What's New in Cutora AI: October 2026 Release

Cutora AI's October 2026 release keeps the first cut as it was and adds four stages after it: audio cleanup, English captions with highlights on key words, motion, and sound effects. All four are on by default for every video, the trial included, and each can be switched off for a video.

Cutora AI is an AI video editor for talking-head creators: founders, teachers, coaches and creators who film themselves talking to camera. Raw video goes in and an edited video comes out. This page lists what changed on 18 October 2026, what did not change, and what Cutora AI still does not do. The product facts page is the source of truth and wins if the two ever differ.

What did not change in the first cut?

The first cut works as before. It removes long pauses, false starts and repeated takes, and keeps one take of a repeated line. You then finish the edit on a timeline you can change, or by chat, which has real limits. The guide what an AI rough cut is explains the idea, and how to pick the take to keep covers what to do when you would have kept a different take.

What is new in this release?

Four stages now run after the first cut:

1. Audio cleanup for the dialogue.
2. English captions with highlights on key words, in three caption styles.
3. Motion: zooms, cards and text on screen.
4. Sound effects: short sound effects.

You can switch off audio cleanup, highlights, motion and sound effects separately for each video. The sections below describe each one.

How does the audio cleanup work?

The audio cleanup is speech enhancement for the dialogue. It reduces noise and room sound, applies EQ and light compression, and adds a peak limiter. It then sets the final loudness to about -14 LUFS.

Three details are worth knowing:

• It is applied when you export. The editor preview plays the original sound, so listen to the exported file to hear the result.
• It can be switched off per video, under "Audio cleanup".
• Nothing is generated or replaced. It filters the recording you made. It does not change what is said, and it does not create or clone a voice.

How do captions with highlights work?

Cutora AI adds English captions to the video. Key words in the captions get a colour and a small pop, so the words that carry the sentence stand out. The editor offers three caption styles: clean, bold and karaoke.

Highlights have been tested in English only, so caption highlights are English only for now. Arabic captions are in Beta. If your video is in Arabic, test it on your own footage before you rely on it.

What motion and sound effects does it add?

The motion stage adds zooms, cards and text on screen for key words and numbers. The sound effects stage adds short sound effects.

You choose a style for the effects: Energetic, Clean or None. Motion, highlights and sound effects can each be switched off for a video, so you can keep the captions and drop the rest, or keep only the audio cleanup.

Can I change or remove any of it?

Yes. Every effect and every highlight is listed in the edit list with a Remove button and a Restore button, and each one is a single undo step. You can edit the text on a card and the text of a caption. Undo, Redo and History cover all of it.

One limit: the cleaned sound is not on the timeline. Only its on and off switch is.

What does an export include now?

The MP4 export carries the effects, the caption highlights, the cleaned audio and the final loudness. You choose vertical (1080x1920) or horizontal (1920x1080) at export.

The ZIP "Export to your editor" is different, and the difference matters if you finish in another editor. It holds text files only: the edit as project files (Final Cut Pro XML, Premiere XML, EDL and OTIO), an SRT caption file, a cut list, a loss report and a README. It has no video, no effects, no cleaned audio and no highlights, so you put your own footage next to it. The ZIP was verified in DaVinci Resolve 21 before this release. It was not re-verified for this release, and Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro are not yet tested by us.

What does Cutora AI still not do?

• It cuts clear “um” and “uh” sounds between words and keeps words such as “like” and “you know”. A hesitation the speech check does not hear as a separate sound stays.
• It does not add B-roll on its own. The editor has a B-roll lane where you can place one of your own clips by hand or by asking the chat.
• It does not generate video, avatars or voices.
• It does not offer colour looks or manual colour grading. (Update 25 Oct 2026: it now corrects the colour automatically, white balance and exposure shot by shot, and you can switch that off.)
• It does not publish to social platforms.
• It does not edit videos longer than 60 minutes (10 minutes on the trial).

What does it cost to try?

Cutora AI is in Beta. You can create an account now (from 25 October 2026; before that, new accounts opened in daily batches). The trial is one video up to 10 minutes, no card needed, with up to 10 exports that carry a small Cutora mark. The trial includes the whole pipeline, effects and audio cleanup included. The plans and prices are on the pricing page.

What happens to my videos?

We do not use your videos to train AI models. Your video is deleted when you delete the project, when you ask us to (hello@usecutora.com), or automatically 90 days after you last edited the project, and we email you 7 days before that happens. The Privacy Policy, dated 18 October 2026, has the full text.

Frequently asked questions

What is Cutora AI?

Cutora AI is an AI video editor for talking-head creators. Raw video goes in and an edited video comes out: a first cut that removes long pauses, false starts and repeated takes, then cleaned audio, English captions with highlights, motion and sound effects, with an editable timeline for the final changes.

What changed in the October 2026 release?

Audio cleanup, English captions with highlights on key words, motion (zooms, cards and text on screen) and sound effects were added after the first cut. They are on by default, and each can be switched off for a video.

Are the new effects on during the trial?

Yes. They are on by default for every video, the trial included, and the trial includes the whole pipeline. You can switch any of them off for a video.

Does the audio cleanup change what I say?

No. It reduces background noise and room sound, evens out the speech and sets the final loudness. It does not change what is said, and it is applied when you export.

Does Cutora AI work in Arabic?

English captions work today. Arabic captions are in Beta, and caption highlights are English only for now.

Does it remove um and uh?

No. Cutora AI cuts clear “um” and “uh” sounds and keeps words such as “like” and “you know”.

Can I use the result in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro?

The ZIP for an editor holds the edit as project files plus an SRT caption file, with no video or effects. It was verified in DaVinci Resolve 21 before this release. Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro are not yet tested by us.

Where is the full list of what Cutora AI does and does not do?

The product facts page lists it, with the limits, and is updated whenever the product changes.