Folders and collections
Bring in local folders and connected drives. Use collections and watched folders to organize a growing library.
From a search to your next cut.
Find a scene, a spoken line or a person. Check the source, save your selects and prepare the handoff to your editor.
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Remember the shot, not the filename.
Describe what is in the frame. Visual results show the matching moment with its source and timestamp.
- Describe a place, action or object
- Use an image or a known person as a starting point
- Narrow the results with Smart Filters
Find people. Narrow the search.
Review detected faces and identities, then use people and Smart Filters to focus on the footage you need. Check identity matches against the source.
Yosemite Valley
Go straight to the line you need.
Search spoken words across local transcripts. Play the passage in context, check the text and keep the useful part.
- Local transcription with source timestamps
- Search across analyzed videos
- Review text and speakers before exporting
Example line: “Then the valley opened up.”
Check the source. Keep the useful part.
A match is the starting point. Watch the original footage, adjust the range and save a Select you can return to.
Open the original
Follow a result back to the video and timestamp.
Choose the range
Check what comes before and after. Keep the part your story needs.
Save a Select
Bring reviewed moments together before you arrange an edit.
Your selects, ready for the edit.
With Focus Pro, arrange the moments you chose into a Sequence. Export the edit for Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro, with references to the source media.
Sequences and advanced editor exports require Pro.
See what Pro includesArrange and trim the moments you chose. This illustration brings five example clips together.
Choose a handoff format for your editor. The illustration shows FCPXML selected.
Premiere ProPremiere XML
DaVinci ResolveResolve EDL
Final Cut ProFCPXML
Illustrative sequence. Export compatibility depends on your media and chosen format.
Ask more of your library.
Use the assistant to find footage, summarize a video or help shape a sequence. Choose the current library, a video or a sequence as the context, and review the sources it returns.
Try Focus freeExample questions to try in Focus
Find videos about…
Explore a topic across the current library.
Summarize this video.
Work with a specific video and its analyzed content.
Help me shape this sequence.
Work from the moments you have already selected.
Available answers depend on the analysis, models and context you choose.
Keep your folders. Bring the library together.
Add folders from your computer, external drives or mounted shares. Use linked originals to leave media where it is, then organize your work with collections and watched folders.
See how to add folders and drivesProcessing you can follow
See what is ready to search, what is still being analyzed and what needs attention.
Local by default
Keep core search and analysis on your computer. Choose explicitly when to use connected features.
Ready for your computer?
macOS 12+ or Windows 10/11. 8 GB RAM minimum; 16 GB and a GPU recommended. Model setup and analysis time depend on your hardware and footage.
Common formats include MP4, MOV, MKV, AVI and WebM. Test your own camera files in the free trial.
Compare Focus with other tools
Read the interview search guideStart with a folder you know.
Find a moment in your own footage. Play the source. See if Focus fits the way you work.
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