A paper edit is an editorial script built from selected soundbites in your transcript. It helps you shape an unscripted interview, documentary, testimonial, or story-driven edit before moving into your video editor.
If you already have a paper edit script and now you want Eddie to cut the footage to it, this help article describes how.
How to edit to a paper edit
### 1. Open Docs/Stringouts mode
Start by creating or opening a project in Docs/Stringouts mode.
This mode is designed for working with transcripts, interview text, and written editorial outputs.
Import your footage.
### 2. Choose “Chat to my transcript”
Select the Chat to my transcript edit type.
This lets you ask Eddie to analyze your transcript and generate written editorial outputs from the material.
### 3. Paste your paper edit instructions into the prompt box
In the prompt box, paste the script and ask Eddie to cut the footage to it.
Hey Eddie, cut the footage to this script. Do not deviate from it.
{your script}
LLMs can hallucinate. Paper edits work best when the edit is less than 10 mins long.