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Search locally
Turn local footage into verified selects and editor-ready handoff files.
Focus Pro helps editors search footage locally, save useful moments as Selects, build Sequences, and export handoff files for Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, subtitles, reports, and packages.
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Verified selects v03
27 clips selected
Speech selects
SRT and markers synced
B-roll selects
Handles preserved
Premiere XML
Timeline handoff with clip timing
Resolve EDL
Clean conform and review exports
Final Cut / SRT
Metadata and subtitles included
Short answer
What is Focus Pro for editors?
Focus Pro is the local pre-edit handoff workflow for editors who need to find the right material before committing to the NLE timeline.
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Keep Smart Filters and Selects available in both Personal and Pro.
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Use Pro for Sequences, advanced exports, reports, packages, and NLE handoff.
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Search local footage
Find spoken lines, scenes, people, visual ideas, filenames, and metadata without uploading the project first.
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Review verified Selects
Open candidates at the source timestamp, then save useful moments as Selects with review context.
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Build Sequences
Turn approved moments into source-backed Sequences you can refine before handoff.
The friction
Cloud rough-cut assistants promise speed, but editors still need proof.
Focus Pro helps editors search footage locally, save useful moments as Selects, build Sequences, and export handoff files for Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, subtitles, reports, and packages.
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A generated rough cut is risky when the source moments have not been verified.
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Upload-first workflows can slow down private, large, or client-sensitive footage.
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The real bottleneck is often finding, checking, and handing off the right moments before the edit.
How Focus helps
A local workbench before the timeline.
Focus Pro keeps retrieval, review, Sequences, and export handoff in one local workflow so the NLE starts with better material.
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Search local footage
Find spoken lines, scenes, people, visual ideas, filenames, and metadata without uploading the project first.
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Review verified Selects
Open candidates at the source timestamp, then save useful moments as Selects with review context.
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Build Sequences
Turn approved moments into source-backed Sequences you can refine before handoff.
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Export editor handoffs
Send clips, Premiere XML, FCPXML, EDL, SRT, CSV, reports, or packages to the finishing workflow.
Focus Pro vs cloud rough-cut assistants
Focus Pro
Focus- Local search and review before the timeline.
- Verified Selects and Sequences for editor handoff.
- Advanced exports for Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, subtitles, reports, and packages.
Cloud rough-cut assistants
- Upload or cloud processing before the assistant can work.
- Assistant-generated timelines that still need editorial review.
- Direct NLE integration where supported, with more platform dependency.
How it works
How Focus Pro fits before the first cut
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Add local footage folders
Point Focus at project folders, external drives, or mounted storage.
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Search by memory
Ask for the phrase, person, scene, reaction, or visual idea you need.
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Save useful moments
Verify the source timestamp and save the best candidates as Selects.
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Build a Sequence
Arrange or refine approved moments before opening the NLE.
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Export the handoff
Create clips, timeline files, subtitles, CSV data, reports, or packages for the next step.
FAQ
Focus Pro questions
Is Focus Pro a full NLE?
No. Focus Pro prepares verified material before the timeline. Editors still finish the cut in Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, or another NLE.
Does Focus Pro control Premiere or Resolve in real time?
No. Focus Pro prepares handoff files and exports. It does not claim real-time control of your open NLE project.
Are Smart Filters Pro-only?
No. Smart Filters are included in Focus Personal and Focus Pro. Pro adds Sequences, advanced exports, reports, packages, and NLE handoff workflows.
What export formats can editors use?
Focus supports editor handoff formats such as Premiere XML, FCPXML, EDL, SRT, CSV, clips, reports, and packages where available.
Does footage need to upload to the cloud?
Focus is built around local indexing and local search. Use cloud or external workers only where the product explicitly offers them for a Pro workflow.
Ready
Start the edit with verified material.
Use Focus Pro to find the right moments locally and hand off cleaner work to your NLE.