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Automated Video Editing

by Gilad Glasberg·Workflow

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Why we like it

Automated Video Editing sits at rank 107 in the aescripts library. It earns its place for turning a music-driven edit into an automated pass, with beat-based, fixed-interval, and marker-based cutting all handled in one script.

What is Automated Video Editing?

Automated Video Editing is a script by Gilad Glasberg that automates the whole video editing process synced to music in Premiere Pro. Rather than placing every cut by hand, it builds the edit for you and offers three ways to work: Music Beat, Constant Time, and User Markers.

Cutting can be driven by the music's volume threshold, tuned with a sensitivity controller, or set to a constant duration between each cut. User Markers mode lets you edit the video using your own markers. Shot length can be capped with minimum and maximum duration settings, and each clip can start at its beginning or at a random point. Random footage and repeat video options add further variation.

It also adjusts sequence size and frame rate, applies scale animation across layers in the comp, and includes color correction and opacity dissolve control with adjustable dissolve length. Both long-duration footage, such as GoPro clips, and regular short video files are supported.

Who is Automated Video Editing best for?

Automated Video Editing is best for editors assembling music-synced videos in Premiere Pro who want cuts placed automatically by beat, fixed interval, or their own markers.

How much does Automated Video Editing cost?

Automated Video Editing is completely free to download and use.

Key features

  • Automatic cuts driven by the music's volume threshold, with a sensitivity controller, or by a constant duration between each cut
  • Three editing modes: Music Beat, Constant Time, and User Markers, the last letting you cut to your own markers
  • Random footage and repeat video options, plus a choice to start each clip at the beginning or a random point
  • Minimum and maximum shot duration limits
  • Opacity dissolve control, including the length of each dissolve
  • Sequence size and frame rate adjustment, scale animation across layers, and color correction
  • Support for long-duration footage such as GoPro clips alongside regular short video files

Tags

#Premiere Pro#video editing#automation#music sync#aescripts#Gilad Glasberg#editing script

Frequently asked questions

Does Automated Video Editing work with Premiere Pro 2025?

Automated Video Editing lists compatibility with Premiere Pro 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020, so recent and several older releases are covered. Version 1.0.4 was last updated on March 10, 2023, and that release focused on updating the license framework. If you run a Premiere Pro version outside this range, check the developer's page to confirm support before installing.

How does Automated Video Editing decide where to cut?

Automated Video Editing offers three ways to place cuts. Music Beat cuts by the music's volume threshold, with a sensitivity controller to tune how it responds. Constant Time places a cut at a fixed duration between each edit. User Markers lets you edit the video using markers you set yourself. You can also cap shot length with minimum and maximum duration settings and choose whether each clip starts at its beginning or at a random point.

Is Automated Video Editing free to use?

Automated Video Editing is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing and download terms can change, so check the developer's page for the current details before you rely on it. The most recent update, version 1.0.4 from March 2023, updated the license framework to resolve license-related issues, so make sure you are working from a current build. The script has been available since its initial release in August 2020.

Can Automated Video Editing handle long GoPro footage?

Automated Video Editing supports long-duration video footage, GoPro clips being one example, as well as regular short video files. Alongside footage handling, it can adjust sequence size and frame rate, apply scale animation across layers in the comp, and run color correction. Random footage and repeat video options give you further control over how clips are pulled into the edit.

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