Author: Santtu Keskinen
Version 1.0 launch!
I’m thrilled to announce that Smart Media Cutter has reached version 1.0! This is a significant milestone for me and the project, and this release is full of highly requested features and improvements! Thank you to everyone who gave feedback and feature requests. And big thanks to litz on Discord, for both testing and UI…
Open-sourcing our tech for frame accurate video cutting without recoding
I recently open-sourced our video exporting code into a neat little library and command line tool available on GitHub. The library is called smartcut because it “smartly” recodes only the minimum amount of frames required to create the output, instead of all the frames. Here’s the link to the repository on GitHub Of course this…
New in Version 0.9: Timeline Export to Resolve and Premiere!
Version 0.9 is here, and it comes with some great new features that should make editing process smoother for experienced video editors. This release brings timeline export support for Resolve and Premiere, a new silence cutting tool, and some minor UI improvements. Let’s dive into the details! Timeline Export to Resolve and Premiere Smart Media…
New in version 0.8: UI and Polish
Version 0.8 doesn’t have big headline features, but I think this still was an important release to push out quickly. Mostly for two reasons; firstly the vertical video template UI introduced in 0.7 was rather too difficult to use and I don’t want to scare away anybody who just wants to output some TikToks/Shorts and…
New in version 0.7: Vertical Video Export!
Vertical video platforms like TikTok, Instagram and YouTube shorts are important for content marketing. Previously I was not planning on adding support for vertical video exports anytime soon, because it doesn’t synergize with the smart cutting without recoding tech, which I think is one the strong suits of this program. However, after implementing the automatic…
New in version 0.6: Edit with Twitch chat history!
It has been little over a week since version 0.5 dropped, but I’ve cooked up a new release for you. The big new feature is the ability to download stream chat history from Twich/YouTube/Facebook VODs and to use them to guide your editing, to find highlights, etc. Get the new version for your platform from…
New in version 0.5: Improved waveform drawing and UI!
It’s been just couple days since v0.4 release. But I’ve been hard at work to improve the UX and features, so here is another new release for you. New preview controls Version v0.5 adds preview sound volume and playback speed controls. Volume is controlled with a standard slider and preview playback speed with a dropdown…
New in version 0.4: New transcript view!
Version 0.4 brings with it two significant improvements to the UI and general usability of Smart Media Cutter. New transcript view functions more like text document, making it easier to edit long documents straight from the transcript. The new transcript UI also has a visualization for which words are marked for cutting. This is something…
Opportunities in AI
In the previous post I talked in length about why doing independent AI research was a rather poor experience for me. I firmly believe that pursuing independent AI research is not the best use of your time, especially if you lack academic experience and connections. The barriers to entry, competition, and lack of recognition make…
My year as an independent AI researcher
This is my story of failing to make a break into AI research as an independent researcher. It’s also my take on 2019 post by Andreas Madsen: “Becoming an Independent Researcher and getting published in ICLR with spotlight.” Andreas wrote about his struggles, hard work and loneliness before finally getting some recognition but ultimately falling…