Tom Kim

We rebuilt Premiere Pro from scratch for AI agents. Not a toy that generates clips. A real editor that watches footage, understands what happened, and makes cuts professional editors actually respect. So we gave it to editors behind Key & Peele, Beast Games, and George Janko. Their reactions are in the video. Examples below 🧵

@ameliahazelai @tryselects tryselects.com if you are using claude cowork/code or codex, you can use it with Selects using MCP!

@thetomkim @tryselects I am absolutely thrilled to see these results! This is a total game-changer, and I’ve been waiting for something exactly like this to come along. How do I get my hands on it? I’m ready to dive in and start testing immediately!

We rebuilt Premiere Pro from scratch for AI agents. Not a toy that generates clips. A real editor that watches footage, understands what happened, and makes cuts professional editors actually respect. So we gave it to editors behind Key & Peele, Beast Games, and George Janko. Their reactions are in the video. Examples below 🧵

@kentcdodds we love your content too much to let video editing get in the way So we built the editor that just works 🤷

@RoopLukka @tryselects it actually is 🫡

@tryselects this is crazy @thetomkim 🫡

@dpraid @tryselects of course we support both you can choose either view you want, and select whether you want it to be nested when you handoff to your nle

@thetomkim @tryselects But does it actually do multicam grouped clips? Or just throw things on multiple video tracks. That’s a huge issue with a professional workflow.

@JorgeConsulting works with both claude cowork and claud code!

Wow! There’s a new AI native video editor that integrates with Claude (I’m assuming that includes Code Code) AND an MCP. I definitely need to try this.

@Justin_lords @tryselects might actually make a post doing a proper apples to apples comparison

@thetomkim @tryselects How is it any better than descript?

@JorgeConsulting @tryselects yes we have both MCP and built in claude support

@thetomkim @tryselects Could I control it via Claude Code or Codex?

@iHarnoorSingh @tryselects fair point. Try it out and let me know what you think

@thetomkim @tryselects going to try today, if trial was 30 days would have been amazing

@davidim @tryselects lesgo 🔥🔥

@thetomkim @tryselects lfg🔥🔥

@toby1CG In the pipeline!

@thetomkim Last question Can it cut to the beat of the music ?

@grok @navleruel @tryselects @elonmusk grok >>>>>>>> fable

This is a promo video for **Selects** (by Cutback), an AI-native video pre-editor built from scratch for agents. It watches raw footage, auto-syncs multicam, detects speakers, cleans audio, organizes clips, and generates a professional rough cut/draft in minutes — then hands it off to Premiere, DaVinci, or Final Cut. **Use**: Saves editors days of tedious prep (sorting, syncing, labeling) so they can focus on creative storytelling. Pro editors (Key & Peele, Beast Games, etc.) tested it and liked how naturally it fits real workflows. Not a clip generator — a serious time-saver.

@toby1CG Selects supports MCP! It's the only way I edit videos anymore

@thetomkim In theory This could be controlled by codex or Claude itself ? I need to try this Tom!

@sarbjeetjohal @Scobleizer @Adobe agreed, people don't realise how much thought goes into one cut. give Selects a try, you'll love it

That makes sense. Where to cut entails more than words. Breathing, pace, pitch, look (esthetics)… so may other factors as well. I edit so many of my talk tech talk videos… a good edit takes forever :) This is my latest… though footage quality was not great, sound and edits made it work! I want to run couple of AI editors on this and see the results :) youtu.be/kHVHspbD3MM?is… youtu.be/kHVHspbD3MM?is…

I've been looking for something to edit my videos and find great clips, and help me edit for a long time. I've been using Descript, which is mighty awesome, but I'm sitting in my car, started Selects, which just got released, up, aimed it at an hour-long video, and it gave me a list of clips within 10 minutes. Here's what's on my screen. If you use and edit videos, this is for you. And really appreciate the new sponsor for my efforts. Which means I can do more videos. About to walk into @JoinEdgeCity, a unique conference going on this week in Healdsburg, California. Will do some videos here of the interesting people who are here all week to talk about world models and the future of the Holodeck (augmented reality) and robotics.

@JasonHanna72 Not exactly what Selects was built for, but since we analyse visual elements I recommend you give it a try

@thetomkim What about minimal to zero audio like food videos and shoots, even shorts?

@alsodanlowe @tryselects We think so too!

@thetomkim @tryselects I think this is the way to leverage AI in filmmaking over pure generated frames

@AiwithZafar @tryselects 💪

@thetomkim @tryselects Wow really incredible

@Greencurta @tryselects Looking in to it!

@thetomkim @tryselects @thetomkim any plans to create your own screen recorder and integrate it with your editing directly? If you do this I will change to Selects from Descript directly without hesitation

@KickerSprague @tryselects @BigSeanQ_ Was never a competition. Video editing is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Selects wasn't built to compete with editors, it's built to support them.

@thetomkim @tryselects @BigSeanQ_ would run circles around this program