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Review the original media instead of relying on memory or a filename.
Free local-first tool
Open a local video, mark the useful range, describe what happens, and keep every note tied to the original filename and timecode.
Choose or drop one video. The browser plays it directly; Focus does not receive the file.
Shortcuts: I sets in · O sets out
Click a timecode to jump back when the matching clip is open.
Open footage, set in and out points, then describe the shot, quote, reaction, or sound you may need later.
A workable first pass
The tool is deliberately smaller than an NLE. Its job is to preserve the source reference before creative decisions spread across markers, documents, and messages.
Review the original media instead of relying on memory or a filename.
Set an exact in and out point for a shot, quote, reaction, or natural-sound moment.
Write literal, searchable notes: who, what, topic, intended use, and source status.
Export a readable log that another editor, producer, or researcher can verify.
Why this exists
Public editor discussions repeatedly converge on the same work: watch the footage, create selects, preserve clip names and timecodes, group material by story point, and hand the result to someone else.
Editors recommend selects sequences, transcripts, markers, and notes before the creative cut.
Long-form editors describe receiving raw footage with logs, timecoded scripts, transcripts, and stringouts.
Editors still ask how granular descriptions, keywords, shot types, locations, and good-take flags should be.
Focus
This browser tool is for a deliberate review pass. Focus indexes local footage so you can search speech, visuals, people, and scenes across a larger archive.