> Bring your selects and shot direction to Shorty. Explore a sequence before refining its pace and treatment. Source: https://shortyedit.com/solutions/freelance-editors/rough-cut-assembly --- # Get your story into a first cut. Bring your selects and shot direction to Shorty. Explore a sequence before refining its pace and treatment. ## Bring the story into focus Turn a selected source set into a sequence with a clear story. ## Put your footage to work Start with preferred source takes, a sequence brief, reference traits and the client's fixed requirements. Name each shot's role and preserve the central action before refining transitions or typography. ## Start with a prompt like this Create a video for freelance editors using my footage. Turn a selected source set into a sequence with a clear story. Name each shot's role and preserve the central action before refining transitions or typography. Use my supplied titles and closing message. ## Shape the next version in chat Watch the edit, collect your feedback and tell Shorty what to change. Supply a preferred shot or exact replacement title when it helps make the direction clear. ## Keep the ideas coming ### More for freelance editors Give Shorty your selected clips and a clear brief. Explore an assembled edit, refine the story and decide where to take it next. ### Explore the workflow A short video becomes easier to follow when it establishes a subject, develops one point and closes deliberately. ### Make the next version Shorty is an AI video editor you can revise by chat. Open an existing edit and describe the change in plain language, such as a new opening, different shot timing or corrected title text, or select an editable title or graphic in the preview and say what should change. Shorty renders a new version to compare with the previous cut. ## Questions, answered. ### What do I need to get started? Preferred source takes, a sequence brief, reference traits and the client's fixed requirements. ### What matters for this video? Compare the first cut with the intended story and identify specific changes. ## Your next video starts here. Bring the footage. Tell us the idea. Shape the edit. --- Published by Tools Products FZ-LLC. Canonical HTML: https://shortyedit.com/solutions/freelance-editors/rough-cut-assembly