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People and face search
Find where a person appears across local video folders on your Mac. Focus detects faces locally, lets you review and name people, and opens matches at the source moment.
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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
Index the folders in Focus, review and name detected faces, then filter search results by person. Focus opens each match against the original local video so you can verify the shot before using it.
Scan video frames for face appearances without uploading the footage.
Name people, merge duplicates, and check suggestions against frame context.
Combine a person filter with speech, scene, and visual queries, then jump to the timestamp.
The friction
Find where a person appears across local video folders on your Mac. Focus detects faces locally, lets you review and name people, and opens matches at the source moment.
How Focus helps
Focus separates detection from identity. It finds face appearances, gives you a review queue for naming and merging people, and then uses those reviewed assignments as a search filter.
Scan video frames for face appearances without uploading the footage.
Name people, merge duplicates, and check suggestions against frame context.
Combine a person filter with speech, scene, and visual queries, then jump to the timestamp.
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.
How it works
A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.
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Start with one real project and let Focus analyze its local video files.
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Name useful people and correct duplicates before relying on the filter.
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Filter by person, open the source moment, and save confirmed shots to a Sequence.
FAQ
No. Focus detects and groups face appearances, but you review and name the people you want to search.
No cloud upload is required for Focus indexing. Video files, face data, and search indexes stay on the device.
Yes. A reviewed person filter can narrow speech, scene, and visual searches.
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Focus gives editors and wedding filmmakers faster retrieval, verified selects, and calmer delivery weeks.