Can AI edit a long interview into a rough cut?

Yes. FlashCut transcribes the interview, labels speakers, and proposes several narrative cuts from the whole shoot, each in multiple lengths. You refine a chosen narrative by chat or in the transcript, then export the rough cut to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro.

How do I find a specific moment in hours of footage?

Search by what you remember. FlashCut transcribes every word, logs what is shown, and finds shots by what was said, shown or felt, not just filenames. You can also find every shot of a specific person through face recognition.

Does FlashCut replace Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve?

No. FlashCut handles the first pass: transcription, logging, search, narratives and rough cuts. You finish color, sound and polish in your editing software after exporting Premiere Pro XML or FCPXML, which reference your original footage and take seconds to produce.

Editing interview and documentary footage with AI: from raw shoot to rough cut

Short answer

FlashCut speeds up the slow first pass on interview and documentary footage. It transcribes and labels speakers, logs and searches every shot, proposes several narrative cuts from one shoot, lets clients review them, and hands the chosen cut to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro for finishing.

Get started freeFree tier: 1 hour of footage every 14 days.

Updated September 25, 2026

FlashCut Narrative Discovery board: narrative tiles with 90, 60 and 30 second tabs and a Share with client button — A 47-minute founder interview, cut into six narratives. This is the demo on the FlashCut homepage.

Open a narrative to see its soundbites and where each sits in the footage
Switch the length to 90, 60 or 30 seconds and different moments light up
Share with client for a password-protected review, then export to your editor

The problem with raw interview footage

A long interview shoot leaves an editor with hours of footage to watch, log and shortlist before any story exists. The first pass is slow, and every additional deliverable (a 90-second cut, a 30-second cut, a social version) means starting a new search through the same material.

A workflow from upload to finishing

Upload once. FlashCut transcribes every word and labels each speaker.
Footage is logged on arrival: shot type, scene and location, with interviews sorted to A-roll and cutaways to B-roll.
Search by what you remember, what was said or what was shown, and jump to the shot.
Get Narratives to see several storylines from the same shoot, each with 90, 60 and 30-second versions.
Refine by chat, or edit the transcript by reading instead of scrubbing.
Share the narratives with the client through a password-protected link and read their reactions on your board.
Export Premiere Pro XML or FCPXML and finish in your editor.

Where FlashCut stops

FlashCut is built for the first pass, not to replace your editing software. Color, sound mix and final polish still happen in Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro. The XML and FCPXML exports reference your original footage, so the hand-off is near-instant and nothing is re-encoded.

Who it suits

Documentary and corporate video teams with hours of interview footage per project.
Agencies that show clients several story options before committing to a cut.
Editors who deliver the same interview at several lengths.