Feature
An automatic video editor that edits the whole video after one press
An automatic video editor does some or all of the editing for you. Some only cut silences, and others make the whole video with captions, b-roll and music. Cutroom's Magic Editor makes the whole edit from a clip of you talking, then takes changes in a chat.
In short
- An automatic video editor makes the cuts for you instead of you cutting on a timeline. The simplest ones only remove silences, and the most complete ones make the whole video after one press.
- In Cutroom's Magic Editor you upload one clip of you talking and press "Make my video" once. Jacob, its AI editor, picks the storyline and the length itself.
- In Cutroom the first edit normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when it's ready.
- In Cutroom a change you type costs 40 credits, a question is free, and going back to an earlier version is free.
- A long recording suits an automatic clipper such as OpusClip or CapCut's auto video editor, which cut it into short clips.
What does an automatic video editor do?
An automatic video editor turns your raw clip into an edited video without you making each cut. How much it finishes depends on the tool.
- The simplest automatic editors remove silences and filler words, and you edit the rest by hand.
- Other automatic editors also add captions and b-roll, then leave you a transcript or a timeline to finish on.
- The most complete automatic editors make the whole video in a style you pick, and you ask for changes afterwards.
- Cutroom's Magic Editor makes the whole video: you press "Make my video" once, and Jacob, its AI editor, does the edit.
Automatic video editors compared, with prices
Each of these automates a different part of the edit. Pick by what you start with and how much you want to finish yourself.
- OpusClip is the better pick when you start from a long video and want short clips out of it.
- CapCut says its auto video editor is completely free. It suits you if you start from long footage, want short clips and don't want to pay.
- VEED suits you if you want the silences gone fast and then edit the rest by hand.
- The Captions app works much like Cutroom. You upload your footage, pick a style and type your changes, and it also has a Denoise feature for background noise, which Cutroom doesn't have.
- Cutroom fits when you film one short clip of you talking and want your own screenshots to appear at the moment you mention them.
Automatic video editors compared
Features and prices as each company shows them on its own website, checked 12 November 2026.
| Tool | What it does by itself | What you finish | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Captions | Makes a video from your footage in the style you pick, then takes typed changes | Details in its app or web editor | Free plan; Max $24.99 a month (iOS price) |
| Submagic | Adds captions, removes silences, inserts b-roll, finds key moments | Edits on the transcript | Starter $12 a month per member, billed yearly |
| OpusClip | Turns long videos into short clips | Picking and fixing the clips | Free plan; Starter $15 a month |
| VEED | Magic Cut removes filler words and silences in one click | The rest in VEED's editor | Free to start |
| CapCut | Its auto video editor finds the scene changes in long footage and cuts it into short clips, with auto captions and templates | Picking a template and the clips you keep | Free, with no card needed |
| Cutroom Magic Editor | Makes the whole edit from one clip of you talking, and shows your screenshots while you talk about them | Changes you ask Jacob for in a chat | Your first video is free; after that Lite is $19.99 a month, and each video's first edit uses 250 credits |
Tool: Captions
- What it does by itself
- Makes a video from your footage in the style you pick, then takes typed changes
- What you finish
- Details in its app or web editor
- Price from
- Free plan; Max $24.99 a month (iOS price)
Tool: Submagic
- What it does by itself
- Adds captions, removes silences, inserts b-roll, finds key moments
- What you finish
- Edits on the transcript
- Price from
- Starter $12 a month per member, billed yearly
Tool: OpusClip
- What it does by itself
- Turns long videos into short clips
- What you finish
- Picking and fixing the clips
- Price from
- Free plan; Starter $15 a month
Tool: VEED
- What it does by itself
- Magic Cut removes filler words and silences in one click
- What you finish
- The rest in VEED's editor
- Price from
- Free to start
Tool: CapCut
- What it does by itself
- Its auto video editor finds the scene changes in long footage and cuts it into short clips, with auto captions and templates
- What you finish
- Picking a template and the clips you keep
- Price from
- Free, with no card needed
Tool: Cutroom Magic Editor
- What it does by itself
- Makes the whole edit from one clip of you talking, and shows your screenshots while you talk about them
- What you finish
- Changes you ask Jacob for in a chat
- Price from
- Your first video is free; after that Lite is $19.99 a month, and each video's first edit uses 250 credits
How Cutroom's Magic Editor edits a video like this
Jacob is the AI editor inside Cutroom's Magic Editor: it edits your video for you, then changes it when you ask in a chat.
The 4 styles, as example edits
Steps
Three steps, four angles
Skit
Hook, hard stop, demo card
Verdict
The tester's verdict
Poster
Typography does the talking
Hover or tap an example to play it, without sound. These are example edits of each style; the presenters in them are generated with AI.
- Your take: one video of you talking, up to 3 minutes
- Your style: one of 4: Steps, Skit, Verdict or Poster
- Your files: screenshots, a screen recording or a logo, if you have them
- Your goal: what the video is for, in a few words, if you like
- Jacob makes it: normally 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email
- Your edit: ask Jacob for changes in a chat, then export
Then you ask Jacob, for example
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”
- “Put a clip on the strongest sentence”
- “Change the music to something calmer”
Each change is a new version, and going back is free. First cut 250 credits, each change 40, questions free, export 30 credits per started minute.
What comes back after one press
Jacob listens to your clip, picks the storyline and the length, and builds the whole edit in the style you chose.
- You can press "Make my video" while your clip is still uploading. After that press, nothing more is asked.
- With no files of your own, Jacob finds fitting b-roll for you instead.
- While you wait, a popup shows what Jacob is doing: listening to your clip, picking the storyline, then making the first edit.
- The first edit normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when it's ready. You can close the page while Jacob works. Your video keeps going.
- The edit comes back with your mistakes and long pauses cut out, captions, b-roll clips over the matching sentences, your own files, music, sound effects and an ending.
- The finished file is a vertical MP4, 1080 by 1920, 30 frames a second.
A freelancer's tip with an app in it, before and after one press
One press in the Steps style, then two changes asked for in the chat.
Drawing of an example clip, not a customer video
Before · the clip as filmed
A 50-second phone video of a freelancer sharing how she gets paid faster
“One thing got me paid faster this year. Wait, let me start again. One thing got me paid faster this year. I send the invoice the same day, and um, the app chases late payers for me.”
struck through = what Jacob cuts
After · Jacob's first edit, Steps style
“One thing got me paid faster this year. I send the invoice the same day, and the app chases late payers for me.”
- On “faster”: the word set big in your accent colour
- On “invoice”: your screenshot invoice.png in a floating window
- On “chases”: your second screenshot, reminders.png, in the next window
- Under the whole video: calm music and sound effects from the style
- On “payers”: you full screen again, with your logo as a sticker at the end
window: invoice.png
Then you ask Jacob
- “Make this about 10 seconds shorter”v2the same edit, about 10 seconds shorter
- “Put a flash right before the ending”v3the same edit with a flash before your last line
What an automatic edit still gets wrong, and how you fix it
An automatic edit makes choices you might not make. Most of them take one message or one tap to fix.
- A sentence said in the wrong place stays there, because Jacob can't move a sentence. Film it again in the order you want.
- Background noise stays in, because Cutroom evens out the volume but doesn't remove noise. Film in a quiet room to avoid it.
- If a message ends up changing nothing, the 40 credits come back.
- Every change Jacob makes is a new version. The earlier versions stay, and going back to one is free.
Common misses in an automatic edit, and the fix
| What went wrong | What you do | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| A stock clip misses the point | Ask: "Swap the second clip for something else" | 40 credits |
| The video feels rushed | Turn on "keep my pauses" in the settings | Free |
| A word is misheard in the captions | Tap the word and type the fix | Free |
| It runs too long | Ask: "Make this about 10 seconds shorter" | 40 credits |
| The music is too loud | Ask: "Turn the music down a bit" | 40 credits |
| The style does not suit the message | Ask: "Switch this to the Poster style" | 120 credits |
What went wrong: A stock clip misses the point
- What you do
- Ask: "Swap the second clip for something else"
- Cost
- 40 credits
What went wrong: The video feels rushed
- What you do
- Turn on "keep my pauses" in the settings
- Cost
- Free
What went wrong: A word is misheard in the captions
- What you do
- Tap the word and type the fix
- Cost
- Free
What went wrong: It runs too long
- What you do
- Ask: "Make this about 10 seconds shorter"
- Cost
- 40 credits
What went wrong: The music is too loud
- What you do
- Ask: "Turn the music down a bit"
- Cost
- 40 credits
What went wrong: The style does not suit the message
- What you do
- Ask: "Switch this to the Poster style"
- Cost
- 120 credits
Questions people ask
- What is the best automatic video editor?
- It depends on what you start with. For a long video, a clipper such as OpusClip finds the short clips. For one short clip of you talking, pick an editor that makes the whole edit, such as Cutroom's Magic Editor or Captions.
- Is there a free automatic video editor?
- Yes. CapCut says its auto video editor is completely free, OpusClip and Captions have free plans, and VEED is free to start. With Cutroom, your first video is free, no card, and you have 7 days to make it. It carries a Cutroom mark; Lite at $19.99/month removes it.
- Do I have to wait on the page while it edits?
- No. You can close the page while Jacob works. Your video keeps going. It normally takes 10 to 15 minutes, and you get an email when your first edit is ready.
- Can an automatic video editor use my own screenshots?
- Some can. In Cutroom's Magic Editor you add up to 20 files before you press the button. Your screenshots appear while you talk about them, a screen recording plays as the demo, and your logo closes the video.
- Can I edit the video after the automatic edit?
- Yes. You ask Jacob for changes in a chat, and each message that changes the video costs 40 credits. Tapping words to cut them or bring them back is free.
- Does an automatic video editor work for long videos?
- Some do. A clipper such as OpusClip is built for long recordings and turns them into short clips. Cutroom's Magic Editor takes one clip of up to 3 minutes, in MP4, MOV or WebM, so it suits short videos of you talking.
Press one button and get the whole edit back. Your first video is free.