Faster Edits with AI: Cut, Color, and
Captions in Minutes
My battle-tested workflow to storyboard, cut, color-grade, and caption short videos using GenAI – without losing your crative voice.
What you’ll get in 3 minutes
TLDR
Structured Workflow
A 4-step AI video workflow you can actually keep.
Prompt recipe
A 4-step AI video workflow you can actually keep.
Pro Technique
A 4-step AI video workflow you can actually keep.
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Big Idea
Tool of the Week
Mini Case Studay
The 4-Step Workflow
Prompt Recipe
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Big Idea
Structure
Create
Polish
Editing is decisions. Al speeds decisions when you give it structure. Most creators either abandon Al mid-edit (too clunky) or let it drive the whole process (too generic). The middle path? Use Al as a structured thinking partner-not a replacement for your creative instincts.
“The best Al workflows feel like having a really
smart assistant who never gets tired of your
revision requests.”
After testing dozens of Al video tools over the past year, I’ve settled on a 4-step workflow that consistently delivers professional results while keeping my creative voice intact. It’s not about replacing human judgment—it’s about amplifying it.
The 4-Step Workflow
Step 1
Storyboard with Structure
Storyboard with image or text prompts; export beats.
Start with your core message, then use Al to generate visual beats that support your narrative arc. I use a simple prompt template that forces both of us to think in story structure first.
Visual beats → Story structure
Step 2
Rough Cut Strategy
Storyboard with image or text prompts; export beats.
Start with your core message, then use Al to generate visual beats that support your narrative arc. I use a simple prompt template that forces both of us to think in story structure first.
Visual beats → Story structure
Step 3
Color & Captions Pass
Storyboard with image or text prompts; export beats.
Start with your core message, then use Al to generate visual beats that support your narrative arc. I use a simple prompt template that forces both of us to think in story structure first.
Visual beats → Story structure
Step 4
Quality Control
Storyboard with image or text prompts; export beats.
Start with your core message, then use Al to generate visual beats that support your narrative arc. I use a simple prompt template that forces both of us to think in story structure first.
Visual beats → Story structure
Tool of the Week
featured
Runway (Gen-3) + Descript
Text-to-video drafts + edit by transcript.
- Free Trail
- Beginner friendly
This combo lets you iterate on video
concepts through text before
committing to full production. Runway
handles the visual generation, Descript makes the editing feel like wordprocessing.
- Generate
- Edit
Prompt Recipe
Copy & Use
- Storyboard Cut List
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:orange;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #666;”>Drop shadow 1</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:orange;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #000;”>Drop shadow 2</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;text-shadow:4px 4px 4px #666;”>Drop shadow 3</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:orange;text-shadow:4px 4px 8px #666;”>Drop shadow 4</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:#fff;text-shadow:1px 1px 8px #000;”>Drop shadow 5</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:orange;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #666;”>Drop shadow 1</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:orange;text-shadow:1px 1px 1px #000;”>Drop shadow 2</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;text-shadow:4px 4px 4px #666;”>Drop shadow 3</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:orange;text-shadow:4px 4px 8px #666;”>Drop shadow 4</p>
<p style=”font-size:18px;color:#fff;text-shadow:1px 1px 8px #000;”>Drop shadow 5</p>
Pro Tips:
- Start with emotion, not action
- Start with emotion, not action
- Start with emotion, not action
Mini Case Study
Real Results
- Before: Traditional Approach
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3h+
Edit time -
5+
Revisions
Manual editing, inconsistent pacing, frequent
revisions, burnout
After: AI-Structured
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45min
Total time -
+18
Revision
Manual editing, inconsistent pacing, frequent
revisions, burnout
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Proven workflow used by 500+ creators in our community
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Al Video Hack Edit Checklist
Step-by-step checklist to
implement this workflow in your
own projects
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- Template Included
What's included:
- 4-step workflow checklist
- Prompt templates library
- Quality control guidelines
- Tool recommendations
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Vani Aggarwal
Filmmaker & Head of Content Strategy exploring the edge where Al meets
story.
- 12+ years filmmaking
- 50+ Al tools tested
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