[David Bertolami]

Completely agree. This type of tool is inevitable so I am glad to have gotten a head start on the development.

Let me know if you have any snags with the login, and I’m looking forward to your thoughts ✌️

[David Bertolami]

Hey Mads, I really appreciate the thoughtful reply.

Just to clarify one key thing, because I may not have explained it clearly:
RoughCut AI is not a “vibe editor”. It doesnt generate video or edit for you.
It’s “Studio-level notes and feedback from AI that watches and listens to your edit”

The idea is: once you already have a cut — rough or otherwise — it watches and listens to that version and returns timestamped notes on things like pacing, clarity, continuity, etc.

So it’s closer to a structured review pass than anything happening inside the timeline. The same way a producer or second set of eyes would.

I agree with you on where things are heading inside the NLE with agentic tools, that’s a different (and very big) direction. What I’m focused on right now is the part that happens between versions, where the feedback and notes happen. Think of it like an ai-powered frame.io

I appreciate you taking the time to think through it, and if you ever feel like running a short piece through it, I’d be curious how it compares to your usual review process.

[David Bertolami]

Appreciate you sharing that. And yeah, that kind of use of general AI is exactly why we built RoughCut AI originally. You hit the nail on the head, Devrim.

I’ve been using chatgpt for a while now as a second set of eyes for logos, photography, and other non-moving imagery and it worked surprisingly well there. Feedback was pretty consistent. But when I tried to do the same thing with a short video piece, chatgpt told me point blank it can’t watch videos. So naturally I was like “why doesn’t this exist?” Since then, chatgpt has evolved to analyze videos, but it’s still general use, unreliable, and not professional.

We need a tool for us, made for us, targeted to us, built by us. That’s RoughCut AI, thats the whole point.

It’s such an obvious tool in a time thats rapidly changing our industry, that if I didnt build it, someone else would. I mean, it just needs to exist. How many other editors out there could use a second set of eyes after 14 hours staring at the same timeline?

What we have built and tested so far… works. Really well actually. My CTO did quite an amazing job and my standards are high for this level of feedback and notes. Is RoughCut AI perfect? Not yet, but we are well on the way to carving out the path of being a reliable AI post-production supervisor/producer/director sitting next to you, collaborating on the edit.

If you ever feel like putting something through it, I’d be curious how it compares to what you’ve seen so far. Feel free to try it out: studio.roughcutai.app (currently, vid uploads are capped at 5 mins. In honor of transparency, yes, its free to try. 50 free credits at signup, good for a few rounds, definitely enough to feel it out. I’ve also put together a short tutorial/demo video I can link you to)

[David Bertolami]

That actually sounds like a great fit for it.

Here’s the signup link if you want to get in early and play with it once you guys settle into the edit:

studio.roughcutai.app (currently optimized for desktop use. We are working on the mobile version, which isn’t ready yet!)

Once you’re in, DM me and I’ll send over a quick walkthrough/demo video too — helps orient people to the workflow pretty fast.