Feature
Jacob is the AI editor you chat with in the Magic Editor
Jacob is the AI editor in Cutroom's Magic Editor, which turns one clip of you talking into a finished vertical video. It normally makes the whole first edit in 10 to 15 minutes, and then you change it in a chat.
In short
- 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.
- A question to Jacob is free, up to 20 a day, and changes nothing. A clear request for a change makes a new version for 40 credits.
- Before you send, the button tells you whether Jacob will treat your message as a free question or as a 40-credit change. If a change ends up changing nothing, you get the credits back.
- Jacob answers questions about its own edit, like why it cut a sentence, from a log of what it did.
- Every change makes a numbered version (v1, v2, v3). Typing "undo" or "back to v2" in the chat brings that version back for free.
- credits for a message that changes the video
- 40
- free answers to your questions a day
- 20
- credits to undo or go back a version
- 0
Who is Jacob in Cutroom?
Jacob is the AI editor inside Cutroom's Magic Editor, and it isn't a person. You give it one clip of you talking, up to 3 minutes, as MP4, MOV or WebM. You get back a vertical MP4, 1080 by 1920.
After you press "Make my video", Jacob makes the whole first edit. You can close the page, because you get an email when it's ready. Then a chat opens beside your video, and you brief Jacob the way you'd brief a human editor.
- Jacob's first message is "Hi, I'm Jacob, your editor. Your first cut is ready. Ask me anything about it, or tell me what to change."
- Jacob replies in the language you write in.
- Jacob only edits videos. Ask it about something else and it says so in one friendly line.
What you can ask Jacob to change
Jacob works on the clip you uploaded, and you ask for changes in your own words. The table shows real requests from the app and what each one changes.
Jacob can't move a sentence, add new speech, clone your voice, pick a font, make AI b-roll or remove background noise.
- You can ask Jacob for a straight cut, a flash in white, paper or your accent colour, a burn, a light leak, a halftone, a circle wipe, a whip, a glitch or particles.
- You can add a file in the chat and tell Jacob where it goes, like "put it on the pricing line".
- You can ask for up to five b-roll clips in one message.
Requests you can type to Jacob
Each request is a line from the ideas list in the app.
| You type | What changes |
|---|---|
| Remove all the ums and uhs | The ums and uhs are cut out |
| Cut the first sentence | The video starts on your second sentence |
| Can you find 3 b-roll clips that fit what I'm saying? | Three clips from your library or stock, each on the words it fits |
| Make the key words stand out more | More key words stand out on screen |
| Put a flash right before the ending | A flash just before the last part |
| Make the colours warmer | Warmer colours over the whole video |
| Keep my pauses, it feels too rushed | Your natural pauses come back |
| Change the call to action to Try it free | The call to action at the end reads Try it free |
You type: Remove all the ums and uhs
- What changes
- The ums and uhs are cut out
You type: Cut the first sentence
- What changes
- The video starts on your second sentence
You type: Can you find 3 b-roll clips that fit what I'm saying?
- What changes
- Three clips from your library or stock, each on the words it fits
You type: Make the key words stand out more
- What changes
- More key words stand out on screen
You type: Put a flash right before the ending
- What changes
- A flash just before the last part
You type: Make the colours warmer
- What changes
- Warmer colours over the whole video
You type: Keep my pauses, it feels too rushed
- What changes
- Your natural pauses come back
You type: Change the call to action to Try it free
- What changes
- The call to action at the end reads Try it free
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 happens when you send Jacob a message
Jacob only changes the video when your message clearly asks for a change. A question, an opinion or a vague wish gets an answer instead, and nothing changes.
Before you send, the button shows whether your message counts as a free question or a paid change. It reads "Send your question to Jacob, free" or "Send, 40 CR".
- Take the freelancer's clip below. If you ask Jacob "Why did you cut what you cut?", it names the false start and the repeated "it pays for itself", and nothing changes. That answer is free.
- If you then type "Turn the music down a bit", Jacob makes a second version with quieter music, for 40 credits.
- A question or an opinion can come back with up to three suggestions you can tap. Nothing changes until you pick one.
- If Jacob can't find what you asked for, such as a fitting clip, the credits come back.
A freelancer's app review, one question and one change
The question changed nothing and was free. The music change made a second version for 40 credits, and the first one stays.
Drawing of an example clip, not a customer video
Before · the clip as filmed
A 45-second phone video of a freelancer reviewing the invoicing app she uses
“So I've been, okay, so I switched to this invoicing app two months ago, um, and it pays for itself, it pays for itself. The reminders chase my clients, so I never have to chase anyone myself.”
struck through = what Jacob cuts
After · Jacob's first edit, Verdict style
“I switched to this invoicing app two months ago and it pays for itself. The reminders chase my clients, so I never have to chase anyone myself.”
- On “switched”: you full screen while you give your verdict
- On “reminders”: you in a small card while your screenshot reminders.png plays on a drawn laptop
- On “myself”: your call to action typed out on screen, then a card with a Follow button
- Under the whole video: calm music under your voice
window: reminders.png
Then you ask Jacob
- “Why did you cut what you cut?”v2an answer naming the false start and the repeat; nothing changes, and it's free
- “Turn the music down a bit”v3a second version with quieter music, for 40 credits
What a message to Jacob costs
In the chat, only two things cost credits: a message that changes the video and a switch to another style. The table has every price in one place.
- After 20 free answers in a day, Jacob pauses the chat. Tapping words, the colour, music, text and pace settings and undo still work.
- You can ask "What does a change cost?" in the chat, and that answer is free too.
- The free trial's 600 credits cover the first edit, an export of up to a minute and 8 changes.
What talking to Jacob costs
| Message or action | Credits |
|---|---|
| A question that changes nothing | Free, up to 20 a day |
| A message that changes the video | 40 |
| A change request that ends up changing nothing | Refunded |
| Stopping Jacob while it works | Refunded |
| Switching to another style | 120 |
| Undo, going back a version, tapping words to cut them, and the colour, music, text and pace settings | Free |
Message or action: A question that changes nothing
- Credits
- Free, up to 20 a day
Message or action: A message that changes the video
- Credits
- 40
Message or action: A change request that ends up changing nothing
- Credits
- Refunded
Message or action: Stopping Jacob while it works
- Credits
- Refunded
Message or action: Switching to another style
- Credits
- 120
Message or action: Undo, going back a version, tapping words to cut them, and the colour, music, text and pace settings
- Credits
- Free
What Jacob can tell you about its own edit
Jacob keeps a log of everything it did to your video. It answers your questions about the edit from that log instead of guessing.
An answer can name the exact words, where they were in the video, the file or music track and the version.
- "Why did you cut what you cut?" gets the parts that came out, like a false start or a repeated sentence.
- "What did you change in the last version?" gets the changes between that version and the one before.
- "What would make this video better?" gets Jacob's suggestions, which you can tap to use.
- Under a reply, Jacob can show up to four pictures, such as a still from your video. Some show a few ways your captions could look, drawn with your own words, and tapping one uses it for free.
Stopping Jacob, undo and going back a version
While Jacob works on a change, the video, the chat and the tools are locked until it's done. You can stop Jacob, and your credits come back if you do.
Every change Jacob makes is a new version. The earlier versions stay, and going back to one is free.
- Typing "undo", "go back one" or "back to v2" brings that version back at once, for free.
- The Versions tab lists every version, so you can go back to an earlier one and export that.
- Near the end of a change there's a step that can't be stopped, and the app tells you when you reach it.
- While your video is being exported, you can't change the edit until the export is done.
- Removing a file the video uses makes a new version without it, and Versions can bring it back.
Questions people ask
- Is Jacob a real person?
- No. 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. No human editor checks your video.
- Is talking to Jacob free?
- Asking questions is free, up to 20 a day. Changing the video costs 40 credits per message, and you get them back if nothing changes.
- What can I ask Jacob to change?
- You can ask it to cut or restore words, add b-roll or your own files on the right words, fix captions, change the music, transitions, colours or ending, or make the video shorter.
- Can Jacob move a sentence or add new words?
- No. Jacob only edits what you said in your clip. It can't move a sentence to another place, add new speech or clone your voice.
- How long does Jacob take to edit my video?
- Normally 10 to 15 minutes for the first edit, and you get an email when it's ready. You can close the page in the meantime.
- Can I undo something Jacob did?
- Yes, for free. Type "undo" or "back to v2", or open Versions and pick an earlier one.
- Which languages does Jacob speak?
- Jacob replies in the language you write in. Cutroom transcribes your take in the language you speak and keeps the captions in that language.
Film one clip, press "Make my video" and tell Jacob what to change. Your first video is free.