · TranscribeEvery word, on your machineWord-level transcription runs locally, so the audio never leaves your computer.2 of 3 shipped
- Bay 03 · Story viewThe script is the timelineFour lenses on one video. Edit in Script, Board or Timeline and the others follow.5 of 5 shipped
- Bay 04 · MotionAnimation without a keyframe in sightA drawing engine built into the editor, with a cast that acts on cue.6 of 7 shipped
- Bay 05 · Co-pilotProposals, not autopilotAn optional Ask bar that suggests edits. Nothing changes until you accept.2 of 3 shipped
- Bay 06 · CaptionsCaptions that match the cutBuilt from the transcript you are already editing.1 of 2 shipped
- Bay 07 · ExportOne cut, every shapeffmpeg under the hood, with the boring parts handled.3 of 5 shipped
- Every tag, every noteThe full inventorySee all features
Co-pilot, not autopilot
It proposes. You decide.
The optional Ask bar plans scenes, finds filler words, ranks B-roll and sets up shots. Each answer is a card with Accept and Reject. It runs on your own Anthropic key, so there is no credit meter of ours in the middle.
Proposals land here as cards. Pick a request above, or type one. Nothing in your video changes until you press Accept.
Simulated with canned answers: this page sends nothing anywhere. In the app, the co-pilot sends your request and the relevant transcript text (never video or audio) to Anthropic using your own key.
Local-first
Your footage never leaves your machine.
No account, no upload, no telemetry. Studio only accepts connections from your own computer. Here is everything, and the only things, that can reach the network.
Stays on your machine
- Your media
- Transcripts and timings
- Projects and the library
- Exports and logs
Leaves only if you use it
- Co-pilot requests: text, never video or audio, to Anthropic
- First-run speech model downloads
- Stock searches (Pexels, Pixabay)
- Installing dependencies
Each one can be avoided. The details are in Your footage, your machine.
Eleven faces. Nine moves.
Meet Lens
A co-star that takes direction.
Lens is the sample character, drawn live by the same motion engine that renders your export. Pick an expression, a pose and a move, and it lands on the word you choose. The one on this page is running that exact code.
The tour
Sixty seconds, cut in Cutgraph.
Cutgraph Studio in 60 seconds
This video is still in the edit. Until it's rendered, the toys on this page are the real interaction model.
Before you download
What's still rough.
It's a developer preview. We would rather you hear it here than find out at minute ten.
- Installed from source. Python, Node and ffmpeg. A packaged installer is not the supported path yet.
- Windows 11 first. Linux is best-effort; macOS is not supported.
- English transcription only, and the first run downloads about 3.5 GB of models.
- One person, one machine. No sync, no team features, no recording or remote guests.
- No generative video. Cutgraph edits and animates your material; it doesn't invent footage.
From the cutting room
Notes, honestly.
Comparisons
Text-based editing, honestly compared
Three tools let you cut video by deleting words. Where each one is stronger, where Cutgraph is behind, and how to pick.
Read itField notes
Your footage, your machine
Media, transcripts and exports stay on your computer. Here is the complete list of the few things that can reach the network, and how to avoid each one.
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Ready for your first cut?
Free, local and Fair Source. Bring a recording and an evening.