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A local pre-edit intelligence layer for footage-heavy workflows.

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Comparisons

  • Alternative to Kyno
  • Alternative to Stash
  • Alternative to Eagle.cool
  • Alternative to Lightroom
  • Alternative to Descript
  • Alternative to Jumper
  • Alternative to Peakto
  • Alternative to Vindexr
  • Alternative to Edit Mind
  • Alternative to SmartVideoFinder
  • Alternative to Riverside
  • Alternative to Opus Clip
  • Alternative to Vidyo.ai
  • Alternative to RoughCut

Use Cases

  • For Video Editors
  • For Assistant Editors
  • For Documentary Editors
  • For UX Research
  • For Remote Workers
  • For Private Archives
  • For Wedding Videographers
  • For Parents
  • For Fandubbers
  • Use Cases

Resources

  • Offline Video Library Manager
  • Local Video Search
  • Find similar video shots
  • Search B-roll without tagging
  • Search AI-generated footage
  • Local video archive search
  • Podcast and interview archive search
  • NAS Video Library Manager
  • Premiere XML Export
  • FCPXML, EDL & SRT Export

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Video selects workflow

Search footage, verify the source moment, save selects, and export clean handoff files.

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Local workflow

Query

speaker says "we launch tonight" while the crowd reacts

Speech

Transcript

Find spoken lines in transcripts and jump to exact moments.

Visual

Scene

Match scene descriptions and visual context in your footage.

People

People

Filter results where detected people appear.

Short answer

Video selects workflow

Search footage, verify the source moment, save selects, and export clean handoff files.

01

Search the library

Use speech, visual, people, and metadata search to find candidate moments.

02

Verify in context

Open each result at the timestamp and confirm it belongs in the selects pass.

03

Export cleanly

Create NLE handoff files, subtitles, metadata, or CSV outputs from reviewed selections.

The frictionHow Focus helpsHow it worksFAQ

The friction

Selects break down when search, review, and export are separate

Search footage, verify the source moment, save selects, and export clean handoff files.

01

Editors find a moment in one tool, verify it in another, and rebuild the handoff somewhere else.

02

Manual timestamp copying creates small errors that slow the edit later.

03

The workflow should preserve source context from search through export.

How Focus helps

Keep search, review, and handoff in one local loop

Focus gives editors a repeatable selects workflow for local footage libraries and active projects.

01

Search the library

Use speech, visual, people, and metadata search to find candidate moments.

02

Verify in context

Open each result at the timestamp and confirm it belongs in the selects pass.

03

Export cleanly

Create NLE handoff files, subtitles, metadata, or CSV outputs from reviewed selections.

Fragmented selects vs one verified loop

Focus workflow

Focus
  • Search, playback, selects, and export together.
  • Local files stay in place.
  • Handoff formats preserve timing.

Fragmented workflow

  • Search and playback are disconnected.
  • Timestamps move by hand.
  • Handoff cleanup moves into the NLE.

How it works

How the selects workflow works

A shorter path from footage to the next useful action.

01

Make footage searchable

Process speech, visuals, people, and metadata locally.

02

Create reviewed selects

Search, open source playback, and save only the moments that pass review.

03

Hand off the work

Export the selected moments in the format your editing workflow needs.

Related pages

First-Pass Selects for Video Editors

Build verified Selects before timeline work starts.

Searchable Footage for Assistant Editors

Prepare cleaner handoffs before the edit.

Premiere XML Export

Generate Premiere-ready XML from local AI search results.

FAQ

FAQ

Can this fit documentary and commercial work?

Yes. The same loop works for interviews, B-roll, events, podcasts, and archives.

Is this a replacement for Premiere or Resolve?

No. Focus prepares verified material so the NLE work starts cleaner.

Can I keep media on external drives?

Yes. Focus indexes files in place and keeps local paths for handoff.

Ready

Stop donating nights to footage hunting.

Focus gives editors and wedding filmmakers faster retrieval, verified selects, and calmer delivery weeks.

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