← Cuts Guide

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Start here

Cuts is the intelligent editing app for reels and shorts. Cuts has two halves: a real editor — timeline, camera, captions, sound — and an agent you talk to. You can cut everything by hand and never open the chat, or hand Cuts the footage and a goal and review what it builds. Most people end up somewhere in between.

Cuts is an iPhone app, in English for now. And it isn’t a platform: no feed, no followers, nothing posted on your behalf — your video goes where you take it.

Signing in

There are no passwords. Three ways in:

  • Continue as guest. No email, no account — just start. Your work is tied to your phone.
  • Sign in with Apple. One tap, done.
  • Sign in with email. Type your address, tap the link we send you.

Guest is a real account, not a demo. When you’re ready, link it to Apple or an email from the Account screen — everything you’ve made comes with you.

Your first project

Tap + on the Projects screen. Three ways to begin:

  • Gallery — pick footage from your Photos.
  • Camera — shoot right now. See Shoot.
  • Prompt — start with words. A blank project opens straight into chat; tell Cuts what you’re making.
New project sheet — the + button open on the Projects screen: Gallery, Camera, Prompt

The moment footage lands in a project, Cuts starts reading it on your phone — transcript, beats, scenes, highlights. That analysis is free, always — it’s what makes everything else work.

What’s free

Free is a real plan: unlimited editing with two-minute exports (watermarked), the full analysis, AI music and voiceover, the agent for light use, a small monthly allowance of credits. The details live in Credits & plans and on the pricing page.

Where next

If you like to learn by doing, close this and open the app — it explains itself as you go. Otherwise, The basics is the five-minute version of how the editor thinks.

Are you an agent?
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