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How to use AutoCut Angles

AutoCut Angles automates camera switching for a single-speaker video while keeping you in control of the timing, camera balance, and final timeline.

Step 1: Prepare and select your timeline

Place your synchronized or aligned angles on separate video tracks, with the speaker's voice on an audio track.

Open AutoCut Angles.
Select the part of the timeline you want to process.
Include the linked audio track in your selection.
Choose Entire timeline or In/Out points.
Click Validate sections.

⚠️ AutoCut Angles does not align or synchronize your source clips. Prepare that alignment before starting the process.

Step 2: Choose the voice and camera tracks

Under Voice audio track, select the track that contains the speaker's voice. AutoCut analyzes this track to decide when a camera switch can happen.

Under Camera tracks, select each video track that should be available as an angle.

Select the voice audio track and camera tracks in AutoCut Angles

Watch the track-selection demo: Select voice and camera tracks.

Step 3: Set camera priority

Drag the separators under Priority to bias how often each camera is selected. Give more space to the main angle and less to occasional close-ups or side shots.

💡 Priority is relative. It guides the result but does not guarantee an exact percentage of screen time.

Step 4: Choose switch triggers

Enable one or more triggers:

Existing cuts respects cuts already placed on the camera tracks.
Silences switches when the speaker pauses or starts a new sentence.
Emotion (AI) detects spikes in emotional intensity.
Transcript (AI) finds natural transcript moments such as topic shifts or punchlines.

The enabled triggers are combined. See What triggers a camera switch in AutoCut Angles? for a detailed explanation.

Step 5: Set the shot duration

Use Shot duration to set the minimum time before another trigger can switch the camera. A minimum of 2–3 seconds is a useful starting point when you want to avoid an overly jumpy edit.

Step 6: Choose the output

For a direct timeline edit:

Choose Disable to keep inactive clips available for later adjustments. This is the recommended option for a reversible workflow.
Choose Remove to delete inactive clips from the edited sections.
Enable Also cut audio if the voice track should be cut at the same switch points.
Click Start Camera Switch.

For a non-destructive multicam workflow, enable Multi-Camera editing and click Start Camera Switch - Multi-Camera.

Step 7: Review the result

Play through the edit and refine any camera choice or cut timing you want to change. AutoCut creates a first edit that is ready for your creative review.

💡 A useful workflow is AutoCut Silences → AutoCut Angles → AutoZoom: remove pauses first, switch angles second, then add dynamic zooms.

Updated on: 12/08/2026

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