Free video editing tools

By @hasantoxr · Instagram

Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DduM8lqT9j1/?stkn=MWFnc2lhaXdhaXFrdg==

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Summary

The reel lists seven GitHub repos that automate different parts of video editing, from transcription and captioning to cutting, format conversion, and animation. It covers the full pipeline from raw footage to finished edit using free open source tools.

Core ideas

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Whisper for transcription: Feed it a video and it turns spoken audio into text automatically.
WhisperX for timing: Builds on transcription by timestamping each word so captions can sync precisely with speech.
LosslessCut for trimming: Cuts unwanted sections out of footage without needing a full editing suite.
FFPEG as the workhorse: Handles resizing, format conversion, and audio extraction, the repetitive tasks nobody wants to do by hand.
Remotion for coded templates: Lets anyone with basic coding skills build one video design and reuse it across projects.
Minim for motion graphics: Animates numbers, shapes, and concepts, useful for explainer style videos.
OpenCut for assembly: A video editor to pull all the cut clips together into a final product.

Quotes

“Seven GitHub repos that will edit videos for you.”
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“It can resize a video, change its format, pull out the audio, and do a lot of the boring work for you.”
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“If you know a little code, you can make one video design and reuse it again and again.”
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Resources

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Whisper
github.com
The official OpenAI Whisper repository provides code for multilingual speech recognition and transcription.
WhisperX
github.com
WhisperX is the GitHub repository adding accurate word-level timestamps to Whisper transcriptions.
FFmpeg
ffmpeg.org
FFmpeg is an open-source, cross-platform tool for recording, converting, filtering, and streaming audio and video.

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