It looks like AI has officially reached video editing. Honestly, it was clearly coming — technology keeps moving toward automating almost everything we do on a computer. But I didn’t think it would happen this fast. I was sure we had another five years before AI could handle anything close to semi-automatic editing. And yet here we are: there are already tools that handle some tasks surprisingly well.

I have mixed feelings about all this. On one hand, it’s great to have such a powerful tool basically for pennies. On the other hand, the future of the profession feels a bit shaky. If we follow how the market usually develops, editors will be expected to work faster, take on more tasks, and constantly pick up new skills. AI will take away the routine, sure — but the expectations for everything else will only grow.

I’ve been studying in The Go To Editor course for more than a year, and I think it’s finally time to try adding AI into my own workflow. I have four hours of documentary footage we use as training material. The film itself is already finished, so I can’t publish my final edit because of copyright restrictions — but I can test AI tools on the project and share my impressions.

My plan is simple:
first I’ll watch all the footage and figure out the main idea and storyline. Then I’ll give AI the task of assembling a rough cut based on that. If the result looks decent, I’ll finish the final edit by hand. I’ll also ask AI for suggestions along the way, just to see how helpful it can be.

Let’s see how this experiment turns out. Will use EDDIE AI and Premier Pro.