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Sequences + Smart Filters
Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.
Search existing recordings locally
Focus is for the footage after it exists: old shoots, interviews, archives, and client files already on your drives.
Focus vs Riverside
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
Focus is for the footage after it exists: old shoots, interviews, archives, and client files already on your drives.
Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.
Find exact spoken or visual moments without cloud upload delays.
Pay once for the current major version, get all updates in that major version, and avoid monthly subscription drag.
Why switch
Focus is for the footage after it exists: old shoots, interviews, archives, and client files already on your drives.
Riverside
After a session is saved, teams still need to find exact quotes, reactions, and scenes across local files.
Upload-based workflows add delay before review and edit.
Focus indexes speech, scenes, faces, and visual details in footage already stored on your drives.
Focus
Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.
Find exact spoken or visual moments without cloud upload delays.
Pay once for the current major version, get all updates in that major version, and avoid monthly subscription drag.
Compare
See where Focus removes the drag Riverside leaves behind.
Switch cleanly
Move over without rebuilding your workflow from scratch.
Add past projects and raw libraries without upload.
Locate spoken and visual moments across old sessions quickly.
Move directly from retrieval to NLE-ready timelines.
Decision path
Run a quick trial if you need proof, or buy now if your team already feels the retrieval bottleneck.
No card for trial. Paid access includes a 14-day refund guarantee.
Ready
Search existing local footage and export the right moments to your editor.