The 15-Second Edit: Teach Your Style to the Machine Once, Then Just Record

Description and use

Automated editing lets content creators publish short videos quickly while preserving their unique style through a written rule file.

Problem

Content creators need to produce short‑form videos quickly while preserving their unique style, but manual editing is time‑consuming.

Outcome

Automated editing reduces production time to a single‑take recording plus a 15‑second mechanical pass, while preserving the creator’s style through a written rule file.

Workflow

• Record a one‑take video answering a customer question.
• Feed the raw clip to the automated editor (Claude Code + FFmpeg + Whisper).
• Review the first cut and write five style rules based on observed moments.
• Apply the rules to refine the next cut.
• Repeat weekly, using the refined style file for all future videos.

Evidence

Raw phone footage goes in, captioned, cut shorts come out in about 15 seconds.

Source

Show finished pieces you already like — yours, not someone else's. Lacey taught the machine with her own published videos, not with descriptions of them.

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One take, no re-record. The raw clip is the input; the software's job is the mechanical pass — transcription, the cuts, the captions.

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