Plain-language groundwork on what AI can and cannot do inside a real editing workflow.
Paste any text to estimate how many tokens it uses, and see what that text would cost to send to each major model.
A working editor's map of the timeline stages where AI earns its keep and the ones where it quietly costs you hours.
Why the fill that vanishes cleanly on a photo turns into a crawling, flickering mess across a moving clip, and how to work with the difference.
Embargoed footage, NDAs, and unreleased cuts don't mix well with upload-first AI tools — here's how to use them without leaking your material.