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Search locally
Focus helps assistant editors search raw media, verify source moments, build selects, and export clean handoffs.
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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
The best fit is software that searches speech and visuals, keeps source context, and exports selections into the editing workflow.
Find spoken lines, themes, visuals, people, and scenes without relying on filenames.
Open each result at the source timestamp before it becomes part of a handoff.
Move verified selections into XML, FCPXML, EDL, SRT, or sequence workflows.
The friction
Focus helps assistant editors search raw media, verify source moments, build selects, and export clean handoffs.
How Focus helps
Focus gives assistant editors one place to search footage, verify the source, save selects, and export files the editor can use.
Find spoken lines, themes, visuals, people, and scenes without relying on filenames.
Open each result at the source timestamp before it becomes part of a handoff.
Move verified selections into XML, FCPXML, EDL, SRT, or sequence workflows.
Assistant editor software vs manual prep
Focus
FocusManual prep
How it works
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Point Focus at project folders, shuttle drives, or mounted storage.
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Use plain language, transcript terms, faces, scenes, or visual descriptions.
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Export source-backed selections into the editor's timeline workflow.
FAQ
No. Focus is a search and preparation layer that hands off to Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, and related workflows.
No. Focus is designed for local indexing and local search.
Assistant editors, editors, and small post teams that need faster footage retrieval and cleaner handoffs.
Ready
Use Focus to find the right material faster and hand it off with source context.