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From Footage to Timeline in Four Steps

Tomislav Brdjanović
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The entire AVScript workflow fits in four steps. No sticky notes. No timecodes in a spreadsheet. No back-and-forth between apps.


01
Upload & Analyse

Drop your video files into the Media Bin. AVScript reads frame rate, resolution, CFR/VFR status and audio tracks automatically via MediaInfo — no manual input required. Every clip is ready to play in the browser player immediately.

02
Mark IN & OUT

Use J K L to shuttle through your footage — the same shortcuts you know from Avid and Premiere. Hit I to mark IN, O to mark OUT. Press E to add the selection to your timeline. Frame-accurate. No mouse required.

Timeline — assembly cut
00:00:00:00
Interview_CEO_001.mov — 00:02:14 → 00:02:47
00:00:33:00
BRoll_Exterior_003.mov — 00:00:08 → 00:00:23
00:00:48:00
Interview_CEO_002.mov — 00:05:33 → 00:06:01
03
Build Your Script

Each clip in the timeline gets a description field, a slug, and an optional voiceover note. Drag to reorder. Preview total duration in real time. If you run Story AI first, the transcript and emotion metadata are already pre-filled — you’re curating, not logging.

04
Export to Your NLE

Hit Export → FCPXML 1.13. Open it in Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro. Every timecode, every slug, every description lands exactly where it belongs. Your assembly cut is ready to refine — not rebuild from scratch.


Why it matters

The standard workflow before AVScript: log footage in a spreadsheet, email timecodes to the editor, the editor manually relinks everything in the NLE. That’s a full day of work before a single cut.

With AVScript, the storyteller marks selects in the browser. The editor opens the FCPXML. The assembly is already there.

Same footage. Same NLE. Zero double-entry.

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