The basics

What is Rodeo?

Rodeo is an AI rough cut assistant for your videos. You describe the story you want, and Rodeo finds the matching clips and assembles them into a rough cut. Refine it by describing changes or fine-tuning on the timeline, then export it to your finishing tool.

Who is Rodeo for?

Rodeo is for creative professionals who work with video: editors, producers, marketing and brand teams, documentary teams, sports and live producers, and social creators.

How is Rodeo different from how I work today?

Instead of scrubbing through your videos to find usable moments, you describe what you want. Rodeo searches inside your videos and assembles a rough cut, so you spend your time refining the story.

How Rodeo works

How does Rodeo work?

What does it mean that Rodeo indexes my videos?

Indexing analyzes the visuals, audio, and on-screen text in each video. After a video is indexed, you can search it by what happens inside it and build cuts from it.

How do I find a specific moment?

In Media, select the search icon (the magnifying glass), then describe the moment in plain language. Rodeo returns the matching clips.

What are scenes and clips?

A clip is a short segment within one of your videos. A scene is a section of your cut. Rodeo groups clips into scenes and names each scene.

What is a document?

A document is your workspace. It holds the cut Rodeo builds from your story, organized into scenes. You refine and export the cut from the document.

What if the rough cut isn’t right?

Describe the changes you want in the Describe your edits box, and Rodeo rebuilds the cut. You can also fine-tune clips on the timeline. Each cut replaces the previous version.

What videos can I upload?

You can upload videos in any FFmpeg supported format. Each video must be between 4 seconds and 1 hour and be 2 GB or less. See the Upload and manage videos page for the full requirements.

Output and handoff

What can I export?

You can export your cut as an MP4, EDL, OTIO, or XML file. MP4 is a finished video. EDL, OTIO, and XML are interchange files for your finishing tool.

Will Rodeo replace my video editor?

Rodeo builds the rough cut. Color, sound, effects, and final polish are handled by your finishing tool. Rodeo hands it off through an interchange file.