Pauses
Long silences between sentences go; a short beat stays around your words, so nothing sounds clipped.
Raw video in. Edited video out.
Cutora AI: the AI-first video editor for talking-head creators
Cutora is an AI video editor for talking-head videos: upload a raw recording and it hands back an edited video, with the pauses, false starts and retakes cut, the audio cleaned, the colour corrected, and captions, zooms and on-screen text added, all on a timeline you can change. Upload one video of you talking to camera. It cleans the audio of the dialogue. It corrects the colour automatically (white balance and exposure per shot, skin tones protected), and you can switch it off. It adds English captions (Arabic captions are in Beta) and highlights on key words. It adds motion (zooms, cards and text on screen) and sound effects. Audio cleanup, highlights, motion and sound effects can each be switched off for a video. You finish the edit on a timeline you can change, or by chat, which has real limits. Then export an MP4.
Try it on one video How it works The trial needs an account with your email address: one video up to 10 minutes, up to 10 exports with a small Cutora mark, and no card needed.
Illustrative sample
FALSE START0.8sPAUSE1.1sRESTART2.7sSo the thing— Here’s my one rule. 1.3s Every video starts — hang on. Let me start again. Every video starts with the problem.
A scripted take and speaker, cut the way Cutora cuts. No AI runs on this page.
An early build,
on a sample take.
Cutora makes the first cut on a timeline you keep editing. Below is an illustrative sample: every cut is a marker with what was said and why it went.
Illustrative sample
RAW00:33.2
FIRST CUT00:18.5
CUTS6
Hi, I’m Nour. [1.4s] Today I want to show you — actually, let me start that again. [0.8s] Today I’m going to show you how we cut our onboarding from ten minutes to three. [2.2s] The first thing we noticed was that nobody finished — sorry. [0.6s]
The first thing we noticed was that nobody finished step four. [1.6s] Nobody. So we rebuilt it around a single question. [1.5s] Here’s what we asked.
6 CUTS · 14.7s
1.4s of silence after “Hi, I’m Nour.” A short beat stays around the words. No words were cut.
“Today I want to show you — actually, let me start that again.”
You started this sentence twice. Cutora kept the take you finished.
2.2s of silence between two thoughts. No words were cut.
“The first thing we noticed was that nobody finished — sorry.”
You said this twice. Cutora kept the clean second take.
1.6s of silence before “Nobody.” A short beat stays, so no word is clipped.
1.5s of silence. No words were cut.
00:00.000:02.300:04.600:06.900:09.200:11.500:13.900:16.200:18.5
The take is scripted and plays in your browser. Open any cut to read what was said and why.
AI-powered video editing: from your take to a cut you can post.
Upload
Upload the video you recorded (one video, up to 10 minutes, on the trial).
Get the first cut
Pauses, false starts and repeated takes are removed and English captions are on (Arabic captions are in Beta), in an editor you can change.
Review and finish it
Review the cut, then edit the timeline, or ask in the chat (“tighten the intro”, “remove this part”). Chat edits work with real limits, and any change can be undone. Then export.
English and Arabic.
Arabic is in Beta: it’s new, and we keep improving it. We’re working on more languages. The example is a scripted line in Arabic with English words in the middle.
Words read right to left. Time still runs left to right.عربي وإنجليزي في نفس الجملة.
Illustrative sample
أهلًا، أنا نور. [1.3s] النهارده هوريكم — لا، خليني أعيدها. النهارده هوريكم إزاي قلّلنا الـonboarding من عشر دقايق لتلاتة. [1.7s] أول حاجة لاحظناها إن محدّش كان بيكمّل الخطوة الرابعة.
What it catches.
And what you can check.
The AI makes the first pass and you review it, so your time goes into the edit you care about.
Restarts
The false start, the “sorry, let me start again”: the attempt you abandoned.
Retakes
The same line said twice: Cutora keeps one take, the complete one that fits the lines around it, and removes the repeats. When the two takes say different things, it keeps what only one of them says.
You see each cut
The cuts show what was said and why it went, and you can undo a cut.
Built in public.
We’re building Cutora in the open: what works, what breaks and what we change. Follow along.
Questions
When can I use it?
Now, in Beta: try it on one video, no card needed. Create an account and start.
Which languages does it support?
English and Arabic. Arabic is in Beta: it’s new, and we keep improving it. We’re working on more languages.
How much does it cost?
Try Cutora on one video, no card needed. Creator is $15 a month and Pro $29 a month, plus tax where it applies; see the pricing page.
What happens to my footage?
Your footage is visible to you in your account. We do not use your videos to train AI models. We do not open your videos or projects unless you ask us for help or we are investigating a suspected breach of the Terms. Our privacy policy says which providers process it and how long we keep it.
Can I cancel?
Any time, in Manage billing. Your plan stays until the end of the paid period.
Does it remove filler words?
Partly. Cutora AI cuts clear “um” and “uh” sounds and keeps words such as “like” and “you know”.
Which file types can I upload?
MP4, M4V, MOV, WebM and MKV.
How long can a video be?
A project can be up to 60 minutes on Creator and Pro, and 10 minutes on the trial.
What does Cutora AI export?
MP4 export in vertical (1080×1920) or horizontal (1920×1080), and a ZIP of the edit for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro with an SRT caption file. Verified in DaVinci Resolve 21; Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro not yet tested by us.
Does the ZIP include my video?
The ZIP holds project files (Final Cut Pro XML, Premiere XML, EDL and OpenTimelineIO), an SRT caption file and a cut list. Your source videos, the effects, the colour correction and the cleaned audio are not in it: you put your own footage next to the files.
Does it make videos for me?
No. It edits the footage you recorded; it doesn’t generate video.
How good is the chat editing?
It works, with real limits. It handles many requests, like “tighten the intro” or “remove this part”, but sometimes it can’t do what you ask or does something different. You see every change, you can undo it, and you can always edit the timeline yourself.
Is Cutora AI the same as cutora.io or other products called Cutora?
Cutora AI (usecutora.com), the browser video editor for talking-head footage. Not related to the Cutora background-remover app, cutora.io, cutora.app or the Cutora Premiere Pro panel.
Cutora AI at a glance
- Product
- Cutora AI (usecutora.com), an AI-first video editor for talking-head creators: raw video in, edited video out
- What it does
- Makes a first cut by removing long pauses, false starts and repeated takes, then you review it on an editable timeline with undo
- Trial
- The trial needs an account with your email address: one video up to 10 minutes, up to 10 exports with a small Cutora mark, and no card needed.
- Plans
- Creator is $15 a month for 120 minutes of footage; Pro is $29 a month for 250 minutes; both plus tax where it applies
- Output
- MP4 export in vertical (1080×1920) or horizontal (1920×1080), and a ZIP of the edit for DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro with an SRT caption file. Verified in DaVinci Resolve 21; Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro not yet tested by us.
Source: Cutora AI product facts. Last updated .
Hit record.
Cutora makes the first cut.
Every Cutora AI edit starts with the first cut, written for creators who film themselves and edit their own takes. The nearest older technique is auto jump cuts, which cut out the pauses; Cutora AI also cuts false starts and repeated takes. It works on the footage you recorded and won’t generate video. You can create an account now and try it on one video.
Try it on one video