Stanley Studio
The AI video editor you hire that edits like a human
320 followers
The AI video editor you hire that edits like a human
320 followers
Stanley is built for anyone who films great videos and then lets them die in their camera roll. Send Stanley raw footage and get back a finished, captioned video. No timelines, no manually tweaking captions, no spending hours hunting for the perfect song. Just tell Stanley what you want and it edits end-to-end: talking heads, vlogs, podcast cuts, UGC, whatever your niche needs. And it's free. Upload footage, get a video.
I had a long (rambling) product update that I created a while ago and have been looking to cut down to be something far more punchy. Stanley did a really good job and I love the thought process that is shared. There is still work to be done in editing my video as some of the sentences no longer make sense. I also asked for a lighting improvement and I don't think it quite got that right. However, my gut feel is that it is closer to the finished article than when I started so there is clearly an opportunity for significant time saving here.
@martin_tanner Thank you for your insights Martin!
Yeah, the one feature we haven't shipped yet are filters/colour grading. We're building that out right now so if you try it again same time next week it should work!
We see and hear that most of our users spend 10-15 minutes editing with Stanley rather than 1h 30 mins on capcut/davinci/Pr. We want to cut down all of the tedious tasks (trimming clips, adding captions, etc) so you, as the creative, can focus on the more important things.
We thank you for being a part of the journey and I hope you continue to employ Stanley!
Can I just install a mobile app that gets access to my photo library and automatically picks the best photos? I travel a lot - I've been to more than 70 countries, and I've visited some of them 10–15 times already. After every trip, I end up with hundreds of photos. Going through them and putting together, for example, an Instagram post takes forever. I just want a simple tool that does it for me. I've talked to other travelers, and they have the same problem. That's definitely something I'd install with pleasure.
@natalia_iankovych Natalia - it's funny that you mention it because we are actually developing a mobile app right now. You said it best: "gets access to my photo library and automatically picks the best photos" is what we are building towards. Stanley, like any video editor, should be able to look through your camera roll, find the best clips, and make an engaging video from it.
We're giving our early web app users early access to the app so if you're interested make sure to make an account + try it out!
the hard part of editing to me has always been less the mechanical trimming and more the judgment call of which take is actually the funniest or most compelling when three takes say almost the same thing. does stanley make that call on its own or does it flag options and let you pick, curious how much creative control you give up for the time saved
@galdayan
hey gal, I love this question!
Stanley makes the first call so you get a finished video. But it keeps alternative takes on hand, so if the take it picked isn't landing you can swap it out instead of re-editing from scratch.
The best way i'd describe it is Stanley is a head of content with a strong opinion that allows you to keep the final say, you just skip the 40 minutes of scrubbing three near-identical takes
@therealdanielpark head of content with a strong opinion is a great way to put it, that's the framing that actually sells me on it over a plain auto-cut tool. skipping the scrubbing is the real time saved, not the trimming itself
Love the positioning — "videos dying in the camera roll" is painfully real.
Quick question: how does Stanley handle footage with mixed audio quality?
That's usually the biggest bottleneck before editing even starts.
@artem_shymko
Hey Artem, appreciate that! Right now Stanley normalizes levels across clips so quiet phone footage and louder segments sit together, and the music bed helps smooth the rest. Heavy background noise cleanup isn't there yet though, so if your source audio is rough it's worth a quick pass before upload. Totally agree it's the real bottleneck, it's an active area for us.
Love that Stanley skips the timeline entirely and just asks what you want instead. The caption styling looks clean too, not that generic auto-generated look you usually get. Genuinely useful for podcast clips.
@kemalyankosu29 yes, 100%! The goal is that users will never have to touch a timeline ever again. Any edit made should be through a prompt and having a conversation with Stanley.
Curious to see the podcast clips! Can you send me an email to daniel.park@stanwith.me?
I like the idea because editing tasks me longer than filming. How well does Stanley handle awkward pauses and repeated takes. Showing a before and after example would answer that and build more trust.
@gaspard_dupuich Gaspard, thank you for your great question!
Stanley handles awkward pauses really well. It was actually originally built to only remove pauses.
We have a few videos on our landing page that showcase videos that were editing on Stanley! Honestly, the best way to know is to see for yourself. It's completely free so check it out!
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I like this idea because I was also in the editing space for a while and it does take a lot of time to edit videos, I can see that this AI could save a lot of time for content creators. Quick question : What are the things that Stanley Studio struggles with when editing videos ?