Edit like you’d tell an editor to.
OptimaClip Studio is a full timeline editor you drive by chat. Take your rendered clips and turn them into a finished video — sequence them, add transitions, music, sound effects, text and graphics, restyle captions — then render in one click. It replaces the round-trip to CapCut or Premiere, and it never leaves OptimaClip.
What Studio does
Chat your edits
Tell the assistant what you want in plain language — “crossfade every cut”, “add a hook title for the first 3 seconds”, “score it with upbeat music, low volume”. It rebuilds the timeline. No scrubbing, no keyframes, no manual required.
Drag-and-drop timeline
A CapCut-style timeline where every element — each caption, text, graphic, sound, music or voiceover — gets its own row. Drag it along, grab a chunky edge handle to trim (the clip resizes live as you drag), split anywhere with the razor or a right-click. The main video track is magnetic, so clips never drift apart.
Edit right on the video
Click or tap captions, text and graphics on the preview to select them, then drag to reposition — no hunting through panels. Right-click or long-press anything for a menu: split, duplicate, delete, reverse, edit. Click the video to play or pause.
Multi-clip sequencing
Combine several rendered clips into one video. Reorder by dragging, split as many times as you want, trim on the timeline, and set a live per-clip speed you can see in the preview.
Pick your cover image
Choose the thumbnail your finished video shows in the Clip Library — scrub to the exact frame and grab it, or upload your own still. No more settling for frame zero.
Your own media + voiceover
Upload video, audio, music and images — or drop a file straight on the timeline — and use them as clips, b-roll, overlays or a music bed. Record a voiceover straight to picture from inside the editor.
Transitions
Crossfade, dip-to-black, slide left/right, wipe, zoom — set per cut or apply to every cut at once, with adjustable duration.
Music & sound effects
A built-in royalty-free library of music beds and SFX, plus your own uploads. Music is auto-ducked and fades in and out so the voice always cuts through.
Text & graphics
Title cards, lower-thirds, arrows and highlight rings — positioned, timed to the frame, with fade / pop / slide-in animation.
Live caption control
Font, color, size, position, karaoke word-pop — previewed instantly, applied to the burned-in captions on render. Drag the captions on the frame to reposition them, or right-click for quick options.
One-click render
The whole timeline compiles in a single pass on the same dedicated, retry-backed render pipeline your clips already use — with automatic failover if anything hiccups.
It stays inside OptimaClip
No exporting to CapCut, no Premiere project files, no re-uploading. Edit where your clips already live, then publish or schedule to 8 platforms from the same dashboard.
How it works
- 1
Render your clips
Run a New Clip Job as usual — OptimaClip finds the moments and renders each clip vertical with captions.
- 2
Open in Studio
On any finished clip, click “Open in Studio”. Your clip lands on the timeline as the first segment.
- 3
Describe the edits
Use the chat: add clips, transitions, music, text, graphics; restyle captions; reorder and trim. Watch the timeline and preview update.
- 4
Render the final video
One click compiles everything. You’re only charged when a render succeeds — 2 credits + 1 per minute.
FAQ
How is this different from the Clip Editor?
The Clip Editor works on one clip at a time — trim, caption style, export. Studio is a multi-track timeline for building a finished video from several clips, with transitions, music, sound effects, text and graphics, driven by an AI chat.
Which plan includes Studio?
Creator and Agency. Editing, the AI chat, and the in-browser preview are always free on those plans — only a finished render costs credits (2 + 1 per minute of output), and only when it succeeds.
Do I need editing skills?
No. The whole point is that you describe the change and the assistant makes it. There’s also a properties panel and a timeline for fine-tuning by hand if you want it.
Does this change how my clips get rendered?
No. The core clipping pipeline — transcription, moment detection, per-clip render with automatic retries and failover — is untouched. Studio adds its own separate, equally reliability-backed render path for finished timelines.
Can I bring my own footage, music or graphics?
Yes — upload your own video, audio, music and images alongside the bundled royalty-free library, or drop a file straight onto the timeline. You can also record a voiceover from inside the editor.
Your clips, finished — without leaving OptimaClip.
Studio is included on the Creator plan — and in your free trial. Try it free for 3 days with 30 credits — no card needed.
Start free trialGuides: editing & captions
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- AI Video Editor vs AI Clipping Tool: Which One Do You Need for Shorts?
- How to Censor Swear Words in a Video (Bleep, Mute and Mask Captions)
The whole price list
1 credit = 1 minute of video.
Every clip and export is free.
A 10-minute video costs 10 credits — whether the AI finds 3 clips or 15, and however many formats you export. No per-clip fees, no caption fees, no surprise charges. Start with a free 3-day trial: 30 credits, no card needed.
✓ Unlimited AI clips
Every moment the AI finds — free
✓ Every export, free
9:16, 1:1, 16:9, 4:5 — first render of each
✓ Captions included
Animated, 21 languages + auto-detect, brand-styled
✓ Virality score + reasoning
Know why each clip should work
Everything the big tools have — for a fraction of the cost
Clipping, captions, reframing, scheduling and an editor, plus a few things you can't get at OpusClip's price.
AI clip finder with a virality score
Every clip gets a 0–100 score and a one-sentence reason it should work — no black-box guessing.
Animated captions in 21 languages
Brand-styled, single-word pop or classic, custom colors, fonts and positions. Included free on every export.
Curse-word censor
One toggle masks profanity in captions and silences it in the audio — brand-safe clips without an editor.
Find any moment by describing it
Type “the funniest fail” or “every mention of pricing” — search reads the transcript and watches the frames, even in silent video.
Twitch & Kick VOD import
Paste a VOD link and get the highlights. Streamers and clip channels are first-class here.
Highlight Reels
Auto-stitch every matching moment into one compilation clip. No manual stitching.
Studio: edit by chatting
A full timeline editor driven by AI chat — transitions, music, sound effects, text, your own footage, voice-over. Replaces the CapCut round-trip.
Smart Reframe with face tracking
The crop follows the main speaker's face across the clip, so wide video becomes vertical with the person always in frame.
Premiere Pro & DaVinci Resolve export
Download an edit list (EDL) and SRT captions for any clip and open the cut in your editor. Free on every plan.
AI voice-over
Type text, pick a voice, and drop natural narration onto your Studio timeline. 1 credit per voice-over, paid plans.
AI dubbing in 17 languages
Re-voice any finished clip in another language. 10 credits per minute of video, charged only when the dub finishes; paid plans.
Post everywhere, on a schedule
Built-in scheduling to YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, Threads, LinkedIn and Bluesky.
Developer API on Creator
Automate clipping from Zapier, n8n or your own code — API access starts at $39/mo, not a custom enterprise quote.
Teams & client workspaces
Seats, roles, brand templates per client. Agency-ready without the enterprise price tag.