If you use Eddie to log and organize A-rolls/interview footage, here's all the great metadata that come into your NLE:
Eddie AI's new A-Roll Logging feature is designed to streamline your interview editing process, helping you quickly find the best moments and create compelling stories.
What does A-Roll Logging do?
Eddie AI analyzes your interview footage and automatically:
Removes Silences and Filler Words: Clean up your interviews by eliminating unnecessary pauses and "umms" and "ahs".
Identifies Soundbites: Pinpoints key moments in your interviews and marks them for easy access.
Organizes by Topic: Groups soundbites across all your interviews by relevant topics, allowing you to quickly gather content around specific themes.
Creates Stringouts for Efficient Editing: Generates two types of stringouts within your editing software:
Chronological Stringout: Your full interview with silences and filler words removed, organized chronologically with chapter markers indicating topic changes.
Most Interesting Stringout: A curated timeline of the best soundbites from each interviewee, ranked by conciseness and overall value.
Provides Searchable Transcripts: Offers searchable transcript markers for all your source videos, along with a summary of each video for quick content overview.
How to Use A-Roll Logging in Eddie AI Desktop:
Create a New Project: Open Eddie AI Desktop and click "New Project".
Select A-Roll Logging: Choose "Log A-Roll / B-Roll" and click "Next".
Upload Your A-Roll Files: Click the upload arrow and select your interview video files. Click "Start import".
Wait for Processing: Eddie AI will analyze your footage. This may take a few minutes depending on the length of your videos.
Export to Your NLE: Once processing is complete, export your project to your preferred Non-Linear Editor (NLE): Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve.
Importing into Your NLE:
Premiere Pro & Final Cut Pro:
Drag the exported project file (e.g., .prproj for Premiere Pro, .fcpxml for Final Cut Pro) directly into your media bin.
DaVinci Resolve:
Use the DaVinci Resolve Script with Eddie for one click exporting to Resolve.
Navigating Your Organized Footage:
Once imported into your NLE, you'll find two main bins:
Base Interviews: Contains each interview organized by speaker. Within each interview bin, you'll find:
Source Video File: The original interview recording.
Chronological Stringout: Full interview timeline with topic markers.
Most Interesting Stringout: Ranked soundbite timeline.
Topics: Organizes soundbites by topic across all interviews. Each topic bin contains:
Chronological Stringout: All soundbites related to the topic, organized chronologically by speaker.
Most Interesting Stringout: Ranked soundbites related to the topic, across all speakers.
Benefits of A-Roll Logging:
Save Time: Quickly find the best soundbites without manually reviewing hours of footage.
Improved Workflow: Streamline your interview editing and storytelling process.
Enhanced Organization: Keep your interview footage neatly structured and easily accessible.
Faster Editing: Get to a better cut, faster, by leveraging pre-organized and ranked soundbites.