Let Manus edit raw footage into a short video
Matt Paige uploaded one vertical 53 second clip to Manus Studio. It went through the footage, built a storyboard with him and edited with zooms, captions, graphics, B-roll, sound effects and music. He gave three rounds of notes on the storyboard before anything was rendered, showed example reels instead of adjectives like "dynamic", and sent timecoded notes with screenshots on the first full cut. The music took the most rounds. It was one clean take.
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What was done
Matt Paige uploaded one vertical 53 second clip to Manus Studio. It went through the footage, built a storyboard with him and edited with zooms, captions, graphics, B-roll, sound effects and music. He gave three rounds of notes on the storyboard before anything was rendered, showed example reels instead of adjectives like "dynamic", and sent timecoded notes with screenshots on the first full cut. The music took the most rounds. It was one clean take.
How to do it
- Paste the prompt into the tool, and replace the text in brackets with your own.
- Read the answer through. Do not send, delete or publish anything until you have seen it yourself.
- Check the original before you trust a figure, a name or a date.
Try it with Manus
Go through the footage [file] and tell me what you see: a transcript with timestamps, the strongest moments and places where B-roll or emphasis would help. Then make a storyboard with one frame per scene from my own stills, with text, effects and timing. Do not render anything before I have given notes on the storyboard. References: [example videos]. You are done when I have approved the storyboard.
Replace text in brackets with your own.
Matt Paige on Substack ·