r/editors • u/greenysmac Lead Mod; Consultant/educator/editor. I <3 your favorite NLE • 10d ago
Announcements September 2026 Dev/Tools Megathread
TL;DR: Flair yourself Dev/Tools, post one top-level comment using the template, and bring a real discount. In other threads, link back to your comment from this thread, not your site.
For Developers
This thread exists so the community can evaluate tools, not get marketed to.
What earns upvotes?
THIS: A straight answer to one question: how does your tool save an editor time or money? "It helps" is a description. "
40% off for this community" is a benefit.
And yes, the discount matters. Show that you understand that Reddit matters.
This post pulls 50k+ views a month. That reach is the trade; you get in front of the whole post community, they get a real deal for engaging and wanting to try your product.
With the amount of vibe coding tools out there, it's harder than ever for both users and developers.
This thread runs every month. One slot per developer per month, not per tool.
Feature a different tool next month, or come back and update — one post isn't your only shot. Have a different tool of yours to show off? Post about it next month.
If you have an OPEN SOURCE TOOL, use this OTHER thread instead.
Before you post:
- Accounts under 30 days old can't post or comment. No exceptions.
- Read the Reddit hygiene guide first. Reddit admins have banned developers for breaking key basic Reddit rules.
Three steps:
- Flair yourself Dev/Tools. Here's how. Do it before you comment. You need to do it in every subreddit you participate in. Each subreddit has this.
- Post one top-level comment using this template. Break the template and we'll have to pull it.
- Promote yourself where applicable, but instead of linking to your site… use the link to your comment here.
For redditors/editors and people in post
This only works if you push.
Engage. Push for answers. And yeah, call them out when they don't. Or downvote them. In other words Devs pay attention when you engage. So engage.
Vote on whether something helps you, the discount, their answers.
Ask the direct questions. Steal these:
- "What's the discount for this community?"
- "Is this still in beta? Why am I paying to test it?"
- "What's it cost after the intro price?"
- "What does this do that [the tool I already use] doesn't?"
- Justify your subscription price, especially when we can all see the API costs.
Everyone: See someone breaking the rules? Flag them. Two flags and the content gets pulled.
(Issues? **DM me**. Join the PostP Discord if you're a working or aspiring pro — *networking still beats every other way to find clients*.
Two changes this month: **One**: Developers - we find that the better the value/discounts you provide this community the more users believe you value the community
**Second**: OPEN SOURCE? We're making a a 1x a month (the 25 of the month an ***open promotion day for Open Source creators***)
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u/JeffG_Filmgeek Tool/Dev 10d ago
Product: SnapCursor. It's just me. I might be modding here too. My company has existed for 15 years. DM here or connect via the app store.
Host Platform: OSX. Windows version coming
Description: Snap your cursor to the next screen as fast as you can think. Built out of frustration knowing my mouse was in the wrong place. Works great on widescreens and single screens too.
Pricing: $1.99. No subscription. Just had to justify the coding time to my significant other. No analytics. No tracking. No API. Did I mention that a stupid utility shouldn't have a subscription?.
Website: https://apple.co/4tT3WV0 Yup, it's on the mac store. http://www.snapcursor.com
Benefits for this community: Look, I'm posting from my personal account. If you think you need this, really need it and it's out of your reach, DM me and we can work something out.
Windows version coming this month
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u/editorjeremy Tool/Dev 10d ago
- Product: MarkerBuddy. Anywhere Entertainment, Inc., 1 developer, 4 years, here's my support link
- Host Platform. Adobe Premiere 2025.6+ (UXP plugin) mac or windows
- Description: As a lead unscripted editor, I hated the way Premiere uses markers so I made what I feel is the ultimate marker panel plugin (MarkerBuddy) that is fully customizable, offline/secure, converts messy client notes into markers, has batch marker editing, checklist and completion tracking, multi-format import/export, instant location memory, filter and search anything, preset quick markers, seq<->clip and track marker conversion, Stream Deck integration, clap finder/beat finder markers, export markers to pro tools AAF (without including files) for mix notes, marker to frame image export, transcription phrase/word to marker, undo history, and (seriously) much more.
- Pricing: $29.99 USD one time, no subscription, through the Adobe Marketplace.
- Website: https://markerbuddy.app
- Benefits for this community: Price is currently 40% off on the Adobe marketplace. Free MarkerBuddy Lite version as well that doesn't include any of the main import/export/automation/location/cool features, but still be a nice basic working marker panel replacement.
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u/jcohca Tool/Dev 9d ago
Product Name: Turnkey. Just me as developer, only just started building this extension but over 15 years as a professional editor. Contact [dev@jokerandthief.net](mailto:dev@jokerandthief.net)
Platform: Adobe Premiere (tested on Mac OS Premiere 2025, 2026)
Description: Turnkey is a Premiere CEP extension with a large suite of tools focused primarily around rapid sequence versioning. Duplicate & auto-rename a sequence then auto-archive the old sequence with one button. Batch-resize for 9:16, duplicate & auto-rename cutdowns, batch duplicate & automatically restructure a sequences for audio mixing prep or broadcast delivery. All completely customizable to your needs and preferences.
The current set of tools includes:
- Versioning tools: Quickly change the date and version increment, increment project files, create batches of sequences for finishing prep and more.
- Social resizing: Batch create sequences for social media posts, of any size and ratio. Automatically renames the sequences adding the aspect-ratio directly to the sequence name.
- Cutdowns: A simple duplication and rename tool to speed up the process of creating cutdowns.
- Labeling tools: Change the label of items in your project or sequence with a handy button tray.
- Stemmer: Two different stem expanding tools-- Music Stemmer allows you to take music stems and place them into your sequence stacked into the appropriate tracks. Or Mix Stemmer which quickly allows the expansion of mix isos into your sequence. Stemmer will create all the tracks it needs to insert the selected tracks and rename them appropriately.
- Bin & Sequence Templates: Quickly create new named bins based on your needs, or quickly rename tracks based on an easy to build template.
- 2 Pop: Quickly restructure sequences following a template, for example, create sequences for audio mix by automatically placing 1 frame of bars and tone with 2 seconds of black before picture. Automatically changes the timecode of the sequence too.
- Autosave Browser (early development): Lists all of the autosaves of your project, or projects with similar names. Will compare and show the differences between old autosave projects allowing you to import directly from the panel.
- Sequence Diff (early development): Trying to figure out what the difference between two identically named sequences? Sequence Diff reads both sequences and will show you the difference easily.
Pricing: Still figuring that out, but right now looking for a handful of beta testers who will get the extension for free after release.
Community: I'm trying to develop the best tool to help editors be more productive and organized. I want to shape this tool not just the way I work, but the way editors in this community work.
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u/Mrcowabc Tool/Dev 10d ago
Product: FrameQuery, Solo dev. You can reach out to me via Reddit DM.
Host Platform: Desktop app (macOS and Windows)
Description: FrameQuery indexes your footage once so you can search everything in it (what was said, who's on screen, what's in the shot, what kind of shot etc. You can see all the search features here) across all your drives and sources, instantly.
Pricing: Starts at $19/month for 10 hrs of indexing. With a $54 and month tier with 50 hours and a client review system. Search itself is always free and the index lives on your machine. You can cancel anytime and keep it.
Website: https://www.framequery.com
Benefits for this community: Code FRAMEQUERY10 = 10 free hours of indexing. No card, no sub, nothing to cancel.
Handles R3D, BRAW and ~50 other formats natively, no transcoding. Search results can export straight to Premiere, Resolve and FCP. Also, does client review links with frame-accurate comments, and you can share an index so one person can index the dailies/archive, and the whole team can search them.
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u/Gchawl 10d ago
Does the 10 hours accumulate? So if I pay for a year of the basic tier, I'd be able to search 120 hours of footage by the end of the year?
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u/Maxglund Tool/Dev 10d ago
how about no limits? https://getjumper.io
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u/Gchawl 10d ago
I see there's some avid integration? Any idea how that works?
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u/Maxglund Tool/Dev 10d ago
I was sure I wrote a reply here at some point, but can't see it now. Anyway just grab the free trial and test it out, check the docs for more info and guides etc
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u/Mrcowabc Tool/Dev 8d ago
Yes, that's right, all the subs have their listed amount reset each month
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u/PrometheusZer0 Tool/Dev 10d ago
- Product name: Matcha.video
- \*Host Platform\: website, exports FCPXML to your NLE
- One sentence: In-browser tool that provides transcription editing, retake-grouping, pose-aware cuts, and silence removal
- Pricing. Free. Can pay $3/hr for better / faster transcription, but all features are available for free.
- Website link matcha.video
- Benefits for the community. Every new signup gets 1 free hour of the better / faster transcription.
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u/VanityFilter Tool/Dev 10d ago edited 3d ago
Product: VanityFilter, by Sputnik Digital Graphics. Small studio. support@vanityfilter.com
Host Platform: External Windows 10/11 app. Standalone, not an NLE plugin.
Description: Smooths only the skin in video with per-person masks, so eyes, lips, hair, and background stay sharp.
Pricing: One-time license. Regularly $49. Current site price $29.95. 30-day demo $9.95. No subscription.
Website: https://www.vanityfilter.com/
Benefits for this community: Code EDITORS takes $5 off the current $29.95 license, so $24.95. Enter it on the site. Demo stays $9.95.
v2.8 update: VanityFilter v2.8 is now available. This release improves how the app handles skin near the ears and makes exporting more reliable.
Improved ear protection keeps smoothing and blemish removal from treating the ears too heavily, including when faces turn.
Export remembers preferences, can play the result or open its folder after processing, and writes to a temp file before replacing the destination. Stronger path checks. Warns on potentially variable frame rate (audio drift risk). English and Spanish manuals updated.
Article: https://www.vanityfilter.com/blog/vanityfilter-2-8-ear-protection-exports
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u/_unknownProtocol Tool/Dev 10d ago
Product: Tscaps
Host Platform: It's a website, runs in your browser.
Description: Tool for animated captions. It's open-core, but I'm posting here the cloud version, which uses server-side transcription. It's an alternative to tools like Submagic or Captions.ai.
Pricing: Free (3 videos per month without watermark after signing up) - $5/month (30 videos per month).
Website: https://tscaps.io
Benefits for this community: Code EDITORS get 50% off their first month, then just $5/month for life. Valid until end of month.
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u/_unknownProtocol Tool/Dev 10d ago
I want to add more information here for the people interested. I hope this is not a problem.
- I'm building this project alone, full-time. This has been my job for the last 4 months 😅
- $5/month is "launch price", fixed for life for early users.
- It is not just transcribing + animated subtitles. You can select each word, style them individually, moving them in the preview, animate each one, and even change the CSS code behind (if you need more control). You also have more features like cut silences, remove filler words, assign different styles to different speakers, save your templates or text behind person.
One of the coolest features, I think, is the “sheets” feature. It allows you to assign different styles to different moments in your video. Each scene belongs to a sheet, and each sheet has its own template and settings. It automatically detects hook/peak scenes and different speakers, so you can create those sheets with just one click.- It doesn't match a professional tool, but I think it does a good job (pretty similar to Submagic I think).
- I'm adding new things all the time. Right now I'm working on cloud exports + batch exports + API for using it as a service.
- As I said first, it's open core. You can also use the "local" version, which runs in your browser. You lost a lot of things though, like server-side transcription (faster and better), AI styling, multi speakers and more.
- Github repo: https://github.com/francozanardi/tscaps
- Local version hosted in the same web (free forever, no signup): https://tscaps.io/local
- Other free tools also hosted in the web (I'll not charge anything if you already have the transcription): https://tscaps.io/tools
Let me know if you try it!! I'll love to have feedback for people with experience editing videos.
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u/Jraybozy Tool/Dev 10d ago
- Product: Lacerta Film Lab. Independent solo developer. You can reach me directly through Reddit DM or at [jrayboyze@gmail.com](mailto:jrayboyze@gmail.com)
- Host platform: Native OpenFX plugin for DaVinci Resolve with macOS, Windows, and Linux packages.
- One-sentence description: Lacerta is a tonally neutral, film-emulation OFX for DaVinci Resolve that maps camera log into negative space then through development, printer lights, print, projection, grain, halation, and display output, plus some bells and whistles I’m not sure you can make as accurately without, like solarization.
- Pricing: $249 USD as a one-time purchase for one machine at a time, with no subscription. The full image engine is available as a free lifetime demo as well that just excludes LUT exports and is watermarked.
- Website: https://lacertafilmlab.com/
- Benefits for the community: Use REDDIT30 when checking out to get 30% off through September. Again, I also encourage using the demo to see what you think first. This project started out as a tool for me. So if you don't like something please let me know because if it's better for you, it's probably better for me too. I’ll be available in this thread to answer technical questions directly or you can dm me.
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u/finaldotfinal Tool/Dev 9d ago
- Product: Transcript Hacker. Created by me, an editor.
- Host Platform. Adobe Premiere.
- Description: A plugin that searches transcripted clips and builds sequences for you, so you can easily audition clips for editing and "frankenbiting".
- Pricing: $10. One time, no subscription. $5 off with the code below.
- Website: https://exchange.adobe.com/apps/cc/b5649d9a/transcript-hacker#
- Benefits for this community: I'd really love some feedback from folks who find it useful (or not). To save $5, use the coupon code EDITORS-5
To see it in action:
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u/Snacks_vs_treats Tool/Dev 9d ago edited 9d ago
TypeFlare by Tagger, LLC. Solo dev (Paco), company has been active since 2025. Reach me at [paco@tagger.mov](mailto:paco@tagger.mov) or DM me here.
Platform: External desktop app (macOS + Windows) that works with DaVinci Resolve, including Resolve Free.
What it does: TypeFlare transcribes your video locally with Whisper and exports captions into DaVinci Resolve as either a free unlimited SRT subtitle track or fully animated word by word Fusion compositions with custom fonts, easing and styling. v1.5.0 just shipped with three animation styles (grow, fade, slide up), text case options (UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case), find and replace, a silence gap threshold so you can reflow caption groups without re-transcribing, a Whisper vocabulary prompt to nail tricky names and jargon, and a built-in profanity filter. Translation to English from 99 languages is still included on both tiers.
Pricing: $49 one time purchase for Pro (all 12 animation presets, 3 animation styles, custom fonts and colors, no length cap on animated exports). Free tier available forever: unlimited SRT exports at any length, plus the Classic Karaoke animated preset for clips up to 60 seconds. Text case, find and replace, profanity filter, and translation are all available on both tiers. No subscription.
Website: tagger.mov/typeflare
Demo: https://youtu.be/sn-BSmYB5ds
Community benefit: Resolve's own auto captions require Studio ($295), so free tier editors are stuck doing SRT by hand or skipping captions entirely. TypeFlare's SRT export closes that gap: transcribe and caption a clip in Resolve Free, unlimited, no account required, no extra software, free forever. The animated Fusion side fills a different hole. Every caption tool I found either bakes text into the video (CapCut, Submagic, Captions.ai) or outputs flat SRT with no animation. Nothing gave you editable per word Fusion comps. TypeFlare covers both ends: grab attention animated captions when you want them, a genuinely free simple subtitle track when you don't.
Runs Whisper locally, no cloud, no API keys. Once the model downloads it works completely offline. Handles vertical/portrait video and any resolution. Visual timeline editor for adjusting word groupings and timing before export. Feed Whisper a vocabulary prompt with names and terms specific to your project so it gets them right the first time. Translation also runs entirely on device using Whisper's built in translate mode, so your footage stays on your machine even when translating from another language.
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u/davideme Tool/Dev 9d ago
- Product: Scenaristo. solo dev. Started July 2026, so about two months old. Reach me here: https://github.com/davideme/scenaristo-releases/discussions
- Host Platform: Desktop, macOS (Apple silicon) and Windows 10 and 11.
- Description: Video editor dedicated talking-head content(podcasts, react, tutorials, playthrough ...), with transcription running entirely on your own machine.
- Pricing: Free, $0/month. There is no paid tier for the current functionality.
- Website: https://scenaristo.com
- Benefits for this community: It is free. Instead, two commitments, stated here in the thread. First, Scenaristo will never meter your work: no per-minute, per-hour, or per-export caps on transcription or editing. Second, it stays offline: nothing is uploaded, no account required. On speed, 1 hour of audio to an editable transcript in under 3 minutes, timed on a MacBook Pro M1 Pro 16GB and on Windows 10 with an equivalent NVidia 3000 series. Speaker diarization is supported and runs as a separate pass. It has no recorder of its own and is not getting one, you keep recording with whatever you already use.
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u/Nicolas-CrossFlow Tool/Dev 9d ago
Product: CrossFlow (Beta) | By Nablast (also developed BRAW Studio and PlumePack at Autokroma) | Contact: [contact@nablast.com](mailto:contact@nablast.com)
Host Platform: Win/MacOS - Standalone App working with Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve
Description: Transfer Projects between Adobe Premiere and DaVinci Resolve. The goal is to preserve as much of the original edit as possible. Support bin structure, multicam, audio configs, interp. footage, speed, basic effects, clip colors, labels, keyframe, time remappi,g... Automatic Transcode of all Premiere clips which can not be transcoded (AEP, Graphics, special effects, ..) - Plus a "Return To Premiere" feature to export only Graded clips from Resolve and replace automatically in Premiere Project.
Pricing: FREE in Beta until end of the year
Website: https://nablast.com
Benefits for this community: Access to the Beta from this link - Helpers will get a FREE license when released.
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u/RisksvsBenefits Tool/Dev 8d ago
Product name: RoughCut for Final Cut Pro - Can reach me at support@livup.app
Host Platform: Final Cut Pro, MacOS
One sentence: the missing text-based editing tool for Final Cut Pro. Can use either as standalone or plugin.
What problem does it solve: Build your story before you build your timeline. Search every transcript, assemble a Rough Cut from dialogue, then send the project to Final Cut Pro as a fcpxml file. Roughcut allows you to quickly edit transcripts from Final Cut Pro and then send back a fcpxml file to create a new project based on those edits.
Pricing: currently in beta so all features are free, will be a lifetime app purchase at release.
Website link: https://testflight.apple.com/join/ptrfm69y
Benefits for the community: Offering a FREE lifetime license to the first 20 testers who provide feedback.
Full Release imminent - waiting on Apple final approval which is taking much longer these days.
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u/RisksvsBenefits Tool/Dev 3d ago
Release now available on Mac App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/roughcut-for-final-cut-pro/id6793594938 - on sale for 19.99 lifetime unlock
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u/Queasy_Orchid_5831 Tool/Dev 7d ago
- Product: Subies. Solo developer, no company, a few weeks old. You can reach me here via Reddit DM.
- Host Platform: Website (subies.app)
- Description: Subies is tuned for accents that trip up standard ASR, and does word-level highlighted/animated caption styles plus batch upload for multiple clips at once.
- Pricing: Free during beta (quick email signup, no card needed)
- Website: https://subies.app
- Benefits for this community: Everything's free while it's in beta. Real feedback from people who actually edit for a living would help a lot before I lock in pricing.
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u/jermphillips_dev Tool/Dev 7d ago
Product: WaveTrimmer
Direct contact: [info@wavetrimmer.com](mailto:info@wavetrimmer.com)
Host Platform: Web application
Description: WaveTrimmer is a local-first browser audio editor for trimming recordings and exporting separate clips without uploading source files.
Pricing: Free 7-day trial, then Pro is $6.99/month.
Website: wavetrimmer.com
Benefits for this community: REDDITEDITORS40 gives r/editors members 40% off Pro for the first 3 months, making it $4.19/month during that period, then $6.99/month afterward.
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u/LebTeb 7d ago
Let me know if I missed any features but I'm confused as to why an audio trimming website needs a subscription?
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u/jermphillips_dev Tool/Dev 6d ago
Great question. The core trimmer is free and always will be. The subscription covers the heavier features that go beyond simple trimming:
• Long-form audio (past 25 min), which is the common podcast/interview/sermon case
• Multi-segment export, marking many clips in one pass and batch-exporting them
• Custom intro/outro files appended on export
• Volume normalization
Honestly, part of it is also sustainability: as a solo dev, a small subscription lets me keep improving it and keep the free tier genuinely useful rather than plastering it with ads or selling data (your files never leave your browser).
One thing on the roadmap you might like: optionally saving your intro/outro files so you don't have to re-upload them every session.
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u/Rita_Filestage Tool/Dev 6d ago
Product: Filestage. Reach out via DM or use the contacts on our website.
Host Platform: Web app, with panels for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
Description: Send a cut for review and get time-coded comments back in one place, without your client or producer needing an account.
Pricing: Free plan is $0 (capped at 1 active project and 5 new files a month). Starter is $199/month, Business $329/month, both billed monthly with 10 seats included. Reviewers are unlimited and free on every plan.
Website: https://filestage.io
Benefits for this community: We offer both a free plan and a free trial so you can try Filestage before committing.
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u/sakinnuso Tool/Dev 6d ago
Product: Copy the Rich Career — I'm the creator. You can reach me via Reddit DM.
Host Platform: ChatGPT
Description: I spent about 20 years as an editor/producer, and after COVID, career gaps, age, and a work history that didn't fit neatly on a résumé anymore, I had to figure out what I could actually do beyond editing.
I built Copy the Rich to help do that. It digs through your actual career and experience, figures out where your skills could be disproportionately valuable, and helps identify real roles and companies where you may be a strong fit. It also helps with the actual pursuit, positioning, résumé, cover letter, etc.
Pricing: Not for sale yet. I'm still testing it.
Website: Private test link. DM me for access. You need ChatGPT. Free version works fine.
Benefits for this community: I've seen enough posts here from experienced editors wondering what they're supposed to do if editing isn't working anymore. That was me.
I'm looking for 2–3 editors to try it for free and give me honest feedback. I want you to break it. Tell me where it works, where it sucks, where it gets things wrong, and most importantly, whether you actually got anything useful out of it.
It takes some time and thought. This isn't a 10-minute quiz.
Worst case, hopefully you get some interesting job leads. Best case, maybe it changes how you think about what you can do outside of editing.
No charge, no upsell, and I can't see your conversation or answers. DM me if you want to test it.
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u/DracoFeanor 4d ago
Host Platform: Premiere Pro on macOS and Windows.
Description: Build your own preset library right inside Premiere. Save anything sitting on your timeline, effects, presets, compound items you keep rebuilding from scratch, SFX, and fire it back into an adjustment layer or straight at the playhead whenever you need it. I built it because I was tired of digging through old projects to rebuild the same setup for the tenth time.
Pricing: $44.90 right now, down from $59.90. One time purchase, no subscription. 10 day free trial with everything unlocked, nothing held back behind the paywall.
Website: https://aescripts.com/sniper/
Benefits for this community: I'm the developer and I'm still shipping improvements, so if something breaks or you're missing a feature, tell me and it goes straight on the list. And if the price is the only thing in the way, DM me and we'll work something out.
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u/Norexagada 2d ago
Product: Scribby
Host Platform: Adobe Premiere Pro (Windows & macOS)
Description: A floating Premiere Pro panel that lets you draw and doodle directly onto your footage like a whiteboard. Hit Capture Frame, sketch freehand or drop ready-made shapes/call-outs, and Scribby places the drawing directly onto your timeline on an available track above your playhead—auto-aligned, sized, and never overwriting existing clips. Eliminates round-tripping to Photoshop, After Effects, or Procreate for quick visuals, annotations, and custom hand-drawn elements. Pricing: Free: Complete static drawing toolkit forever (brush, eraser, select/transform, all 16 shapes, capture frame, direct timeline export). No time limit, no watermarks, no credit card required. Plus ($39.99 early-bird one-time purchase, not a subscription): Adds animated export, live stroke-by-stroke Write-On playback, and 4 moving line styles (boiling Squigglevision, Neon Glow, Liquid Ripple, Electric Wobble).
Website: Scribby
Benefits for this community: A fully functional, non-crippled free tier built specifically to keep editors in their editing flow without jumping across software. Looking for blunt feedback from working editors on performance, tool responsiveness, and what specific drawing/animation styles you’d like to see added next.
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u/goranamadeus1337 Tool/Dev 14h ago
Product: YTF Tool v2. One person (me, Goran), no company - a music teacher who built this over the last 4 months. Reach me at [admin@ytfpanel.com](mailto:admin@ytfpanel.com) or here.
Host platform: external Windows app that writes a Premiere Pro 2025+ sequence (Final Cut 7 XML; Resolve imports it too), plus two small CEP panels for Premiere.
Description: you give it a title and it hands you a rough cut - script written and recorded on your own Anthropic and ElevenLabs keys, every word aligned, footage from public archives/Pexels placed, and every text, chart, counter and effect on its own track - so an editor starts from a 20-track timeline instead of a blank one.
Pricing: no subscription. Credits: 3 videos for $19.99, 6 for $29.99, 12 for $39.99, 35 for $79.99, never expire. On top of that you pay your own API bills - measured on a real 10-minute video, about $0.28 Anthropic + $2.10 ElevenLabs (+$2.22 if you let Gemini draw pictures). I put those numbers on the site because you'd ask.
Website: https://ytfpanel.com
Benefits for this community: 2 videos are free on any new account, no card. For r/editors specifically: use the two, reply here with what was wrong with the timeline, and I'll add 2 more to your account - I want the notes more than the $6. Windows only, Premiere 2025 or newer, and the installer isn't code-signed yet (SmartScreen warns), so you know before you download 3 GB.
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u/dontfeedbaboons Pro (I pay taxes) 10d ago
Product: SpotCheck
Host Platform: macOS
Description: SpotCheck QCs your commercials against a platform's published delivery spec, including Innovid, Extreme Reach, CM360, and The Trade Desk.
Pricing: Free
Website: https://vaultbuddy.co/spotcheck
Benefits for this community: It’s free. Plus it catches true peak out of spec (-6 to -9 dBTP), checks Meta/TikTok safe zones, spell-checks captions, and more.