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The Cuts answers: what are the actual shots, and what technique is each one using? Instead of treating the video as a single timeline, videngineer detects real shot boundaries from the footage and extracts each shot as a continuous clip with audio, first frame, last frame, and in-shot references.
Grid of signature cuts, each a playable clip with a title like 'Intimate Static Two-Shot Bonding Frame'

Signature cuts on a live teardown - each cut is a playable clip with a technique-focused title.

Live example: Coinbase - “Break The Cycle” teardown, The Cuts tab - 31 detected cuts.

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How cuts are detected

Two signals are blended:
  1. Pixel-level scene scores from the footage catch hard cuts precisely.
  2. Per-frame subject changes from the Blueprint catch soft transitions that pixel-diffing can miss.
When the subject changes between two sampled frames, the boundary is placed at the strongest scene-score moment inside that window. The detection threshold adapts to the video’s pacing, so a hyper-fast montage and a slow cinematic piece both resolve into sensible shots.

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What each cut contains

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Downloads and quality

The Cuts tab supports direct downloads for individual clips and grouped downloads where available. Source-quality pills and 4K badges help you understand whether a clip came from a high-quality source or a lower-quality pull. Power includes automatic 4K masters when the source supports them. Pro can unlock 4K via credits. See 4K & source quality.

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Cut Blueprint

When one shot is the piece you need to understand, open the cut and generate a Cut Blueprint. It costs 2 credits. Free accounts get one Cut Blueprint at no charge to try it; on a paid plan every blueprint, including the first, uses credits. The blueprint is stored on the teardown after it succeeds, so reopening it later is free. Cut Blueprint is for mechanism study: camera setup, staging, timing, transitions, lighting, and subject-swap guidance. Bring your own subject, footage, and brand.

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What to do with it

  • Build your shot list from the cut titles. The technique names are topic-agnostic; your subject goes into those slots.
  • Time your edit against the durations. If the reference holds establishing shots for 2 seconds and reaction shots for 1, those numbers transfer directly to your timeline.
  • Watch the first and last frames of each cut. The cut from and cut to often explain the trick.
  • Use clips as reference material. Study the technique, then make your own footage.

The Blueprint

The aggregate stats these shots roll up into.

Recipe & Cut Blueprint

Per-cut direction and scene prompts for adapting each technique.

Sound layer

What the audio is doing during each of these shots.

Cast & World

The recurring people, places, and props these cuts are made of.