What is BestCutPro?

BestCutPro is a professional automation plugin designed directly for Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve. Our goal is to handle the tedious editorial tasks—scrubbing silences, fixing um's and uh's, adding zooms, and syncing B-roll—so you can spend your time creatively crafting the story.

Unlike cloud-based tools, BestCutPro processes video entirely on your machine using advanced local AI models like Whisper and FFmpeg. This means zero upload times and 100% data privacy.

Release Notes

Track the latest BestCutPro updates here. Release notes are sorted by date, and the newest release stays open by default.

Installation

BestCutPro is installed as a CEP extension for Premiere Pro. Follow the exact post-purchase flow below.

Before you start (requirements checklist)

• Premiere Pro: Adobe Premiere Pro 2020+ installed and working.
• Operating System: macOS (Intel/Apple Silicon) or Windows 10/11.
• Internet: Required for first activation, license verification, updates, and online integrations.
• FFmpeg/FFprobe: Required dependency for core processing workflows.
• Optional keys: Pexels/Pixabay API keys for B-Roll integrations.

Step 1 — Complete purchase and get your license instantly

1. After payment, your license key is shown on the success/thank-you page immediately.
2. The same license details are also sent to your purchase email for backup.
3. Save this key; you will enter it when opening BestCutPro for the first time.

Purchase success page (license key + download):

Step 2 — Download required files

1. Open your account/download page.
2. Download the latest BestCutPro.zxp package.
3. If requested in your account panel, also download any companion setup files provided with your plan.

Download page with BestCutPro.zxp highlighted:

Step 3 — Install with Anastasiy's Extension Manager

1. Install/open Anastasiy's Extension Manager (install.anastasiy.com).
2. Open the manager window where your installed extensions are listed.
3. Drag and drop BestCutPro.zxp directly into the Extension Manager to start installation.
4. Wait for the "Installed" confirmation/status.
5. Restart Premiere Pro after installation completes.

Example visual: Drag-and-drop installation of BestCutPro.zxp in Anastasiy's Extension Manager.

Step 4 — Open and activate inside Premiere Pro

1. In Premiere Pro go to Window > Extensions > BestCutPro.
2. Paste your purchased license key into the activation screen.
3. Click Activate and wait for the success status.

Step 4 visuals: Open the BestCutPro panel from Premiere Extensions, then activate with your license key.

Step 5 — First-time setup (onboarding)

• Select transcript mode: Choose Local (Whisper-based local processing) or Cloud (OpenAI / Gemini / Deepgram API key-based processing).
• Dependency checks run automatically: BestCutPro checks FFmpeg / FFprobe, and Whisper when Local mode is selected.
• Missing components are handled with guided setup: If something is missing, the app starts an automatic install / setup guide flow.
• Setup state is saved: After onboarding is completed, installation and dependency status are stored persistently.

Step 5 visual: Transcript mode selection during first-time onboarding.

Step 5 visual: Dependency check status and guided setup flow.

Dependencies: FFmpeg & Whisper

When you launch BestCutPro for the very first time, it performs a dependency check. To process audio streams rapidly without Premiere's slow exports, the plugin utilizes FFmpeg and FFprobe.

• Windows: Install via winget install Gyan.FFmpeg or download static builds from gyan.dev.
• macOS: Install via Homebrew: brew install ffmpeg or download builds from evermeet.cx.
• Linux: Install with your package manager (for example sudo apt install ffmpeg) or use your distro repository.
• Official Source: ffmpeg.org/download.html

Silence Remover

Silence Remover - Precision Pacing Engine for Premiere Pro

BestCutPro's Silence Remover goes far beyond basic "detect and cut silence." It is built as a full pacing control system that helps editors speed up post-production while preserving natural speech flow and storytelling rhythm. Instead of blindly deleting pauses, you can analyze, audition, customize, and apply cuts with precision.

Why It Stands Out

Most silence tools rely on a single threshold and apply aggressive, one-size-fits-all cuts. That often leads to robotic pacing and unnatural dialogue flow.

BestCutPro combines:

• Intelligent pre-analysis
• Interactive editor controls
• Style-aware automation
• Confidence scoring and risk prioritization

This gives you speed and creative control.

1) Smart Pre-Analysis Engine

Before any cuts are applied, Silence Remover generates a detailed analysis pass:

• Detects silence ranges with start/end precision
• Supports Sequence, Selection, and In/Out scopes
• Uses Enter + Exit threshold behavior for more stable detection
• Applies Min/Max duration rules to avoid noisy micro-cuts
• Visualizes results with Audio Activity and Cut Region mapping

You always see what will happen before committing edits.

Quick Settings view: Presets, scope, threshold, safety padding, and pre-analysis entry point for the first cleanup pass.

2) Interactive Silence List (Editor-First Workflow)

Detected regions are fully editable in a live list:

• Click any row to jump directly to that timeline position
• Per-region actions: Keep, Shorten (leave a controlled pause), or Cut
• Manually add custom silence ranges (start/end)
• Remove false positives
• Navigate quickly with Previous / Next controls

Automation proposes. The editor decides.

Pre-Analysis Summary: Review audio activity, cut regions, before/after impact, pacing mood, and each detected silence row before applying changes.

3) Global Pacing Mood Control

Use a single slider to shape the rhythm of the entire result set:

• Natural - keeps more breathing room
• Balanced - optimized for general talking-head content
• Aggressive - faster pacing for retention-heavy edits

This dramatically reduces manual decision time on long edits.

4) Before/After Impact Preview

See immediate projected impact before applying:

• Before duration (analysis window)
• After estimated duration
• Saved time + percentage reduction

This makes pacing decisions measurable, not guesswork.

5) Audition Workflow for Faster Decisions

Review suspicious regions before cutting:

• Audition - play selected silence context
• Audition Next - rapid review loop for batch decisions
• Stop - instant playback stop

This improves cut confidence and helps avoid over-editing speech.

6) Creator Style Intelligence

One-click style profiles adapt cut behavior to content type:

• YouTube Talk
• Podcast
• Reels/Shorts
• Interview

Each profile intelligently distributes Keep/Shorten/Cut behavior to match expected pacing style.

7) Confidence & Risk Scoring

Every silence region gets a confidence/risk signal:

• Labels such as Safe, Check, Risk
• Percentage confidence per row
• Risk First ordering to review high-risk cuts first

This helps editors focus attention where mistakes are most likely.

8) Fullscreen Analysis Workspace

Built for long-form sessions and dense cut lists:

• Fullscreen analysis mode
• Dynamic Silence List height that uses available space
• Collapsible analysis blocks for cleaner focus
• Efficient navigation even with large candidate sets

9) Advanced Controls for Power Users

When needed, fine-tune behavior at a professional level:

• Enter / Exit thresholds
• Min / Max silence duration
• Max mode (cut, shorten, preserve)
• Pre/Post padding
• J-Cut / L-Cut offsets
• Guidance track targeting

Beginners can stay in quick mode. Advanced users can go deep.

Advanced Settings: Fine-tune duration limits, exit threshold, analysis profile, padding, cut style, and J/L offsets for more controlled pacing.

10) Controlled Automation, Not Blind Automation

Silence Remover is designed around a safe editorial flow:

1. Analyze
2. Inspect
3. Audition
4. Adjust
5. Apply

You get the speed benefits of automation without losing editorial intent.

Practical Production Benefits

Teams typically use Silence Remover to:

• Reduce repetitive manual ripple-cut passes
• Speed up first-cut cleanup significantly
• Maintain natural dialogue pacing in spoken content
• Adapt pace quickly for long-form and short-form outputs
• Improve consistency across episodes and series

Filler Word Remover

Filler Remover automatically detects filler words such as "um", "uh", "you know", "like", and similar speech habits, then helps you remove them directly from the timeline.

It is designed to speed up cleanup for talking-head videos, podcasts, tutorials, interviews, and educational content.

What It Does

This tool analyzes spoken content in your sequence, finds filler words, and presents them as editable results before any cuts are applied.

You can review the detected segments first, then decide whether to use the analysis as a preview or apply the cleanup to the timeline.

Core setup view: Set scope, language, model size, filler word list, and timing controls before starting the scan.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence or selected range.
2. Filler words are detected from the transcript.
3. The detected segments are shown in the results area.
4. You can preview the analysis before making changes.
5. The selected filler ranges are removed from the timeline with your chosen timing settings.

Pre-Analysis Summary: Review detected filler counts, durations, and each candidate phrase before committing timeline changes.

Why It's Useful

• Removes common speaking hesitations quickly.
• Speeds up rough cut cleanup for dialogue-heavy edits.
• Helps make speech sound tighter and more confident.
• Reduces repetitive manual cutting in long-form content.
• Works especially well for podcasts, interviews, tutorials, and YouTube talking-head videos.

Controls

• Scope: Choose whether to analyze the full sequence, only the selected clips, or the In/Out range.
• Language: Select the spoken language manually or use automatic detection.
• Model: Choose between faster or more accurate transcription modes depending on your workflow.
• Filler Words: Use the default filler word list or add your own custom filler terms.
• Padding Start / Padding End: Controls how much extra audio is removed before and after each detected filler word.
• Bridge Gaps: Helps smooth nearby cuts by merging small gaps when appropriate.
• Preview Analysis: Runs detection without cutting, so you can review the results first.
• Apply: Removes the detected filler ranges from the timeline.

Advanced analysis view: Adjust workflow mode, scope, language, minimum words, tolerance, and search radius for deeper cleanup passes.

Notes

• Detection quality depends on transcript accuracy and speech clarity.
• Fast speech, overlapping dialogue, and background noise can affect results.
• Custom filler words can improve results for specific creators, habits, or languages.
• For the cleanest edit, use small padding values first and increase only if needed.

Repetition Remover

Repetition Remover detects repeated takes, duplicate phrases, and multiple attempts of the same sentence, then helps you keep the best version and remove the rest.

It is built for creators who record multiple takes while speaking and want to clean them up much faster inside Premiere Pro.

What It Does

This tool analyzes spoken content in your sequence and groups together repeated lines or very similar takes.

Instead of manually comparing each version one by one, you get a structured view of the detected repetition groups and can quickly decide which take should stay on the timeline.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence.
2. Similar spoken segments are grouped as repeated takes.
3. The grouped results are shown in a review panel.
4. You choose which take to keep.
5. The remaining repeated takes are removed from the timeline.

Why It's Useful

• Speeds up cleanup for multi-take recordings.
• Helps keep the strongest delivery of each line.
• Reduces manual comparison between repeated phrases.
• Makes talking-head edits, courses, interviews, and podcasts cleaner and faster.
• Especially useful when recording the same sentence multiple times for safety.

Controls

• Analyze Repetitions: Scans the active sequence and finds repeated or similar takes.
• Keep First: Automatically keeps the first take in each detected group.
• Keep Last: Automatically keeps the last take in each detected group.
• Select & Apply: Lets you choose which takes to keep and removes the others from the timeline.

Analysis controls: Adjust mode, scope, language, minimum words, tolerance, and search radius before running repetition analysis.

Notes

• Detection quality depends on transcript accuracy and speech clarity.
• Similar but intentionally different lines may sometimes be grouped together, so reviewing the results before applying is recommended.
• Background noise, interruptions, and overlapping dialogue can affect grouping quality.
• Best results come from dialogue-driven edits with clearly separated takes.

Profanity Filter

Filter Profanity automatically detects profanity, explicit language, and inappropriate words in your sequence, then lets you censor them in just a few clicks.

It is designed for creators who need cleaner edits for YouTube, client work, courses, podcasts, branded content, or ad-safe delivery.

What It Does

This tool scans the spoken content of your timeline, identifies inappropriate words, and shows the results in a review list before anything is applied.

You stay in control of the final edit by deciding which detected words should actually be filtered.

Available Filtering Methods

1. Mute
   Silences or reduces the audio during the detected profanity range. This is the cleaner and more subtle option when you want the edit to feel natural.
2. Bleep
   Places a censor beep over the detected word. This is useful when you want a more obvious and traditional censorship effect.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence.
2. Detected profanity appears in a review list.
3. You can keep or exclude individual results.
4. You choose how the words should be censored.
5. The selected filter is applied directly to the timeline.

Why It's Useful

• Saves time compared to manual profanity cleanup.
• Helps catch words that are easy to miss in long edits.
• Makes content more platform-safe and brand-friendly.
• Speeds up editing for podcasts, YouTube videos, courses, and client deliverables.

Controls

• Blocklist: Add words you specifically want the tool to watch for.
• Allowlist: Exclude safe words or false positives from detection.
• Method: Choose whether detected profanity should be muted or replaced with a bleep.
• Scan & Find: Runs the analysis and lists the detected words.
• Apply: Processes the selected words and applies the filter to the timeline.

Filter controls view: Set method, bleep SFX, scope, language, blocklist, allowlist, and review detected words before cleaning the timeline.

Notes

• Detection quality depends on transcript accuracy and speech clarity.
• Heavy background music, noise, or overlapping voices can affect results.
• The bleep option uses a sound effect file from the extension assets.
• For best results, make sure the correct sequence is active before scanning.

Auto Zoom

Auto Zoom automatically adds zoom points to your sequence based on speech emphasis, pacing, and transcript timing.

It is designed to make talking-head edits feel more dynamic without manually keyframing every zoom by hand.

What It Does

This tool analyzes spoken content and identifies moments where a zoom can improve rhythm, emphasis, or viewer attention.

It then prepares zoom placements that can be applied directly to the timeline using your chosen preset and settings.

Preset and motion controls: Fine-tune preset, scale, variation, frequency, duration, animation profile, and curve behavior before running the analysis.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence.
2. Speech-driven emphasis points are detected from the transcript.
3. Suggested zoom placements are generated.
4. You review the result count and settings.
5. The zooms are applied directly to the timeline.

Transcript-driven zoom placement: Review suggested zoom points directly on transcript lines and add emphasis markers exactly where they belong.

Why It's Useful

• Saves time compared to manual zoom keyframing.
• Adds more energy to talking-head edits.
• Helps emphasize important words and moments.
• Makes educational, podcast, interview, and YouTube content feel more engaging.
• Keeps the editing style more consistent across longer videos.

Controls

• Zoom Preset: Choose a style such as YouTube, Podcast, Shorts, or Custom.
• Scale: Controls how strong each zoom effect will be.
• Variation: Adds natural differences between zoom amounts so the result feels less repetitive.
• Cooldown: Prevents zooms from being placed too close to each other.
• Max Zooms: Limits the total number of zoom points created in the sequence.
• Analyze: Scans the sequence and prepares the suggested zoom points.
• Apply: Places the detected zooms directly on the timeline.

Applied zoom results: See generated zoom actions mapped back to the Premiere timeline so you can inspect placements and jump to each result quickly.

Notes

• Best results come from clear spoken dialogue.
• Auto Zoom works especially well for talking-head, tutorial, podcast, and commentary content.
• Very fast cuts or highly animated footage may need fewer zoom points.
• Reviewing the suggested result count before applying is recommended for cleaner pacing.

B-Roll Search

B-Roll Search helps you find supporting footage directly inside BestCutPro without leaving Premiere Pro.

It is built to speed up visual research for talking-head videos, tutorials, promos, interviews, social content, and documentary-style edits.

Supported B-Roll Sources

BestCutPro can search across these providers:

• Pexels
• Pixabay
• Shutterstock
• Pond5
• Storyblocks

This gives you access to both free and premium stock options depending on your workflow and subscriptions.

What It Does

This tool lets you search multiple B-roll libraries from one panel and review matching clips in a single workflow.

Instead of opening several stock websites manually, you can search once, compare results faster, and choose visuals that better support your edit.

How It Works

1. Enter a keyword, topic, or visual idea.
2. BestCutPro searches the supported B-roll providers.
3. Matching results are displayed inside the panel.
4. You review and compare the clips.
5. You choose the footage that best fits your sequence.

Why It's Useful

• Saves time during stock footage research.
• Reduces switching between Premiere Pro and browser tabs.
• Helps you fill visual gaps faster.
• Makes it easier to compare results from multiple stock sources.
• Works well for YouTube videos, interviews, courses, promos, and social content.

Controls

• Search Input: Enter the subject, keyword, or concept you want footage for.
• Search: Runs the query across the supported B-roll providers.
• Results Area: Displays the available clips from integrated sources.
• Preview: Lets you inspect a result before deciding what to use.

B-Roll search controls: Choose source, save API access, set search terms, configure placement targets, and prepare insert behavior before downloading footage.

Notes

• Result quality depends on the provider and the keyword used.
• Available footage may differ between free and paid sources.
• Some providers may require your own API access or account setup depending on your configuration.
• Using more visual, concrete search terms usually produces better B-roll matches.

Multi-Camera (Multicam)

Multi Camera helps you organize, analyze, and switch between multiple camera angles faster inside Premiere Pro.

It is designed for interviews, podcasts, panel recordings, webinars, educational shoots, and any edit where more than one camera is used in the same timeline.

What It Does

This tool helps you work with multi-camera timelines more efficiently by analyzing camera tracks and assisting with angle decisions based on the structure of the edit.

Instead of manually checking every track and switching angles by hand across the full timeline, you get a more guided workflow for reviewing and managing camera changes.

Core Workflow

The Multi Camera section is built around camera-track analysis and angle decision support.

It helps you inspect your available camera tracks, evaluate sync-related situations, and prepare cleaner switching choices before applying them to the timeline.

Available Analysis Tools

• Speaker Analysis: Analyzes the sequence to help identify which camera angle may be more appropriate based on who is speaking or where the active dialogue is concentrated.
• Silent Track Analysis: Checks tracks for inactive or silent sections so you can quickly spot cameras or audio-linked sections that are not contributing to the current part of the edit.

These tools are especially useful when reviewing long-form conversations or multi-person recordings where manual angle checking becomes repetitive.

What It Helps With

• Reviewing multiple camera tracks more efficiently.
• Understanding which tracks are active or inactive.
• Supporting angle-switch decisions in dialogue-driven edits.
• Speeding up rough cut work for podcasts, interviews, and multi-person productions.
• Reducing manual timeline inspection in long recordings.

Best Use Cases

Multi Camera works especially well for:

• Podcast recordings
• Interviews
• Talking-head shoots with backup angles
• Two-camera and three-camera educational content
• Webinars and discussion panels
• Studio-style multi-angle productions

How It Works

1. Open the Multi Camera tool inside BestCutPro.
2. Review the available camera tracks in your sequence.
3. Run the relevant analysis mode.
4. Inspect the returned track activity or speaking-based guidance.
5. Use the results to make faster switching and cleanup decisions in the edit.

Why It's Useful

• Saves time in multi-angle editing workflows.
• Helps reduce repetitive track-by-track review.
• Makes it easier to understand timeline activity across cameras.
• Supports cleaner and faster decision-making during edit passes.
• Useful for both rough cuts and refinement stages.

Controls

• Analyze Speaker: Evaluates speaking activity to help identify stronger angle choices.
• Analyze Silent Tracks: Finds inactive or less useful track sections for faster review.
• Summary Area: Displays the current status and analysis feedback for the active sequence.

Notes

• Results depend on how well the sequence is organized and synced.
• Multi Camera analysis is most useful in dialogue-driven edits.
• Sequences with overlapping speech, heavy background noise, or inconsistent track structure may require manual review after analysis.
• This tool is meant to assist switching decisions, not replace editorial judgment.

AI Director (Director's Cut)

AI Director helps you turn a long sequence into a tighter, more intentional edit by analyzing the content and suggesting stronger cuts, highlights, and structure.

It is designed for creators who want faster editorial decisions without manually reviewing every second of footage.

What It Does

This tool reviews your sequence and looks for moments that are more likely to be useful in the final edit, such as strong hooks, higher-energy sections, and key points.

It then presents suggestions that help you shape a more focused version of the timeline.

Supported Editing Modes

• YouTube Mode: Optimized for longer-form content where pacing, retention, and topic flow matter across a full video.
• Reels Mode: Focused on short-form editing where strong hooks, compressed pacing, and fast highlight selection are more important.

Key Signals It Looks For

AI Director is designed to identify moments such as:

• Hook: A strong opening moment that can capture attention early.
• High Energy: More intense, engaging, or emphasized sections of the content.
• Key Point: Important statements, summaries, or moments with higher informational value.

These suggestions help you quickly understand where the strongest editorial opportunities are inside a long sequence.

How It Works

1. Choose the editing mode.
2. Run the analysis on the active sequence.
3. Review the suggested moments and insights.
4. Inspect the strongest candidate sections.
5. Use the suggestions to build a tighter cut or mark important parts of the timeline.

Why It's Useful

• Speeds up editorial review on long recordings.
• Helps identify stronger opening and highlight moments.
• Supports faster rough-cut creation.
• Makes content structure easier to evaluate.
• Useful for YouTube edits, reels, interviews, podcasts, and educational videos.

Controls

• Mode: Choose between YouTube and Reels workflows.
• Reels Duration: In short-form mode, controls the target duration for the suggested edit.
• Minimum Score: Filters weaker suggestions and keeps only stronger candidates.
• Suggestion Count: Controls how many recommendations the tool should return.
• Analyze: Runs the AI-driven review of the active sequence.
• Add Markers: Places markers on the suggested moments for easier review inside the timeline.
• Apply Master Cut: Uses the selected suggestions to help build a more focused cut.

Actionable Insights

In addition to clip suggestions, AI Director can provide higher-level editing insights that help you understand where the video becomes stronger, where pacing improves, and where the most valuable moments are concentrated.

Notes

• Suggestions are meant to support editorial decisions, not replace them.
• Best results come from dialogue-driven or story-driven content with clear topic progression.
• Final quality still depends on your judgment, pacing preference, and creative intent.
• Reviewing the suggestions before applying changes is recommended.

Highlights

Highlights helps you automatically find the most important moments in your video so you can review, extract, and repurpose the strongest parts faster.

It is designed for creators working with interviews, podcasts, tutorials, commentary videos, webinars, and other long-form content.

What It Does

This tool analyzes your sequence and identifies standout moments that are more likely to be useful as highlights.

These can include moments with stronger emphasis, key statements, engaging reactions, or higher-value sections that deserve extra attention during editing.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence.
2. Important moments are detected based on content signals.
3. Highlight suggestions are generated.
4. You review the detected results.
5. The strongest moments can be used for faster editing, clipping, or repurposing.

What It Helps With

Highlights is useful for finding:

• important talking points
• strong reactions
• memorable quotes
• standout educational moments
• short-form clipping opportunities
• sections worth promoting or reusing

Why It's Useful

• saves time when reviewing long recordings
• helps surface the most valuable moments faster
• useful for repurposing long-form content into shorter clips
• improves editing speed for highlight-based workflows
• helps identify moments worth promoting on social media

Best Use Cases

Highlights works especially well for:

• podcasts
• interviews
• YouTube videos
• webinars
• tutorials
• educational recordings
• commentary content
• social clip extraction workflows

Controls

• Analyze: Runs highlight detection on the active sequence.
• Results Area: Displays the detected highlight suggestions.
• Review / Apply: Lets you inspect the suggested moments before deciding how to use them.

Notes

• Highlight quality depends on transcript quality and content clarity.
• Results are meant to assist editorial review, not replace judgment.
• Reviewing the detected moments before using them is recommended.
• This tool is especially valuable for content repurposing and faster rough-cut decisions.

AI Social Media

AI Social Media helps you turn your video content into platform-ready social media copy faster.

It generates titles, captions, post text, and platform-specific content ideas so you can move from edit to publishing with less manual writing.

What It Does

This tool analyzes your content and helps generate social media text tailored to different platforms.

Instead of writing every caption, hook, and post description from scratch, you get AI-assisted outputs that are easier to refine and publish.

Supported Platforms

AI Social Media is designed for content repurposing across platforms such as:

• Instagram
• TikTok
• YouTube
• X / Twitter
• LinkedIn
• General short-form and marketing workflows

What It Can Generate

Depending on the workflow, AI Social Media can help produce:

• Post captions
• Video descriptions
• Hook ideas
• Title variations
• Promotional copy
• Short-form content angles
• Platform-specific text variations

This makes it useful for creators, agencies, educators, and brands who want to repurpose one piece of content across multiple channels.

How It Works

1. Select or prepare the content you want to repurpose.
2. Run the AI Social Media workflow.
3. Review the generated text options.
4. Choose the version that best fits your platform and audience.
5. Copy, refine, and publish.

Why It's Useful

• Saves time when writing social media copy.
• Helps turn one video into multiple publishable formats.
• Makes content repurposing faster and more consistent.
• Reduces the effort of writing captions and descriptions manually.
• Useful for creators who publish across multiple platforms.

Best Use Cases

AI Social Media works especially well for:

• YouTube video promotion
• Short-form repurposing
• Podcast clips
• Educational content
• Interview highlights
• Marketing videos
• Creator and brand content pipelines

Controls

• Platform Selection: Choose the target platform or output style.
• Generate: Creates AI-assisted social media copy based on the content.
• Results Area: Displays the generated text variations for review.
• Copy / Reuse: Lets you quickly use the generated text in your publishing workflow.

Notes

• Output quality depends on the source content and prompt context.
• Different platforms usually need different tone, length, and formatting.
• Final review is recommended before publishing branded or client-facing content.
• This tool is best used to accelerate copy creation, not replace content strategy.

Stock Music

Stock Music helps you find background music for your edits directly inside BestCutPro.

It is designed to speed up music discovery for YouTube videos, podcasts, interviews, tutorials, promos, and social media content without constantly switching between Premiere Pro and external music libraries.

Supported Music Sources

BestCutPro can search across these music providers:

• FreeSound
• Jamendo

This gives you quick access to music options for different editing styles and content types.

What It Does

This tool lets you search for music tracks from integrated sources, review the results, and choose audio that better matches the tone of your edit.

It is useful when you want to add energy, atmosphere, pacing, or emotional direction to a sequence.

How It Works

1. Enter a keyword, mood, genre, or use case.
2. BestCutPro searches the supported music sources.
3. Matching tracks are displayed inside the panel.
4. You review the available results.
5. You choose the track that fits your edit best.

Why It's Useful

• Speeds up music discovery during editing.
• Reduces time spent browsing multiple external music sites.
• Helps match the tone of your content more quickly.
• Useful for both long-form and short-form projects.
• Makes background music selection more streamlined inside the workflow.

Best Use Cases

Stock Music works especially well for:

• YouTube videos
• Tutorials
• Interviews
• Podcast highlights
• Promotional videos
• Social media edits
• Mood-based montage work

Controls

• Search Input: Enter a keyword, genre, mood, or musical idea.
• Search: Runs the query across supported stock music sources.
• Results Area: Displays available tracks returned by the integrated providers.
• Preview: Lets you review the track before deciding whether to use it.

Notes

• Search results depend on the provider and the query used.
• Different sources may have different licensing and usage terms.
• Previewing tracks before use is recommended so the music fits your pacing and tone.
• Music selection works best when treated as part of the edit rhythm, not just background filler.

Detect Chapters

Detect Chapters helps you automatically find meaningful section breaks inside a video and turn them into clear chapter suggestions.

It is designed for long-form content such as YouTube videos, podcasts, tutorials, interviews, webinars, and educational recordings where structure matters.

What It Does

This tool analyzes your sequence and detects natural transitions between topics, segments, or discussion points.

Instead of manually scrubbing through the timeline and placing chapter points one by one, you get a faster way to organize the video into clear sections.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence.
2. Topic changes and structural breakpoints are detected.
3. Chapter suggestions are generated.
4. You review the detected sections.
5. The results can be used to improve structure, navigation, and publishing workflow.

What It Helps With

Detect Chapters is useful for identifying:

• topic transitions
• new discussion sections
• segment boundaries
• major content shifts
• moments suitable for chapter markers

This makes it especially useful for longer edits where manual chapter creation takes extra time.

Why It's Useful

• saves time on long-form content organization
• makes videos easier to navigate
• helps structure content more clearly for viewers
• supports cleaner YouTube chapter workflows
• improves post-production efficiency for spoken content

Best Use Cases

Detect Chapters works especially well for:

• YouTube long-form videos
• podcasts
• tutorials and courses
• interviews
• educational content
• webinars
• commentary videos

Controls

• Analyze: Runs chapter detection on the active sequence.
• Results Area: Displays the detected chapter suggestions.
• Review / Apply: Lets you inspect the suggested structure before using it in your workflow.

Notes

• Chapter quality depends on transcript quality and topic clarity.
• Very loose or highly unstructured conversations may produce weaker results.
• Reviewing the detected chapters before publishing is recommended.
• This tool is meant to support editorial organization, not replace final judgment.

Auto Captions

Auto Captions helps you generate subtitles directly from the spoken content in your sequence and apply them inside Premiere Pro.

It is designed for creators who want faster caption workflows for YouTube videos, podcasts, interviews, tutorials, courses, and short-form content.

What It Does

This tool transcribes the speech in your sequence, creates subtitle text, and lets you work with captions inside your editing workflow.

It can be used for both standard subtitle generation and more visual caption-based workflows depending on how you want the final result to appear.

How It Works

1. BestCutPro analyzes the active sequence.
2. Speech is transcribed into subtitle text.
3. Captions are generated from the transcript.
4. You review the output and selected style.
5. The captions are applied to the sequence.

What It Helps With

Auto Captions is useful for:

• creating subtitles for spoken content
• improving accessibility
• making videos easier to follow without sound
• preparing short-form videos for social platforms
• speeding up caption workflows inside Premiere Pro

Caption Workflow Options

Depending on your workflow, Auto Captions can be used for:

• subtitle generation from transcript
• caption preview before applying
• styled caption workflows
• sequence-ready caption placement

This makes it useful for both clean subtitle delivery and more visual caption-based editing styles.

Why It's Useful

• saves time compared to manual captioning
• helps create subtitles directly inside the edit workflow
• useful for both long-form and short-form videos
• improves accessibility and viewer retention
• supports faster publishing for caption-heavy content

Best Use Cases

Auto Captions works especially well for:

• YouTube videos
• podcasts
• interviews
• educational content
• talking-head videos
• short-form content
• social media clips
• tutorials and courses

Controls

• Transcribe / Generate: Analyzes speech and creates the caption content.
• Preview: Lets you inspect the result before applying it.
• Add Styled Captions to Sequence: Places the styled caption output into the active sequence.

Notes

• Caption quality depends on transcript quality and speech clarity.
• Heavy background noise, overlapping voices, or unclear speech can affect results.
• Styled caption workflows may be more suitable for short-form and social content.
• Reviewing the generated captions before final export is recommended.

Export Pack

Export Pack is an upcoming workflow tool for preparing multi-platform export plans more efficiently inside BestCutPro.

It is intended for creators who need to organize exports for formats such as YouTube, Shorts, Reels, and square social media deliverables from a single editing workflow.

Coming Soon

This section is currently in development.

More details will be added as the feature becomes available.

Planned Focus

Export Pack is being designed to help with:

• multi-format export planning
• platform-oriented output preparation
• faster delivery workflows for social and long-form content

Performance & Logs

Performance & Logs gives BestCutPro a built-in diagnostics layer for troubleshooting, support, and workflow visibility.

The app records important runtime events, feature activity, update flow details, and targeted module diagnostics so issues can be traced more clearly when something does not behave as expected.

What It Does

BestCutPro writes structured diagnostic entries during normal use. These logs help track what the panel is doing, what step a tool reached, and where a workflow may have failed.

This includes areas such as:

• startup and initialization
• transcript and caption workflows
• silence analysis and cut timing
• profanity filtering
• dependency checks
• update and restart flow
• runtime errors and support diagnostics

Main Log File

The main application log is stored as:

history.log

Inside the extension root, for example:

• Windows: inside the installed BestCutPro extension folder
• macOS: inside the installed BestCutPro extension folder

The log file is initialized in the panel runtime and used throughout the app as the central event log.

Update and Restart Logs

BestCutPro also uses a writable updater folder for update-related diagnostics.

Updater root:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\BestCutPro\updater
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/BestCutPro/updater

Examples include:

• restart-win.log
• restart-mac.log

These logs are especially useful when diagnosing automatic update, relaunch, or restart behavior.

Logging Structure

BestCutPro uses readable tagged log entries rather than opaque internal IDs. This makes logs easier to inspect manually and easier to request from end users during support.

Common log groups include:

General Runtime

• Plugin Baslatildi - Rebuild Modu
• INIT_ERR
• JS_RUNTIME_ERR

Updates

• AUTO_UPDATE_ERR
• UPDATE_RESTART_WIN_SCHEDULED
• UPDATE_RESTART_MAC_SCHEDULED
• UPDATE_SHA256_WARN
• UPDATE_PROMPT_ERR

Captions

• CAPTIONS_TRANSCRIPT_OK
• CAPTIONS_PREVIEW_FRAME_OK
• CAPTIONS_PNG_ADD_FAIL

Profanity Filter

• PROFANITY_UI_APPLY_START
• PROFANITY_UI_RESULT_RAW
• PROFANITY: Range ...
• PROFANITY: Finished ...

Silence Remover Performance

• RS_PERF#...
• RS_WARMUP_START
• RS_WAVE_OK
• CLOSE_GAPS_OK

These prefixes make it easier to isolate a single feature area without reading unrelated log output.

Performance Instrumentation

Some modules, especially heavier editing tools, include timing markers to help identify slower stages in the workflow.

A good example is Silence Remover, which records staged timing with entries such as:

• run start
• overlay shown
• warmup start / end
• detection start
• waveform generation
• JSX apply completion

This makes it possible to see where time is spent during analysis and cutting, rather than only knowing whether the tool succeeded or failed.

Support Diagnostics

BestCutPro also includes a support-oriented diagnostics builder. When needed, it can collect a compact technical snapshot including:

• app version
• platform
• active module/view
• language
• license state
• transcript provider status
• dependency state
• Premiere version and connection state
• recent history.log lines

This is the same diagnostic context used when copying support details or opening the feedback flow.

Why It's Useful

• helps identify where a workflow failed
• makes support requests more actionable
• gives visibility into update, caption, and transcript issues
• improves debugging for platform-specific behavior
• provides performance timing for heavier analysis modules

Notes

• Logs are written as plain text for easier inspection.
• The main log is feature-rich and cumulative, so recent lines are usually the most useful.
• Update and restart logs are stored separately from the main extension log.
• Diagnostic logging is meant to support troubleshooting, not replace editorial review or user testing.

Troubleshooting & FAQ

BestCutPro panel does not appear in Premiere Pro

Make sure the extension was installed correctly and restart Premiere Pro fully. Then open it from:

Window > Extensions > BestCutPro

If it still does not appear, reinstall the extension and reopen Premiere.

The panel opens, but some tools do not work

BestCutPro depends on the active Premiere Pro sequence, transcript flow, and some external tools depending on the feature. Check the following first:

• a sequence is open and active
• media exists in the timeline
• the correct clips or range are selected when required
• FFmpeg / FFprobe is available for tools that need media processing
• your API keys are set if the selected workflow depends on cloud services

Auto update failed

If automatic update fails, BestCutPro may fall back to a manual package. In newer versions, update diagnostics are also shown in the update window.

Check:

• whether the extension folder is writable
• whether admin approval is needed on Windows
• whether the update package downloaded correctly
• whether restart completed successfully after update

Update-related diagnostics may also exist in:

• history.log
• restart-win.log
• restart-mac.log

Premiere closed after update but did not restart

This usually means the relaunch step failed, not the update package itself.

Check:

• whether Premiere was installed in a non-standard location
• whether system permissions blocked relaunch
• whether the restart log contains a launch error

On Windows, restart diagnostics may be written to:

%APPDATA%\BestCutPro\updater

On macOS, restart diagnostics may be written to:

~/Library/Application Support/BestCutPro/updater

Auto Captions preview does not load

This is usually caused by missing preview frame access, invalid file path handling, or media lookup issues.

Check:

• the sequence contains valid source media
• the media path is still valid on disk
• the project is not referencing offline footage
• the active sequence is the correct one

"Add Styled Captions to Sequence" failed

If styled captions do not appear in the timeline, the most common causes are:

• PNG caption items were not generated correctly
• Premiere could not import the generated assets
• timeline insertion failed on the target track
• path transfer between panel and JSX failed

If needed, check history.log for entries such as:

• CAPTIONS_PNG_ADD_FAIL
• CAPTIONS_PNG_RENDER_ERR

Profanity scan finds words, but Apply does nothing

This usually means the detection worked but the timeline apply stage failed.

Possible causes:

• no valid synced ranges after selection filtering
• locked audio tracks
• no matching clip at the detected range
• bleep sound import failed
• QE / insert step failed in Premiere

Relevant log entries may include:

• PROFANITY_UI_SYNCED
• PROFANITY_UI_RESULT_RAW
• PROFANITY: Range ...
• PROFANITY: Finished ...

Silence Remover preview worked, but cuts were not applied

This usually means the analysis phase completed but the apply phase failed.

Check:

• whether the timeline contains valid clips in the selected scope
• whether In/Out range is valid
• whether selected tracks are correct
• whether the target tracks are locked
• whether there are actually removable silence ranges after thresholds and padding are applied

Useful log entries include:

• RS_PERF
• CLOSE_GAPS_ERR
• CLOSE_GAPS_OK

Filler Remover or Repetition Remover results look inaccurate

These tools depend heavily on transcript quality and timing alignment.

Things that can reduce quality:

• unclear speech
• overlapping voices
• strong background music
• poor source audio
• wrong language/model choice

For best results:

• use the correct language
• preview analysis first
• review results before applying edits
• use cleaner source audio when possible

FFmpeg or Whisper is missing

Some BestCutPro features rely on local dependencies such as FFmpeg, FFprobe, or Whisper.

You can:

• use the built-in dependency checks in Settings
• set the FFmpeg path manually
• use auto-install or fallback flows if available
• switch to cloud transcript workflows when local tools are unavailable

Where are logs stored?

The main application log is:

history.log

It is stored inside the BestCutPro extension folder.

Additional updater logs may be stored in:

• Windows: %APPDATA%\BestCutPro\updater
• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/BestCutPro/updater

What should I send to support?

When reporting an issue, include:

• BestCutPro version
• operating system
• Premiere Pro version
• which module failed
• what you expected to happen
• what actually happened
• the most relevant recent lines from history.log

If the problem is update-related, also include:

• restart-win.log or restart-mac.log

Billing & Account

License Access

BestCutPro uses a license-based access system. After completing your purchase, you receive the information needed to activate the product and use licensed features inside the panel.

Your license is typically connected to:

• your purchase email
• your license key
• your order or billing record

Billing Provider

Payments and subscription-related billing are handled through LemonSqueezy.

This includes workflows such as:

• purchase confirmation
• billing receipts
• subscription management
• payment method updates
• renewal handling
• customer portal access

What You Can Manage

Depending on your purchase type, you may be able to manage:

• your subscription status
• billing details
• payment method
• invoice history
• renewal or cancellation settings
• license-related purchase records

Customer Portal

If your order includes customer portal access, LemonSqueezy sends that link to your purchase email.

You can use it to manage your billing and account-related settings without contacting support for common account actions.

Common Questions

I purchased BestCutPro but cannot activate it
Make sure you are using the same purchase details and the correct license key. Also confirm that your internet connection is available for license verification.

I did not receive my purchase email
Check your spam or promotions folder first. If it is still missing, contact support and include the email address used during checkout.

How do I update my payment method?
Use your LemonSqueezy customer portal link from the purchase email.

How do I cancel or manage my subscription?
Use the billing portal provided by LemonSqueezy. If you cannot access it, contact support.

Can I get my invoice or receipt again?
Yes. Billing documents are typically available through the purchase email or customer portal.

Support

For billing or account-related issues, contact:

support@bestcutpro.com

When contacting support, include:

• your purchase email
• your order reference if available
• a short description of the issue

Notes

• Billing and payment operations are managed outside the Premiere panel.
• License verification inside BestCutPro may require an internet connection.
• Account and billing access depends on the email used during purchase.
• For the fastest support, always use the same email address that was used at checkout.