A few months ago, I was about deadass crash out while editing one of my youtube videos.
I was sitting there rewatching the same 10โ15 seconds over and over again, just listening for bad takes, cutting out pauses, deleting sentences that weren't good. Nothing creative, just straight-up bot work. And the worst part was realizing that most of my editing time wasnโt actually editingโฆ it was just filtering. Filtering out mistakes, repeats, filler, awkward pauses. It felt like I was spending hours just trying to get to the starting point of the edit.
Thatโs what led me to build AutoEdit Creator Mode.
Not another AI tool that just removes silence or deletes โumโ and โuh.โ Those already exist. The problem is they donโt actually understand what youโre trying to say. I wanted something that could look at a full recordingโwhether itโs a YouTube video, podcast, reel, or tutorial, and actually understand theย intent of the content. So instead of just trimming dead space, it could decide what should stay and what should go. Thatโs where using Claude AI changed everything. Instead of treating your video like raw audio, it treats it like an idea that needs structure.
Hereโs how it works in practice. You drop your clip into Premiere Pro, open Creator Mode, and type a simple promptโsomething like โtalking head tutorial,โ โad with multiple hooks,โ or โpodcast highlight clips.โ From there, the plugin transcribes your audio using ElevenLabs, sends that transcript to Claude, and then builds a rough cut based on meaning, not just sound. Itโll remove repeats, cut entire bad segments, tighten pacing, and give you something that actually feels like a structured video. Then you get a review screen where you can quickly override anything if needed, and apply everything in one click.
The difference is honestly night and day. What used to take me 2โ3 hours of scrubbing and second-guessing now takes a couple minutes to get a usable rough cut. And thatโs really the goalโnot to replace editing, but to remove the most repetitive, draining part of it. The part that kills momentum before you even get creative.
If you want to see exactly how it works, I broke it all down step-by-step in this video:
https://youtu.be/DPU4KfaH8w4
And if youโre editing any kind of talking contentโYouTube videos, reels, podcasts, client workโitโs worth trying at least once. Thereโs a free trial, so you can test it on your own footage and see if it actually saves you time.