What usually makes you scrub the timeline for “just one quick fix”?
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I notice most people I talk to describe their edits verbally, like "I want to cut where I said um" or "remove that whole pause after the intro." But then they have to go and find it manually on the timeline.
Wondering if the timeline is even the right interface for that kind of editing.
What’s the “quick fix” that never actually feels quick for you?
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Cutting filler words or tiny pauses sounds like a 5 second fix but turns into a frustrating timeline hunt every time.
Flixier
@prince__kumar yes, this is exactly the frustration we kept hearing.
The decision takes 2 seconds, but locating the exact spot on the timeline is what turns it into actual work.
A big part of why we’re launching Edit by Transcript today on PH is to make those obvious fixes feel as quick as the decision itself
Any edit that depends on how something sounds instead of where it is feel mismatched with a timeline UI.
Flixier
@gabriel_brooks1 really good way to describe it.
A lot of these edits are sound-first decisions, so having to translate that into where it is on the timeline always adds a weird extra step.
That gap is a big part of what got us interested in this problem.
This is a great point. People think in language, not timelines.
Feels like there’s a big opportunity in “edit by intent” instead of manual scrubbing.
Flixier
@judit10 exactly, the edit usually starts from what you’re trying to change, not from where it sits in the timeline, so the scrubbing part can feel like unnecessary overhead.
“Edit by intent” is a really good way to describe that shift, and honestly a lot of that thinking went into today’s Edit by Transcript launch. If you're curious: https://www.producthunt.com/products/flixier?launch=flixier-edit-by-transcript