Can AI help me edit photos and clips from a gathering?

Start with selected photos and short clips from a gathering. Show the setup, staff and volunteers who helped make the event happen. In Shorty, supply those clips and a written brief, optionally add an editing reference, and review the rendered first cut. This is an editing workflow using supplied material; it does not create scenes you did not film.

What to upload

• The meeting space
• A shared group activity
• A prepared table or programme
• Participants speaking or reacting
• The group closing moment

Suggested source sequence

• 1. The meeting space.
• 2. A prepared table or programme.
• 3. A shared group activity.
• 4. Participants speaking or reacting.
• 5. The group closing moment.

Aim for 35 seconds in 9:16, keeping the necessary actions and complete spoken thoughts readable.

Text and sound direction

Identify roles only when supplied; do not invent staff or volunteer contributions.

Supply the exact approved wording. Preserve original speech when it carries the story and choose audio you have permission to publish.

Complete example brief

Create a 35-second 9:16 first cut from my photos and clips from a gathering. Editing task: Event Preparation. Show the setup, staff and volunteers who helped make the event happen.

Use only the source material I upload. My source selection should include selected photos and short clips from a gathering. 

Suggested source sequence:
1. The meeting space.
2. A prepared table or programme.
3. A shared group activity.
4. Participants speaking or reacting.
5. The group closing moment.

Text direction: Identify roles only when supplied; do not invent staff or volunteer contributions.

Factual and visual constraints: Use approved images and preserve the meaning of any personal testimony. Keep the original people, products, locations and meaning of speech. Do not generate missing scenes or invent facts, quotes, offers or outcomes. If the source selection cannot support a requested scene, identify the gap instead of substituting unrelated material.

Use an optional reference only for the editing traits I specify, such as pacing or title treatment. Do not copy its brand identity. Keep important subjects visible in the 9:16 crop. Use audio I have permission to publish; preserve original speech when it carries the story. Aim for the requested duration without cutting off a necessary action or qualification. Render an MP4 first cut for review; I will check the source sequence, facts, text, framing and sound before delivery.

Choose “Use this brief” above to put it in the editor, then adapt it to your selected footage.

From footage to a first cut

• Select selected photos and short clips from a gathering.
• Show the setup, staff and volunteers who helped make the event happen.
• Request 9:16 and about 35 seconds, then supply the exact text.
• Review the first render against the uploaded sources. Name a specific change in the existing edit’s revision chat, then review the next version.

Three revision requests

• Give the real preparation action more time before cutting to attendees.
• Keep the main editing direction: Show the setup, staff and volunteers who helped make the event happen. Replace the weakest source moment with an uploaded alternative showing a shared group activity; preserve the factual sequence.
• Review the 9:16 framing around a shared group activity. Keep the important subject visible and preserve the approved wording.

Before sharing

• Use approved images and preserve the meaning of any personal testimony.
• Show the setup, staff and volunteers who helped make the event happen.
• Identify roles only when supplied; do not invent staff or volunteer contributions.
• Inspect a prepared table or programme at phone size and check that framing or titles do not cover it.
• Watch the full MP4 with sound. A ready render still needs your review before client delivery or publication.

Related edits

Review and revise the next version

Use the revision chat to explain what should change and what should stay. Select an editable element when available; objects inside a flattened clip may not be separate layers. Check the next render before delivery.

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Updated 15 September 2026. Pricing · Product documentation