18.8sa man seated, speaking about his early years as a young artist in New York
Stronggesturing with both hands while talking, expression shifts; framing static
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Every shot gets described, tagged and rated
A plain description, tags and a rating from Strong to Weak.
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Point Janus at a folder of clips from one shoot.
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Artist interview59 clips, 10 minutes
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Your footage
59 clips, 10.5 minutes, split into 75 shots. 74 are worth using. 16 have someone talking.
Everything75Best shots66People talking16B-roll58Probably skip1
Search your footage
Showing 8 of 75
18.8s
9.2slarge portrait mural of a man with graffiti text 'GET OFF MY DAWN'
Gooda man in a grey t-shirt enters from the right and points at the lettering; camera slowly reframes
3.8sstudio wall with large mixed-media painting and framed artworks
Usablenothing changes, static frame
2.9spainted mural of a face with pink and yellow spray marks
Weakcamera tilts and drifts across the mural
7.0shand with blue brush over an open book of paintings and paint pots
Goodhand moves brush across the open book page
5.2scluttered art supply room with spray paint shelves and an American flag
Goodslow pan across the room; shelves and flag move through frame
19.5sman in grey t-shirt speaking in an interview
Strongtalks and gestures with both hands, seated throughout
8.8slarge pale wooden ramp structure in a loft
Goodcamera pans right across the room, revealing sofa, bookshelves and windows
18.8sa man seated, speaking about his early years as a young artist in New York
Stronggesturing with both hands while talking, expression shifts; framing static
“Young people wanting to change their surroundings, their world, the world of New York.”
19.9sman seated being interviewed, talking about graffiti as vandalism and storytelling
Strongseated, expressive gestures and facial reactions while speaking, grimaces and smiles
“Graffiti has always been labeled, you know, as vandalism.”
19.5sman in grey t-shirt speaking in an interview
Strongtalks and gestures with both hands, seated throughout
“Putting aside fear and really having something to say, having an exchange of information and identity.”
19.0sman in grey t-shirt speaking in interview
Strongtalking with hands raised, then hands clasped near chest, static framing
“That's what drives me.”
2.5spainted figure with black spray-painted text 'GET OFF MY DAWN'
Usableslow drift across the painting
2.9spainted mural of a face with pink and yellow spray marks
Weakcamera tilts and drifts across the mural
5.2scluttered art supply room with spray paint shelves and an American flag
Goodslow pan across the room; shelves and flag move through frame
Best moments
The parts of your footage worth building around, strongest first, with the reason for each.
75 shots, in the order you shot themShowing 4 of 15 moments
19.5sQuote
Strong“Putting aside fear and really having something to say, having an exchange of information and identity.”
Complete thought about putting aside fear and wanting an exchange of information and identity, a strong thesis line for the edit.
19.9sReaction
Strong“Graffiti has always been labeled, you know, as vandalism.”
Expressive grimaces and smiles as he pushes back on graffiti being labeled vandalism.
9.2sOpening hook
GoodLarge portrait mural with GET OFF MY DAWN lettering and the artist stepping in to point at it is a strong opener.
5.2sLooks great
GoodSlow pan across the cluttered spray paint shelves and flag gives a rich sense of place.
Ideas
Videos you could make from this footage.
ReelSay something
One complete thought from the artist about putting aside fear to exchange identity, framed by the murals that carry the same urge to speak.
YouTube videoRoots and resistance
A short interview-led profile where the artist's own words on Puerto Rico, erasure and New York drive the story, and the studio and canvases show what that looks like.
ShortHands first
A no-talking process piece that follows the hands, tools and supplies in the studio, building from marker scribbles to shelves of spray cans, made to loop.
All ideas
Roots and resistance
YouTube video. Wide, for YouTube. 1 min 27 sec long
DaVinci Resolve
Premiere Pro
Final Cut Pro
CapCut
01Hook6.0s
Every wall in this room is saying something. He's got plenty more to say himself.
No text
02B-roll8.8s
A loft studio with brick walls, a wooden ramp and a lot of paint.
The studio
03A-roll19.3s
“How Puerto Rico culture in Puerto Rico itself has influenced me is the Taino warrior in me.”
Puerto Rico
04B-roll4.9s
An armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
No text
05A-roll19.0s
“That's what drives me.”
What drives him
06B-roll4.9s
Some of it asks for shelter. Some of it dares you to look.
No text
07A-roll18.8s
“We understand our resistance and push back and rebellion and we understand voice.”
Resistance. Rebellion. Voice.
08Ending5.6s
No voiceover
I AM
Shot 5A-roll19.0s on screen00:01:58:23 to 00:02:17:22
man in grey t-shirt speaking in interview
What’s said
“That's what drives me.”
Text on screen
What drives him
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
“I want a politician that I can talk with.”
18.9s, strong
“If you're smart and sharp, let's have a good exchange.”
19.7s, strong
Shot 4B-roll4.9s on screen00:00:00:00 to 00:00:04:21
large painting of an armored figure with red, gold and white marks
What’s said
An armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
Text on screen
No text on this shot
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
painting of an armored figure being gestured at
3.7s, good
large painting of a red-clad figure in a forest, flanked by two smaller paintings
4.0s, good
Final Cut Proroots-and-resistance.fcpxmlFCPXML timeline, 8 clips in orderV101_hook02_b103_a-roll04_b205_a-roll06_b307_a-roll08_outro
01_hook02_b103_a-roll04_b205_a-roll06_b307_a-roll08_outroText
The studio
Puerto Rico
What drives him
Resistance. Rebellion. Voice.
I AM
A project file made for Final Cut, with the clips in order on the timeline.
1 / 6
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Point Janus at a folder of clips from one shoot.
Artist interview59 clips, 10 minutesDrop a folder of clips here
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59 clips, 10.5 minutes, split into 75 shots.
Point Janus at a folder
Your footage
59 clips, 10.5 minutes, split into 75 shots. 74 are worth using. 16 have someone talking.
Everything75Best shots66People talking16B-roll58Probably skip1Search your footageShowing 4 of 16 with someone talking
18.8sa man seated, speaking about his early years as a young artist in New York
Stronggesturing with both hands while talking, expression shifts; framing static
9.2slarge portrait mural of a man with graffiti text 'GET OFF MY DAWN'
Gooda man in a grey t-shirt enters from the right and points at the lettering; camera slowly reframes
3.8sstudio wall with large mixed-media painting and framed artworks
Usablenothing changes, static frame
2.9spainted mural of a face with pink and yellow spray marks
Weakcamera tilts and drifts across the mural
7.0shand with blue brush over an open book of paintings and paint pots
Goodhand moves brush across the open book page
5.2scluttered art supply room with spray paint shelves and an American flag
Goodslow pan across the room; shelves and flag move through frame
19.5sman in grey t-shirt speaking in an interview
Strongtalks and gestures with both hands, seated throughout
8.8slarge pale wooden ramp structure in a loft
Goodcamera pans right across the room, revealing sofa, bookshelves and windows
18.8sa man seated, speaking about his early years as a young artist in New York
Stronggesturing with both hands while talking, expression shifts; framing static
“Young people wanting to change their surroundings, their world, the world of New York.”
19.9sman seated being interviewed, talking about graffiti as vandalism and storytelling
Strongseated, expressive gestures and facial reactions while speaking, grimaces and smiles
“Graffiti has always been labeled, you know, as vandalism.”
19.5sman in grey t-shirt speaking in an interview
Strongtalks and gestures with both hands, seated throughout
“Putting aside fear and really having something to say, having an exchange of information and identity.”
19.0sman in grey t-shirt speaking in interview
Strongtalking with hands raised, then hands clasped near chest, static framing
“That's what drives me.”
2.5spainted figure with black spray-painted text 'GET OFF MY DAWN'
Usableslow drift across the painting
2.9spainted mural of a face with pink and yellow spray marks
Weakcamera tilts and drifts across the mural
5.2scluttered art supply room with spray paint shelves and an American flag
Goodslow pan across the room; shelves and flag move through frame
Every shot gets described, tagged and rated
Best moments
The parts of your footage worth building around, strongest first, with the reason for each.
75 shots, in the order you shot themShowing 4 of 15 moments
19.5sQuote
Strong“Putting aside fear and really having something to say, having an exchange of information and identity.”
Complete thought about putting aside fear and wanting an exchange of information and identity, a strong thesis line for the edit.
19.9sReaction
Strong“Graffiti has always been labeled, you know, as vandalism.”
Expressive grimaces and smiles as he pushes back on graffiti being labeled vandalism.
9.2sOpening hook
GoodLarge portrait mural with GET OFF MY DAWN lettering and the artist stepping in to point at it is a strong opener.
5.2sLooks great
GoodSlow pan across the cluttered spray paint shelves and flag gives a rich sense of place.
The best moments are pulled out
Ideas
Videos you could make from this footage.
ReelSay something
One complete thought from the artist about putting aside fear to exchange identity, framed by the murals that carry the same urge to speak.
YouTube videoRoots and resistance
A short interview-led profile where the artist's own words on Puerto Rico, erasure and New York drive the story, and the studio and canvases show what that looks like.
ShortHands first
A no-talking process piece that follows the hands, tools and supplies in the studio, building from marker scribbles to shelves of spray cans, made to loop.
Janus pitches the videos hiding in your footage
All ideas
Roots and resistance
YouTube video. Wide, for YouTube. 1 min 26 sec long
- DaVinci Resolve
- Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- CapCut
01Hook6.0s
Every wall in this room is saying something. He's got plenty more to say himself.
No text
02B-roll8.8s
A loft studio with brick walls, a wooden ramp and a lot of paint.
The studio
03A-roll19.3s
“How Puerto Rico culture in Puerto Rico itself has influenced me is the Taino warrior in me.”
Puerto Rico
04B-roll3.7s
An armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
No text
05A-roll19.0s
“That's what drives me.”
What drives him
06B-roll4.9s
Some of it asks for shelter. Some of it dares you to look.
No text
07A-roll18.8s
“We understand our resistance and push back and rebellion and we understand voice.”
Resistance. Rebellion. Voice.
08Ending5.6s
No voiceover
I AM
Shot 5A-roll19.0s on screen00:01:58:23 to 00:02:17:22
man in grey t-shirt speaking in interview
What’s said
“That's what drives me.”
Text on screen
What drives him
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
“I want a politician that I can talk with.”
18.9s, strong
“If you're smart and sharp, let's have a good exchange.”
19.7s, strong
Shot 4B-roll3.7s on screen00:00:00:00 to 00:00:03:17
painting of an armored figure being gestured at
What’s said
An armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
Text on screen
No text on this shot
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
painting of an armored figure being gestured at
3.7s, good
large painting of a red-clad figure in a forest, flanked by two smaller paintings
4.0s, good
Final Cut Proroots-and-resistance.fcpxmlFCPXML timeline, 8 clips in orderV101_hook02_b103_a-roll04_b205_a-roll06_b307_a-roll08_outroTextThe studioPuerto RicoWhat drives himResistance. Rebellion. Voice.I AMA project file made for Final Cut, with the clips in order on the timeline.
Open an idea as a storyboard and change anything
All ideas
Roots and resistance
YouTube video. Wide, for YouTube. 1 min 26 sec long
- DaVinci Resolve
- Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- CapCut
01Hook6.0s
Every wall in this room is saying something. He's got plenty more to say himself.
No text
02B-roll8.8s
A loft studio with brick walls, a wooden ramp and a lot of paint.
The studio
03A-roll19.3s
“How Puerto Rico culture in Puerto Rico itself has influenced me is the Taino warrior in me.”
Puerto Rico
04B-roll3.7s
An armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
No text
05A-roll19.0s
“That's what drives me.”
What drives him
06B-roll4.9s
Some of it asks for shelter. Some of it dares you to look.
No text
07A-roll18.8s
“We understand our resistance and push back and rebellion and we understand voice.”
Resistance. Rebellion. Voice.
08Ending5.6s
No voiceover
I AM
Shot 5A-roll19.0s on screen00:01:58:23 to 00:02:17:22
man in grey t-shirt speaking in interview
What’s said
“That's what drives me.”
Text on screen
What drives him
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
“I want a politician that I can talk with.”
18.9s, strong
“If you're smart and sharp, let's have a good exchange.”
19.7s, strong
Shot 4B-roll3.7s on screen00:00:00:00 to 00:00:03:17
painting of an armored figure being gestured at
What’s said
An armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
Text on screen
No text on this shot
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
painting of an armored figure being gestured at
3.7s, good
large painting of a red-clad figure in a forest, flanked by two smaller paintings
4.0s, good
Final Cut Proroots-and-resistance.fcpxmlFCPXML timeline, 8 clips in orderV101_hook02_b103_a-roll04_b205_a-roll06_b307_a-roll08_outroTextThe studioPuerto RicoWhat drives himResistance. Rebellion. Voice.I AMA project file made for Final Cut, with the clips in order on the timeline.
Send the timeline to your editor. You make the final cut.
The slow part of editing is finding the shots
Janus goes through every clip first and hands back a bin you can read.
Before
File names and a scrub bar. Every clip has to be watched to learn what is in there.
Artist interview, 59 clips, 10 minutes
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- None
- Tags
- None
- Rating
- None
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- and 19 more clips
With Janus
The same clips, searched by what is in them. Type a word and the shots that match come back described, tagged and rated.
Your footage
59 clips, 10.5 minutes, split into 75 shots. 74 are worth using. 16 have someone talking.
Searched for canvas
Everything75Best shots66People talking16B-roll58Probably skip1
6 shots match “canvas”.
3.3sred price sticker reading 8:39 on a textured painted canvas
Usablecamera drifts slowly across the sticker
3.3spainted canvas with handwritten text on a brick wall
Goodslight camera drift across the framed canvas, nothing else changes
3.7spainting of an armored figure being gestured at
Gooda hand points and sweeps across the canvas over the three frames
4.6spainted subway train with red F sign on a canvas
Goodcamera drifts slightly across the painting over the frames
4.3spainted forest scene on large canvas or wall
Goodcamera slowly pans across painting; nothing else changes
4.9slarge painting of an armored figure with red, gold and white marks
Goodslow lateral camera move across the canvas; surface texture shifts across frames
Swipe →1 / 6
- 59 clips in one folder
- 75 shots described, tagged and rated
- 15 best moments pulled out
- 4 ideas for videos worth making
Find the shots
Janus reads every clip on your computer and tells you what each shot holds, how good it is and what to skip.
Know what you shot without watching it all
Janus describes, tags and rates every shot, so you can search a whole shoot the way you search a library.
Your footage
59 clips, 10.5 minutes, split into 75 shots. 74 are worth using. 16 have someone talking.
Try
Showing 6 of 75
18.8sa man seated, speaking about his early years as a young artist in New York
Stronggesturing with both hands while talking, expression shifts; framing static
“Young people wanting to change their surroundings, their world, the world of New York.”
9.2slarge portrait mural of a man with graffiti text 'GET OFF MY DAWN'
Gooda man in a grey t-shirt enters from the right and points at the lettering; camera slowly reframes
7.0shand with blue brush over an open book of paintings and paint pots
Goodhand moves brush across the open book page
3.8sstudio wall with large mixed-media painting and framed artworks
Usablenothing changes, static frame
5.2scluttered art supply room with spray paint shelves and an American flag
Goodslow pan across the room; shelves and flag move through frame
2.9spainted mural of a face with pink and yellow spray marks
Weakcamera tilts and drifts across the mural
Swipe →1 / 6
What do Strong, Good and Weak mean?
- Strong
- Sharp, well lit, well framed, and something happens. Build around these.
- Good
- Solid. Drop it in as is.
- Usable
- Works with a caveat, like plain framing or a little softness.
- Weak
- A last resort. Soft, shaky, dark, or nothing going on.
Try the search. These are real shots from one shoot, 59 clips and 10.5 minutes long.
Start from a shot list, a storyboard or client notes
Add the brief a client sent. Janus checks every line against your footage, shows what is covered and what is missing, and builds ideas that follow the brief.
Add the briefPaste the shot list or add the file. Janus reads the brief into a numbered list.
1. Add the briefPaste the shot list or add the file. Janus reads the brief into a numbered list.
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SHOT LIST, ARTIST STUDIO PROFILE Deliver: one 30 second vertical for social, one 60 second wide for the website. Tone: warm and direct. Let him talk. No heavy effects. 1. Wide establishing shot of the studio, slow pan across the room 2. Exterior of the building from the street, daytime 3. Interview: how he started out and being known among other young artists 4. Close up: hands turning the pages of the art book 5. Close up: marker drawing on the red book cover 6. Shelves of spray paint cans, slide or tilt along them 7. The artist spraying paint on a wall or canvas, in action 8. Detail shots of finished paintings on the wall, three or four different pieces 9. The artist walking us through the big mural, pointing at the lettering 10. Interview: the part about his roots and where he was born 11. Visitors or a small crowd looking at the work, opening night feel 12. Closing portrait: the artist looks straight into the lens and holds for three seconds
The file is read on this computer and only its contents go to the model.
Client brief Shot list
From shot-list.txt
Brief read, 12 lines
- 1Wide establishing shot of the studio, slow pan across the room
- 2Exterior of the building from the street, daytime
- 3Interview: how he started out and being known among other young artists
- 4Close up: hands turning the pages of the art book
- 5Close up: marker drawing on the red book cover
- 6Shelves of spray paint cans, slide or tilt along them
- 7The artist spraying paint on a wall or canvas, in action
- 8Detail shots of finished paintings on the wall, three or four different pieces
- 9The artist walking us through the big mural, pointing at the lettering
- 10Interview: the part about his roots and where he was born
- 11Visitors or a small crowd looking at the work, opening night feel
- 12Closing portrait: the artist looks straight into the lens and holds for three seconds
9 more lines. All 12 are checked in the next step.
Asked for30 seconds, vertical60 seconds, wide
Tone and style Warm and direct. Let him talk. No heavy effects.
The brief is read on your computer and only its contents go to the model. Your footage never leaves your machine.
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Get ideas for videos worth making
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Ideas
Videos you could make from this footage. Open one to see it laid out shot by shot, change what you like, then send it to your editor.
ReelSay something
One complete thought from the artist about putting aside fear to exchange identity, framed by the murals that carry the same urge to speak.
YouTube videoRoots and resistance
A short interview-led profile where the artist's own words on Puerto Rico, erasure and New York drive the story, and the studio and canvases show what that looks like.
Square postRead the walls
A sound-off tour of the words painted, stuck and scrawled across the studio, each beat built around one phrase you can read at a glance.
Room for another idea
Press More ideas and Janus reads the footage again for an angle you have not seen. On your own footage that takes about a minute.
ShortHands first
A no-talking process piece that follows the hands, tools and supplies in the studio, building from marker scribbles to shelves of spray cans, made to loop.
Swipe →1 / 4
Every idea is planned for a shapeTall, square or wide, decided before you cut.
- 9:16Shorts and ReelsReel, Short
- 1:1Feed postSquare post
- 16:9YouTube and webYouTube video
See the whole video before you cut
Open any idea as a storyboard, shot by shot, with the words for the screen and the voiceover. Swap any shot and the running length follows.
Roots and resistance
A short interview-led profile where the artist's own words on Puerto Rico, erasure and New York drive the story, and the studio and canvases show what that looks like.
YouTube videoWide, for YouTube
1 min 27 secRight on the 90 second plan
Nothing swapped yet
The video, shot by shot
7 of 8
Swipe, then tap a shot
Swipe →1 / 8
Shot 7A-roll18.8s on screen
man in grey t-shirt speaking in interview
What is said on camera
“We understand our resistance and push back and rebellion and we understand voice.”
Text on screen
Resistance. Rebellion. Voice.
Try a different shot
Other clips from your footage that could do the same job here.
“Graffiti has always been labeled, you know, as vandalism.”
19.9sStrong
“Talk with the people, not to the people.”
18.8sGood
- That is every clip that fits this spot.
No editor? Every storyboard also prints as a PDF, shot by shot, for anyone who would rather work from paper.
One idea, every shape
Janus plans the same idea again as a tall, square and wide video, each with its own length and timeline size.
Every version opens as a storyboard of its own, so you can check the plan and swap any shot before the timeline reaches your editor.
0:00 / 0:30Not just paint.
0:00 / 0:30Not just paint.0:00 / 0:45Not just paint.Swipe →1 / 3
Shot 1 of 4Hook
Not just paint on a wall. A conversation.
9:16Shorts and Reels
Made in this shape- Length
- 30 seconds
- Timeline
- 1080 x 1920
- Framing
- Timeline set tall, you place each shot
- Text
- Carried as a marker on each shot
1:1Feed post
New version- Length
- 30 seconds
- Timeline
- 1080 x 1080
- Framing
- Timeline set square, you place each shot
- Text
- Carried as a marker on each shot
16:9YouTube and web
New version- Length
- 45 seconds
- Timeline
- 1920 x 1080
- Framing
- The full width of every shot
- Text
- Carried as a marker on each shot
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Ask for a change in plain words
Type what you want and watch the storyboard change, from a swapped shot to a title card.
Creator plan
Roots and resistance
YouTube video8 shots and a title card
Running length
Running length 30 seconds
PainterShot 3A-roll5.8s19.3s
TrimmedLower third
Says on camera
“How Puerto Rico culture in Puerto Rico itself has influenced me is the Taino warrior in me.”
Text on screen
Puerto Rico
Swipe →1 / 9
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Say what to change on this storyboard. Pick a suggestion or type your own.
Swap the second shot for the supply room
Done. Shot 2 is now the supply room with the spray paint shelves. That take runs 5.2 seconds, so the cut now runs 1 min 24 sec. The voiceover still mentions the ramp, so give that line a look.
Make this 30 seconds
Trimmed. Every shot is shorter, each interview answer is cut down to its strongest line and the voiceover is dropped so the interview carries the cut. The cut runs 30 seconds, down from 1 min 24 sec.
Add a title card at the start that says Say something
Added. A title card opens the cut for 2.5 seconds and reads Say something, set low in the frame. Pick a type style on the card. The cut still runs 30 seconds.
Add a lower third with his role on the first interview shot
Added. Shot 3, the first interview shot, now has a lower third with his role, Painter. The plate sits low and clear of his face.
Your turn Tap a change to make or undo.
Every change is made to the plan and your footage is left alone. Undo anything, then send the timeline to your editor when the cut reads right.
The assistant editor jobs, handled
Janus syncs angles, checks cuts, works through notes, sorts files and sets up exports, and you approve each change.
Creator and Studio plans
Line up every angle by sound
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“That's what drives me.”
00:02:36:17 to 00:02:55:13
“I want a politician that I can talk with.”
00:02:55:13 to 00:03:15:05
“If you're smart and sharp, let's have a good exchange.”
00:03:15:05 to 00:03:33:23
“Talk with the people, not to the people.”
Check the timeline before you send
Gaps, black frames, a moment used twice, a shot that does not fill the frame and a clipped line, each with a timecode.
Roots and resistance
1 min 27 sec
5 to fix
12345
00:00:00:0000:01:27:04
The fix, for you to approve
Scale shot 1 up to 104 percent so the picture reaches every edge.
Turn notes into a to-do list
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1234
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1Marker00:00:04:19Applied
“Hold the opening a beat longer”
Extend shot 1 by 12 frames
2Client note00:00:20:19Applied
“Can we see the work while he says this”
Lay B-roll of the studio over shot 3 for 4 seconds
3Marker00:00:38:22To do
“Trim the pause before this line”
Trim 18 frames from the start of shot 5
4Client note00:01:21:14To do
“Let the last shot run longer before the end”
Extend shot 8 by 1 second
Export with the right settings
Say where the video is going and get the codec, size, frame rate, bitrate and audio for that job. Janus queues the export. You press render.
- Format
- MP4, H.264 High profile
- Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Frame rate
- 23.976 fps, same as the timeline
- Bitrate
- 6 Mbps, variable
- Audio
- AAC, 192 kbps, 48 kHz stereo
- Loudness
- As mixed, no change
16:9 pictureSmall enough to send as a link and smooth to scrub. Timecode is burned in, so every note points at a frame.
roots-and-resistance_review.mp4
About 68 MBQueued. You press render.
Keep files and bins in order
A card dump sorted into day folders, bins that mirror the folders, every clip relinked and old timelines backed up before anything moves.
Drive folders
- Artist studio
- Day 159 clips
- Interview1 clip
- B-roll58 clips
- Timelines
- Backup2 timelines
- DeliverablesEmpty
- AssetsEmpty
Editor bins
- Artist studio
- Day 159 clips
- Interview1 clip
- B-roll58 clips
- Timelines
- Backup2 timelines
- DeliverablesEmpty
- AssetsEmpty
- 59 of 59 clips relinked
- 2 timelines backed up first
- Nothing deleted
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Hand it to your editor
Open the timeline in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, or take a clip pack anywhere else. You make the final cut.
Open the timeline in the editor you already use
Get a timeline file for Resolve, Premiere or Final Cut, or trimmed clips for CapCut. You make the final cut.
Roots and resistance
1 min 27 sec, 8 shots. Wide, for YouTube.
Storyboard
Every wall in this room is saying something. He's got plenty more to say himself.
6.0sThe studio
8.8s“How Puerto Rico culture in Puerto Rico itself has influenced me is the Taino warrior in me.”
19.3sAn armored figure on canvas. Make of it what you like.
4.9s“That's what drives me.”
19.0sSome of it asks for shelter. Some of it dares you to look.
4.9s“We understand our resistance and push back and rebellion and we understand voice.”
18.8sI AM
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Send to your editor
Where do you edit?
You getroots-and-resistance.drpResolve project
01_hookstarts at0:008 clips, 1 min 27 sec
V101_hook02_b103_a-roll04_b205_a-roll06_b307_a-roll08_outro
01_hook02_b103_a-roll04_b205_a-roll06_b307_a-roll08_outroText
The studio
Puerto Rico
What drives him
Resistance. Rebellion. Voice.
I AM
V1 Your clips, in order and trimmed.Text The words for the screen, carried with the script as a marker on each shot.
A Resolve project, built in the Resolve on your computer, with every clip in order and trimmed, and the script on a marker for each shot.
What to do next
- Keep Resolve open and press Make the Resolve project in Janus.
- Double-click the .drp file, or import it from the Project Manager.
- Your clips are on the timeline in order, with a marker on each shot holding the script.
- DaVinci Resolve
- Premiere Pro
- Final Cut Pro
- CapCut
- .drp
- .fcpxml
- .xml
- .edl
- Clip pack
- Storyboard PDF
Your footage stays on your computer
Video and sound never upload. Only small still frames and text notes go to the AI model.
Your computer
The clips, the scan and the exports all live here.
Artist interview
59 clips, 10.5 minutes
- interview.mp4
- broll-01.mp4
- broll-02.mp4
- broll-03.mp4
- broll-04.mp4
- broll-05.mp4
- and 53 more clipsand 56 more clips
Janus
Runs here, on your computer
- Splits every clip into shots
- Checks the sound
- Turns speech into text
- Pulls small still frames
- Saves the descriptions, ideas and storyboards
- Builds timeline files and clip packs
Never leaves
Sent to the AI model
Only what is listed here, over an encrypted link.
Small still frames
3 to 6 per shot, shrunk to 512 pixels on the long side. For this shoot, 326 stills from 75 shots.
A short note on each shot
How long the shot runs, whether the sound is usable, and the words spoken in the shot, as text.
The shot list, as text
To pick moments and write ideas, the model reads the project name, the frame size and frame rate of your clips, and each shot’s timing, description, tags, rating and spoken words. Ask for more ideas or another format and the ideas already written go along.
Comes back as text
Saved on your computer, beside your clips.
Made for people who shoot more than they can cut
Restaurants, runway shows, live music, interviews. Four real shoots, and what Janus found in each one.
Strong
Restaurants and food
14 shots4 moments4 ideas
An idea Janus pitched
Fire service
A fast run of flame, from the kitchen pan to the bar torch, that ends on a plated dish and a toast.
8 seconds, 6 shots. Vertical, for TikTok and Shorts.
Strong
Fashion and events
29 shots8 moments4 ideas
An idea Janus pitched
Seen through a screen
Everyone at the show is filming it, so the video flips between the crowd's phones and what's really happening in the room.
12 seconds, 10 shots. Vertical, for TikTok and Shorts.
Strong
Music and live shows
60 shots13 moments4 ideas
An idea Janus pitched
Horns up
A fast portrait reel of the stage players, cut to the rhythm so it loops, running on picture and music alone.
20 seconds, 12 shots. Vertical, for TikTok and Shorts.
StrongInterviews and brand stories
75 shots15 moments4 ideas
An idea Janus pitched
Roots and resistance
A short interview-led profile where the artist's own words on Puerto Rico, erasure and New York drive the story, and the studio and canvases show what that looks like.
1 min 27 sec, 8 shots. Wide, for YouTube.
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Simple pricing
Run Janus on a real shoot, free for 14 days. Pick a plan when Janus has earned a place in your week.
Trial
Run Janus on a real shoot before you pay anything.
$0free for 14 days
2 hours of footage
Start the trial- Every shot described, tagged and rated
- Best moments pulled for you
- Ideas with full storyboards
- Timeline files for Resolve, Premiere and Final Cut
Creator
For people who post every week.
$59a month
15 hours of footage a month
Get early access- Everything in the trial
- More ideas whenever you ask
- Recut any idea for another shape
- Start from a shot list, a storyboard or client notes
- Trimmed, numbered clips for CapCut and other apps
- Changes by chat, title cards and lower thirds
- Multicam sync and a timeline check before you send
Studio
For editors with clients and long shoots.
$99a month
50 hours of footage a month
Get early access- Everything in Creator
- Deeper ideas for the shoots that matter most
- Add more footage for $1 an hour
- Notes and markers turned into a to-do list
- Export settings for wherever the video is going
- Files and bins sorted and relinked
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Janus is in early access. Join the list and your 14 days start the day your spot opens. No card needed.
Plans are sized by how much footage you bring each month. Each plan covers what its card lists. Studio includes everything in Creator. Janus runs on your own computer, on Mac today. Change or cancel a plan whenever you like.
Questions
Short answers to what people ask before they try Janus.
Does my footage upload?
No. Janus reads your clips on your computer and the video files stay there. To write the descriptions and the ideas, a few small still frames from each shot and the words that were said go to the AI model. The video files are never sent.
Does Janus edit the video for me?
No. Janus hands you a plan and a timeline. You open the timeline in your editor, change whatever you like and make the final cut.
What comes with each plan?
Every plan describes, tags and rates every shot, pulls the best moments, pitches ideas, opens each idea as a storyboard and hands over timeline files, trimmed clips and a storyboard PDF. Creator adds more ideas on request, versions for other shapes, starting from a shot list or client notes, changes by chat, title cards and lower thirds, multicam sync and the timeline check. Studio adds notes turned into a to-do list, export settings and files and bins, on top of everything in Creator.
Which editors does Janus work with?
DaVinci Resolve gets a Resolve project (.drp) with every shot in order. Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro get a timeline file the same way. CapCut and any other app get the clips trimmed and numbered, with a storyboard PDF to follow.
What cameras and file types work?
Any camera or phone that records MOV, MP4, MXF or M4V files. Point Janus at the folder and every clip inside is read, subfolders included. Blackmagic RAW files are skipped for now.
Can Janus tell when someone is talking?
Yes. Speech is written down on your computer, so you can filter for people talking and read the spoken line on each shot. English works today. For other languages, we will confirm this before launch.
Can I change an idea?
Yes. Open any idea as a storyboard and swap a shot for another one. You can recut an idea for another shape, such as a vertical short from a wide video, and ask for more ideas when none of them fit.
Can I give Janus a shot list or client notes?
Yes. Paste a shot list, an email or notes, or add a PDF or a photo of a storyboard. Janus turns the brief into a list and shows, line by line, what your footage covers and what is missing, with the shots that match. Ideas built to the brief follow the order of a shot list or a storyboard and keep to any note to leave something out. A line your footage cannot cover is listed as a gap and stays a gap.
How long does a scan take?
That depends on how much you shot and on your computer. We will confirm this before launch. A folder is read once, so opening a project again does not start over.
Mac or Windows?
Janus is built and tested on Mac today. For Windows, we will confirm this before launch.
What does Janus cost?
Janus is free for your first 14 days. After that Creator is $59 a month and Studio is $99 a month. Plans are sized by how much footage you bring each month.
How do I get Janus?
Janus is in early access. Leave your email at the bottom of this page and we will write to you when there is a spot.
Try Janus on your own footage
Leave your email and we will write to you when a spot in early access opens.
Free to join, no card needed. Your first 14 days with Janus are free.
- Your footage stays on your computer
- Opens in the editor you already use
- You make the final cut