The app
![The Clipsmith queue screen: jobs grouped into Running now, Up next, Waiting on you and Finished, with per-stage progress and an activity log.]()
A queue, not a timeline.
Everything runs on your machine and reports into one screen.
Clipsmith · queue screen
Point it at the take you just shot. It reads the geometry, the frame rate, and which channel the mic is really on.
probe · live-channel detectSideways 4K becomes an upright reel, reframed around you.
rotate cw · 3840×2160 → 1080×1920Finds every pause and false start, and splits the recording into attempts.
silence detect · burst splitEvery attempt gets its own word-timed transcript — the raw material for captions.
whisper · per burstRead the attempts, tap the keepers. This is the only step that is yours.
the one decisionCaptions and style-pack animations burned in, QC stills checked, file delivered.
remotion · 1080×1920 @ 30fpsThis is the whole job — real transcript, real timecodes. Tap an attempt; the cutlist recounts.
Five attempts at one line — tap the keeper
| Doing it yourself | Freelance editor | Clipsmith | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your time per reel | An evening in the timeline | Briefs, notes, back-and-forth | ≈2 minutes picking takes |
| Turnaround | When you get to it | Days | ≈20 minutes, unattended |
| A/B hook test | Double the work | Billed twice | Second hook shares the work — one transcription, two files |
| Revisions | You, again | Billed again | Redos never spend a render |
Clipsmith per-reel = list price ÷ renders ($99 ÷ 100). Editor figures are a typical freelance range, not a quote.
Every stage writes its state, so a job that parks at select for three hours resumes exactly where it paused — and the queue keeps moving without it.
probe 3840×2160 · 30 fps · 221.4s · live audio: right audio extracted right channel → 16k mono silences 34 gaps → 35 bursts bursts whisper per burst · 35/35 · 96.2s select 14 bursts kept · hook A cutlist 39.4s edit · 218 caption words cut reframed 1080×1920 · rotate cw scene pack templates filled render frame 712/1182
Film both hooks in the same take. Each delivers as its own reel, sharing one transcription.
Cut, transcribe and render on your own Mac. A 4K take never crosses the wire.
Re-delivering a fix never touches your meter. Fix it until it is right.
Captions, overlays, full-screen animation — same footage, different film.
A job parks at pick-takes and the rest keep moving. Come back in an hour; nothing is lost.
Stills at every beat, checked against the style pack's checklist before the file lands.
Everything runs on your machine and reports into one screen.
Clipsmith · queue screen
A render is a file that lands in your folder. Two hooks out of one recording spend two.
Every style, no card.
Captions only — the fast lane.
Graphics reels and b-roll.
Everything, incl. the clipper.
Fixing a delivered variant costs a redo, not a render.
Both hooks share the slow pass and count as two files.
Access runs to the end of what you paid for.