The Best Prompts for Editing Corporate Videos

Rough cut

1. Brief it like an editor

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   Make a [2.5]-minute film for [customers]. Message: [the one sentence they should remember]. [Speaker 1] opens with why, [speaker 2] explains how, and [speaker 1] closes with what is next. Keep answers whole, natural pacing.

   Eddie selects the soundbites that make each point, in your order, and reports the length.

2. An internal update

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   Cut the [all-hands] recording to a [5]-minute update with only the parts about [the reorganisation] and [the Q3 results].

   Eddie finds those parts in the transcript and builds a shorter edit from them.

Highlights

1. The quotable executive

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   Find the [5] clearest single-sentence statements [executive name] makes about [topic], for use in a press reel.

   Eddie returns short, complete sentences with timestamps.

Social clips

1. LinkedIn clips

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   Make [3] square clips of [40] seconds for LinkedIn from answers that stand alone, cropped to the speaker, with minimal captions and our logo bottom right.

   Eddie builds square edits, crops to the face, adds captions and places your logo as a watermark.

Captions

1. Names and roles

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   Add lower thirds "[Name], [Role]" the first time each speaker appears, in our brand style pack.

   Eddie adds lower-third graphics from its templates and applies one style pack to every graphic.

2. Get product names right

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   Correct every "[misheard name]" in the transcript to "[product name]", then add captions.

   Eddie fixes the word everywhere it occurs, keeping timings, so captions are right.

B-roll

Eddie uses your own b-roll first. Where you have nothing that fits, it searches stock footage: free Pexels clips, plus your own Shutterstock catalog if you connect it. When neither has the shot, it can generate a short b-roll clip. It quotes the credits first and generates nothing until you agree. You can also tell it to use only your own footage.

1. Show the product

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   Show the [dashboard screen capture] while [speaker] explains how it works, and office b-roll over the opening.

   Eddie places your screen capture and b-roll over the matching lines.

2. Blur what legal will flag

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   Blur the [monitor on the left desk] at [time] in the office b-roll, and the [customer names column] in the screen capture wherever it appears.

   Eddie blurs each region for as long as it is on screen, in the player, the render and the exports.

Music

1. Corporate but not generic

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   Generate a [confident, minimal piano and pulse] track for the length of the film, ducked under speech, building slightly into the close.

   Eddie quotes the credits, then generates the track, attaches it and ducks it under speech.

Export

1. Approval round

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   Give me a review link for this cut so [marketing] and [legal] can comment at the timecode.

   Eddie creates a review page that needs no Eddie account, and can read the comments back to act on them.

2. Act on the notes

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   Read the review comments on this edit and make the changes that are clear. List any comment you could not act on.

   Eddie reads the timeline comments, applies the changes and reports what is left.

3. For the agency

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   Export the approved film as a 1080p MP4 with broadcast loudness, and as a Premiere Pro project for our agency.

   Eddie renders the MP4 at the loudness you chose and writes a .prproj that points at the original media.