I’ve spent the last three weeks staring at rendering progress bars in Runway ML, trying to figure out exactly where this platform fits into a real production workflow. If you look at social media, it’s treated like the absolute end of traditional filmmaking. If you ask a seasoned VFX artist, they might roll their eyes … Read more
I spent three hours yesterday trying to trim a simple interview. Usually, this involves the “dance of the playhead”—scrubbing back and forth in Premiere Pro, trying to find the exact millisecond where the speaker says “um” without cutting off the start of their next sentence. It’s tedious. It’s muscle-memory intensive. And frankly, it feels a … Read more
I didn’t go looking for another video editor when I first opened CapCut AI. It sort of pulled me in the way most creators get pulled into tools—short-form content, quick edits, and the promise of “AI doing the heavy lifting.” At first glance, it feels like exactly that. You drop in a clip, tap a … Read more