Fifteen years ago, when my creative journey was on the starting line, my colleagues and I used to joke that transcribing hours of interviews, especially in a foreign language, was the kind of task hell would outsource. Not so anymore. Not only do we have AI-powered tools at hand that generate transcripts and subtitles in mere seconds, but we can also easily apply them for text-based editing. What is it? An immensely helpful way to streamline your work if you are swimming in documentary interviews, recordings of group discussions, or other speech-based formats. If it’s not part of your toolkit yet, welcome! The subsequent article aims to provide you with a hands-on introduction. Artificial tools are not all evil if you look closer. Some offer a helping hand in everyday tasks, as they are tailored to support your creativity, rather than replace it. This is the angle that we decided to explore in our MZed course series “The Efficient Filmmaker.” The first course is called “Subtitles Mastery,” and it’s all about accelerating your workflow connected to transcripts, subtitles, captions, and translations – in other words, a mundane yet essential part of an editor’s work. One of the modules is dedicated solely to text-based editing, and I’d like to give you a sneak peek. Head over here if you are interested in watching the entire course. What is text-based editing at its core? Text-based editing is something we can think of as a classic “paper cut,” but in digital form. Imagine...
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