Turn hours of footage into your first draft.
We’re building RECAP to use AI to review, organize, and edit your footage — so you can spend less time watching everything back and more time creating. Get early access, and help us build it around how you actually work.
Concept preview — not a live product screen.
Raw footage
- cam_a_take1.mp412:04
- cam_a_take2.mp409:41
- lav_mic.wav21:10
- b_roll_desk.mp4B-roll03:22
AI transcript
- 00:41...and that's basically the whole setup process.
- 00:47Editor, cut this out.
- 00:49Okay, let me start that part again.
- 01:10So once you've got the API key, you'll drop it into the config file.
- 01:246s of dead air detected — flagged for review.
Generated draft
You said
“Editor, cut this out.”Generated draft
The editing doesn't start when you open the timeline.
It starts the moment you stop recording — and for most creators, that's where the real time goes. Before a single cut gets made, footage has to be reviewed, sorted, and understood.
Reviewing footage
Sitting through hours of raw recording before you know what you actually have to work with.
Finding good takes
Scrubbing through multiple attempts at the same scene, trying to remember which one worked.
Organizing before editing
Sorting clips into bins, renaming files, and building a mental map of what happened during the shoot.
Remembering what happened
Trying to recall, days later, which recording had the moment you wanted to use.
RECAP focuses specifically on that painful review phase — so the time between recording and your first real edit decision shrinks from hours to minutes.
From footage to first draft in four steps.
No new camera, no new recording habits. RECAP fits in right after you stop rolling.
Record
Shoot normally, on whatever setup you already use.
Upload
Drop your footage into RECAP when you're done recording.
RECAP reviews it
AI analyzes speech, scenes, takes, and any editing instructions you gave while recording.
Start with a first draft
Instead of raw footage, start with organized material and an editable draft.
Just talk to your editor.
Say “Editor” while you're recording, followed by an instruction. That's the design: RECAP is being built to hear it, understand the intent, and apply it directly to your footage.
No app to open, no notes to take. The goal is for RECAP to capture your editing intent the moment you know it — while you’re still holding the thought, not after you’ve forgotten it.
Before
After
8 seconds removed — draft updated automatically
Concept preview — not a live product screen.
Same four stages. A very different amount of work.
Every video goes through record, review, edit, publish. RECAP doesn't change the stages — it changes how much time the middle two take.
Built for creators who record more than they publish.
RECAP fits wherever raw footage piles up faster than you can review it.
YouTubers
Cut review time on long-form uploads by flagging good takes while you record, instead of re-watching everything before you edit.
Podcasters
Get a transcribed, organized recording the moment you stop talking — no more scrubbing an hour of audio for one good segment.
Vloggers
Turn a day of scattered clips into an organized set of moments, tagged for intros, B-roll, and highlights as you shoot.
Educators
Re-record explanations without dread — mark the take that worked and RECAP keeps the rest out of your way.
Interview creators
Flag a great answer the moment it happens, without breaking the conversation to write it down.
Short-form creators
Find the fifteen seconds worth cutting into a short, out of hours of raw recording, without watching all of it back.
Roger King
Founder, RECAP
I wanted to start making YouTube videos, but what always stopped me was reviewing and organizing hours of footage before I could even start editing. I've spent my career as a software engineer at companies like Compass and Ro — RECAP is the tool I wish existed when footage review was the only thing standing between me and actually creating.
Roger on LinkedInSpend less time reviewing. Spend more time creating.
RECAP is early — we’re just starting development, and want to build it around how creators actually work. Get early access and help shape what it becomes.
Frequently asked questions
What creators usually ask before signing up.
- Is RECAP available yet?
- Not yet. RECAP is in early development — we're just getting started building it. This site exists to gauge interest and talk to creators about how they actually review and organize footage today, so we build the right thing. Signing up for early access gets you updates as it comes together, and we may reach out to a few people for a short conversation about their workflow.
- What is an AI video editor?
- An AI video editor uses machine learning to handle parts of the editing process automatically — typically transcribing footage, detecting scenes and takes, and increasingly, understanding editing instructions given in plain language. It's designed to reduce manual, repetitive work like reviewing raw footage, not to replace creative editing decisions.
- Can AI edit YouTube videos?
- AI can meaningfully speed up YouTube editing by transcribing footage, removing the need to re-watch everything, and organizing takes automatically. It's most effective at the review and assembly stages — pacing, storytelling, and final polish still benefit from a human editor's judgment.
- How is RECAP designed to review video footage?
- The plan is for RECAP to transcribe your footage, detect scenes and takes, and identify moments worth keeping — either from its own analysis or from editing instructions you gave while recording — and hand you organized, searchable footage and a first-draft assembly, ready to refine.
- Will RECAP understand voice editing commands?
- That's the core idea we're building around: RECAP is meant to listen for the wake word "Editor" followed by a plain-language instruction — like "cut this out" or "keep this take" — and apply it directly to your footage, without a fixed command list to memorize.
- Who is RECAP for?
- RECAP is being built for creators who record more footage than they have time to review — YouTubers, podcasters, vloggers, educators, interview hosts, and short-form creators. If you spend real time watching footage back before you can start editing, we'd like to hear from you.
- Is RECAP free?
- RECAP is early in development, and pricing hasn't been decided yet. Sign up for early access and we'll share pricing details as they're set, before you're asked to commit to anything.