Trim a Video and Cut It Down With AI
An AI video editor saves you from scrubbing a long recording to find and cut the part you need. Upload the footage and ScreenApp AI highlights and automatic bookmarks across it, so you can open a bookmark instead of dragging the playhead back and forth. AI reads video frames, not just the audio, so it can find a visual moment as well as a spoken one.
From there, you trim recordings to the exact start and end point, and export the result or share a link to it. AI does the finding; you decide what gets cut.
What you get:
- AI highlights and automatic bookmarks, so you do not have to watch the whole recording back
- trim recordings to the exact moment you want
- A transcript with speaker identification, in 100+ languages, so you can search for the line instead of scrubbing
- AI chat with any recording, so you can ask what happens in the video and get pointed to the timestamp
- Export as PDF, DOCX, TXT, SRT and VTT
- Paid plans only for downloading the finished video, or share a link instead
- Free plan: 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each to try it on
How to Edit a Video With AI
- Upload the footage: Add a file in MP4, M4V, MOV, AVI, WEBM, MKV, FLV, TS, MTS, M2TS, 3GP, 3GPP, 3G2, WMV, ASF, VOB, OGV, RM, RMVB, MPG, MPEG, M2V, F4V, MXF, or paste a YouTube, Vimeo and direct media links link. Processing starts once the video is in your library.
- Let AI find the highlights: AI highlights and automatic bookmarks, and the transcript lets you search for a line instead of scrubbing the recording.
- Trim and export: Use the trim tool to set the exact start and end point, then export the video or share the link straight from ScreenApp.
Accuracy of the transcript and the highlights depends on the audio: a clean single-speaker recording works better than a noisy room with several people talking over each other. See how we measure accuracy.
Related: Best AI video editors that edit via text compares ScreenApp with Descript, Kapwing, and other text-based editing tools.
AI Video Editor vs Other Apps
| Feature | ScreenApp | Descript | Kapwing | Clipchamp |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 2 transcriptions, up to 45 min each | 60 min/month | 4 min per video, 2 GB upload | 30 min recordings |
| Edit by transcript | search across recordings by name or transcript | edit the video by editing the transcript | Trim with Transcript, edit the video by editing the text | Not stated |
| Silence or filler removal | Not available | Not stated | Smart Cut removes silences automatically | AI subtitles |
| Watermark on free plan | no watermark on any recording or export | Not stated | Not stated | no watermark |
| Paid plan | $19/month annual | $16/month annual | $16/month annual | Not stated |
Sources, checked 2026-09-12: ScreenApp pricing, descript.com/pricing, kapwing.com/pricing, clipchamp.com/en/screen-recorder/, descript.com, kapwing.com, clipchamp.com/en/pricing/
- vs Descript: Descript lets you edit the video by editing the transcript, and its free plan covers 60 minutes a month. ScreenApp finds the highlight and lets you trim it, and the free plan is 2 transcriptions of recordings up to 45 minutes each.
- vs Kapwing: Kapwing’s Smart Cut removes silences automatically, and it also offers Trim with Transcript, edit the video by editing the text. Its free plan caps a video at 4 minutes and 2 GB. ScreenApp does not automate silence removal; you trim the section yourself once AI has found it.
- vs Clipchamp: Clipchamp’s free plan includes AI subtitles and screen recordings up to 30 minutes, with no watermark. ScreenApp adds the transcript search and AI chat on top of the trim tool.
Who Uses an AI Video Editor
Content creators upload a long stream or interview and use the highlights to find the moments worth pulling, instead of watching the whole recording back to spot them.
Educators cut the mistake or the dead air out of a lecture recording before sharing it, without re-recording the whole session.
Marketing teams trim a webinar or product demo down to the one clip that matters for a landing page or an email.
Podcasters with video episodes search the transcript for the exchange they remember and trim it out to post alongside the full episode.
Support and training teams cut a short section out of a longer screen recording to answer one question, rather than sending the whole session.
Remote teams trim a meeting recording down to the part a colleague missed, instead of asking them to watch the whole thing.
