00:00:46:00Feature tour
AI video editing, feature by feature.
OpenVids is a free, open-source, agent-first video editor for macOS and Windows. Its AI video editing features: agents that edit from text prompts, a Story Graph that turns chapters into a rough cut, a Motion Designer for titles and stings, and a Research agent that keeps track of licenses.
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00:00:46:00Agents
Edit video with text prompts
Four agents (Main, Motion Designer, Audio, and Research) work in three modes: Ask answers, Plan proposes a plan, Edit changes the timeline. Every result lands as a change you can review.
“Even out the interview dialogue and keep the music bed underneath.”
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00:00:28:00Story Graph
An AI rough cut from chapters
Lay the film out in chapters, let agents attach shots, sound, and motion to each one, and Build turns the graph into a cut that follows the story.
“Shape the rough cut around Mara’s strongest answer and keep it under two minutes.”
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00:00:56:00Motion Designer
Motion graphics from one sentence
Titles, lower thirds, logo stings, and caption styles, built live in the project so you can scrub them, tweak them, and reuse them.
“Lower third: name and role, left aligned, no box.”
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00:01:16:00Sources & Licenses
B-roll research with license tracking
Research finds sources, tracks licenses and credits, and flags the disputed ones. Export isn’t blocked, and the credit lines are ready to copy.
“Find open-licensed footage that shows where film editing came from, for the Cold open.”
Render QA: a render that reviews itself
After the edit, an agent watches every render the way a viewer would, fixes what it can, and leaves the editorial calls to you. In the demo project it works in passes:
- Render
- Review
- Fix
- Re-render
- Final pass
Awkward cut · 00:39Fixed
Dissolve starts mid-pan
Moved the edit 10 frames earlier, to where the pan settles.
Black frames · 00:51Fixed
4 black frames before Screen_Code_Walk
Slipped Desk_Broll_03 12 frames earlier, ahead of the fade.
Pacing · 00:52Your call
Feature tour drags
Three static shots hold 13–14 s each between 00:40 and 01:19.
Render QA is part of every feature above rather than a separate tool. The agents page shows what else it caught.
How the pieces fit
The demo project on the landing page, the OpenVids Trailer, moves through three workspaces: Media, Story, and Edit. Footage comes in. The Story Graph holds the chapters. Build lays the cut. Agents refine it on the timeline, and render QA checks the export. You can step in anywhere, because every change lands on a timeline you can take over.
New to the idea of agents in an editor? Start with what agentic video editing is, and how it differs from AI video generators and template tools.
00:01:28:00Outro
Describe the film.
Agents build the chapters, cut the edit, add motion and sound, and review the render. The final calls stay yours.