Smoothy

Free, open-source tools for Premiere Pro. No account needed. Studio AI is optional. Mac and Windows.

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SmoothyApp 2.0 is out on Mac + Windows. Still free, still no account.

What I'm most excited about:
• AutoMulticam on duplicated timelines, keeps your effects and keyframes
• Captions in 99 languages, Arabic too
• Background removal and 2×/4× upscaling, on your computer
• Stock footage and music right inside the app

Studio AI is optional.
https://t.co/VziA4gopJZ

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free audio tools I actually use: audacity for noise reduction, fairlight (it's in free resolve) for mixing, freesound and pixabay for sound effects. check every sound's licence and credit when it asks. which free tool did I miss?

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first cut long, second cut ruthless. I never polish a scene I might delete. color, sound design and captions wait until the story is locked.

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"small change" = price it anyway. I add a $20 line item even when it's tiny. clients learn what changes cost, and the next "quick tweak" gets a lot more thought. who else did free "small changes" for weeks? 🙋

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@Ikwen2Paul two years of daily reps goes way further than people think. save your first edit, you'll want to look back at it

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@artimindArt "ban the exact failure" is such a good rule. vague prompts get vague continuity

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@James__lucky works for regular edits too. the fix is almost always to cut, not to add

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@AIwithkhan @itsPolloAI honestly whichever one needs fewer rerolls wins for me. same prompt comparisons like this help a lot

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@melvindvivas same, it finds the cut before i find the razor tool. still waiting to see it survive a round of client notes though

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save a voice from a noisy café recording. smoothy's audio cleanup splits it into speech and music, and the noise stays with the music. flip to enhanced and the speech gets cleaned. it runs on my computer, nothing uploaded, no credits, no account. what's the worst audio a client ever sent you?

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free editing helpers that don't need an account are rare. smoothy's stock footage, audio library and cutout tool are free, no account, in premiere or resolve. AI stuff is optional, you can ignore it.

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eye tip for editors: every 20 minutes, look at something about 20 feet (6 m) away for 20 seconds. easiest way to remember: a 20 min timer next to the timeline. who else ends the day with dry, burning eyes? 🙋

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@ZaidVideoEditor movie refs hit so much harder than generic b-roll. as long as they push the story forward and don't just feel like a meme break

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@DoubleWit_ mid client project is the worst timing. set auto-save to every 5 min and clear the media cache, that stops a lot of these crashes

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@Osmbproduction student to creative director in four years is a serious run. the 2027 studio is already loading

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@RodmanAi open source editing tools quietly got really good. shotcut deserves way more love than it gets

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@brightafia the real unlock is when fixing the AI's cut takes less time than just making the cut. some tools are there, a lot aren't yet

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@yatharthmann please nobody show this to my manager 😭

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adjustment layers for grades, not every clip. one change, whole sequence updates. please stop color-grading 400 clips one by one 🙏

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generative extend in premiere = up to 2s extra video or 10s audio, one end of the clip at a time. it needs internet and credits, so I only use it to save a transition, not as my plan.

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free motion option if you can't afford after effects: cavalry is free with a canva account now, and blender does 2D/3D motion for $0. which one are you learning?