Eddie AI has introduced an impressive array of new features that enhance the video editing experience. With nearly 50 updates rolled out since August, users can look forward to improved functionality and performance.
Are You Prepared for the Exciting New Features in AI-Assisted Video Editing?
The team at Eddie AI has been hard at work, rolling out nearly 50 new features since the beginning of August. We’ve highlighted several updates, including expanded NLE integrations, file compatibilities, support for 30 new languages, and various management and performance enhancements.
If you haven’t been keeping up, here’s a comprehensive roundup of everything new with the popular video editing assistant app, Eddie AI.
Eddie AI Updates and Features
Expanded NLE Integration and File Compatibility:
- Eddie now edits in 30+ languages: Import your interviews in any of the new languages available (except Klingon).
- Blackmagic Cloud and NAS Support: Eddie AI now supports Network Attached Storage (NAS) and Blackmagic Cloud.
- NLE Proxy: Eddie now pulls proxies instead of the source media, making import faster.
- Updated Eddie extension for Resolve: Eddie is now more stable for DaVinci Resolve imports and performs better with large projects.
- FCP Simple Timeline: If you edit interviews on the timeline in FCP, you can now drop FCP timelines into Eddie’s Rough Cut mode. Timeline imports from Adobe Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve are also supported.
- Precise Timecode and Reference: We have resolved discrepancies in start timecode interpretation among different vendors for smoother relinking.
- Support for Apple App Store’s DaVinci Resolve: Issues with Resolve installed from the Apple App Store have been addressed.
- Optimized Clip Importing: Importing large batches of clips for B-roll logging is now more efficient, resolving timeout issues.
- High Framerate Support: Support for 90, 100, 119.88, and 120 FPS has been added.
- Fixed Premiere Pro Motion Effect: A bug causing missing Motion Effects in edit sequences has been resolved.
- Preventing Metadata Duplication: The system now helps users avoid importing FCP clips that already contain metadata.
Enhanced User Experience & Account Management:
- Pay-as-you-go, No Subscription Required: Purchase credits without a subscription and use them as needed.
- Simplified Subscription Management: In-app flows for unsubscribing and reactivating accounts have been introduced, along with direct access to the billing portal from “Manage Account,” eliminating the need for a separate email sign-in.
- Broadened Language Support: Define a default language for footage transcription.
Multicam and Project Workflow Refinements:
- Improved Multicam Error Handling: Multicam error and warning messages are now clearer, allowing some projects to be imported with warnings instead of failing entirely.
- Robust B-roll and A-roll Processing: Significant improvements have been made to the processing of B-roll and A-roll under heavy load.
- Automated Multicam Activation: Eddie now automatically switches to multicam mode when multicam clips are imported.
- Enhanced Multicam Podcast Sync: Improved sync for Podcast mode, ensuring Eddie cuts to the right camera angle at the right moment.
Refined Export and Media Handling:
- Advanced MP4 Export and Captioning: MP4 export now supports transparent outline for caption styling, with a new font added for broader language support.
- YouTube Video Import: Users can now import videos directly from YouTube to create short, vertical social media clips.
- Better FCP Captions: Improved handling of orphan words in captions.
- Robust Export Stability: Numerous updates have increased stability in exporting.
- Smart Rough Cut Export: Rough cut export now includes chapter names as ranged timeline markers.
Key Bug Fixes and Performance Enhancements:
- Improved B-roll Analysis: Updates and better support for professional codecs.
- Text Editing Reliability: Updates to the text-based video editing feature.
- Multicam Project Stability: Fixed a crash for R3D files from NLE and addressed a bug causing multicam projects to fail if the audio asset included a thumbnail.
- Mobile Upload Improvements: Uploads from mobile devices have been enhanced.
- Streamlined UI: UI improvements have been made to transcoding/uploading status and the Share Page.
If you’re curious about what Eddie AI is and how it works, you can learn more on the company’s website.
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