Adobe is slowly transforming its AI video and image creation platform into a proper AI video editing suite. A few months ago, the company added a timeline view and text prompt editing to Firefly.
With its latest update, Adobe introduced a Quick Cut feature that allows users to upload their footage and automatically create a clean first cut.
Save hours of editing time with Quick Cut
I’m an amateur video editor and one of the most time-consuming parts of the process is creating a first rough cut from hours of footage. The Quick Cut function takes care of this task for you and significantly reduces processing time.
Adobe has provided several use cases on how users can use Quick Cut to streamline their editing process. Product reviewers can upload their footage and Firefly will create a rough cut of the video based on the audio narration.
Podcasters and reporters can find key moments without sifting through hours of interviews. These are just a few examples of how Quick Cut can help creators speed up their workflow.
How to use Quick Cut
Using Quick Cut is as easy as uploading your footage and providing Adobe Firefly with a text prompt that describes your video: whether it’s an interview, demo, vlog, or recap. You can then ask Firefly to create a first draft for you.
Firefly uses your description and commentary to create an initial rough cut of the footage. For more control and precision, you can even add a script or provide follow-up text prompts to refine cuts.
If your footage is missing, you can use Adobe Firefly’s generative capabilities to create videos from photos and fill in the gaps.
What it means for video editors
Adobe Firefly is not intended to replace video editors; Instead, it can strengthen them. Adobe has stated that Quick Cut and other Adobe Firefly features are designed for ideation, experimentation, and creating a first draft of the video.
With AI taking over the first pass, video editors can focus more on the storytelling and pacing of the video. It can reduce the monotonous work and give them more time to focus on creativity.
