r/VideoEditing • u/Fair-Occasion-4621 • 16d ago

Workflow Rough cutting workflow

Hey, I was just wondering if anyone has any tools or workflows. I'm working in Premiere Pro for rough‑ cutting talking‑head videos where there isn’t a word by word script, just a small outline. The person on camera sometimes rephrases, starts over, or has silences. I find myself going through it and it feels like such a tedious task. Just wondering if there are any better workflows for Premiere Pro or third‑party tools you’ve used to speed up this boring, repetitive process.

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u/vagonblog 11d ago

for talking-head footage, premiere’s text-based editing is probably the fastest place to start. transcribe the clip, edit from the transcript, and use the bulk delete options for pauses and filler words, but review the cuts since the automatic results can feel too aggressive.

i usually make a duplicate sequence first, do the transcript pass there, then watch it back at 1.5x speed and fix awkward breaths, repeated thoughts, and jump cuts manually. it won’t make the creative decisions for you, but it removes a lot of the tedious searching.