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Search locally
Search long recordings, interviews, and raw footage for exact moments, then decide what becomes a clip or rough cut.
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 the source video locally, search by speech or visual context, then save the matching moments before exporting to your editing workflow.
Find the line, reaction, topic, or visual beat before cutting.
Review what was said before and after the matched moment.
Move approved moments into XML, EDL, FCPXML, or SRT workflows.
The friction
Search long recordings, interviews, and raw footage for exact moments, then decide what becomes a clip or rough cut.
How Focus helps
Focus helps editors retrieve exact source moments locally, assemble rough sequences, and export clean handoffs for finishing.
Find the line, reaction, topic, or visual beat before cutting.
Review what was said before and after the matched moment.
Move approved moments into XML, EDL, FCPXML, or SRT workflows.
Source-moment workflow vs auto-clipping
Focus
FocusAuto-clipping tools
How it works
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Add the long video or folder that contains the source material.
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Query by phrase, topic, person, scene, or visual detail.
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Collect moments into a sequence and hand it off to your NLE.
FAQ
It depends on the job. Opus Clip is built for social auto-clips. Focus is better when you need local archive search and editorial handoff.
Yes. Use Focus to find and organize source moments, then export the structure to your editing workflow.
Focus is not a final social publishing tool. It helps you find, collect, and export the moments that become the edit.
Ready
Use Focus to keep source context and editorial control.