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Search locally
Focus helps assistant editors pull source-backed selects for editors, producers, and story teams.
Product preview
Query
speaker says "we launch tonight" while the crowd reacts
Speech
Find spoken lines in transcripts and jump to exact moments.
Visual
Match scene descriptions and visual context in your footage.
People
Filter results where detected people appear.
Short answer
Index footage first, search for requested moments, verify each source, then export selections in a format the editor can open.
Search by quote, topic, person, shot type, or scene description.
Open candidates at the original timestamp before adding them to a handoff.
Send selected moments into NLE-ready formats instead of rebuilding by hand.
The friction
Focus helps assistant editors pull source-backed selects for editors, producers, and story teams.
How Focus helps
Focus turns a request into a reviewable set of selects with enough context to keep the editor moving.
Search by quote, topic, person, shot type, or scene description.
Open candidates at the original timestamp before adding them to a handoff.
Send selected moments into NLE-ready formats instead of rebuilding by hand.
Search-based selects vs manual stringouts
Focus
FocusManual stringouts
How it works
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Search the editor or producer request in plain language.
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Check transcript, visuals, people, and source playback.
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Send selects to the editor with timestamps and source context intact.
FAQ
No. It helps build stronger first-pass selects faster, then the editor still makes creative decisions.
Yes. Search by visual description, scene, people, objects, or spoken context.
Yes. Transcript search and source playback are part of the retrieval workflow.
Ready
Use Focus to turn raw footage into cleaner editor handoffs.