AVE 1.2.0 is now live. The new Transcript panel turns spoken words into an editing surface. Transcribe locally on your Mac, select a passage, preview it, then split, delete with gap closing, or create a new sequence from the selection. AVE can also surface filler words and long pauses for review, and generate captions that stay aligned as the timeline changes. The editor itself is still the source of truth: every result lands on a real, editable timeline, and the original media stays untouched. Manual projects and watermark-free export remain free. Pro now has a seven-day trial with no card or automatic billing, then costs $9.99/month or $99 lifetime. AVE 1.2.0 requires macOS 14 or later and Apple Silicon. Guide: https://www.aivideoeditor.app/gu...
AVE could already analyze footage locally and distinguish what was happening in different clips but the asset library could still be full of names like IMG_4821, MERT8581, or butterfly_2.
That felt wrong. If an AI video editor understands that one clip contains a red butterfly and another contains a blue butterfly, those distinctions should be reflected in how the footage is organized.
So I shipped Smart Rename in AVE.
It uses the project context and AVE s local analysis to suggest distinct, descriptive names across a collection. Every suggestion is reviewable and editable before applying. You can exclude clips, undo the operation, and keep the names through save, reopen, and relink.
AVE is a local-first AI video editor for Mac. It helps creators import footage, analyze transcripts and visual notes, search by what appears or is said in clips, then turn selected footage into reviewable timeline work. AVE is useful for launch videos, B-roll search, interview highlights, generated-footage assembly, and private local editing where the project should stay on the Mac by default.
