What is ShotMind?

01

In short

ShotMind helps creators split and search every shot in their videos. It turns local videos into a searchable, shot-level visual reference library, so you can find concrete visual moments by describing them in natural language.

• Import local videos and split them into individual shots.
• Analyze selected shot slices with AI so each shot becomes searchable.
• Search by subject, scene, mood, composition, camera movement, lighting, or style cues.

02

Who it helps

ShotMind is useful when you often need to find visual references or reuse past footage before editing, prompting, pitching, or storyboarding.

• AI video creators looking for reference shots before generation.
• Ad, product, short-form, and commercial video creators.
• Editors and small studios working across animation, motion, game, UI, and screen-recording projects.
• Film, series, vertical drama, live-action footage, animation, 3D, motion, game, screen, UI, and AI-generated video workflows.

03

What it does not replace

ShotMind works alongside production tools. It is focused on finding and managing shots, not replacing every part of a video workflow.

• It is not editing software for cutting, color, audio, or final delivery.
• It is not a stock-footage marketplace or public media asset marketplace.
• It is not an enterprise DAM or MAM governance system.
• It is not a fully offline AI tool; full source videos stay local, and only shot slices you choose to analyze are sent to cloud AI as temporary copies. After successful analysis, those temporary copies are removed from active cloud storage.

04

Main capabilities

The current product focuses on shot-level organization, AI analysis, and search for material you choose to work with.

• Automatic shot splitting for imported local videos.
• AI analysis for visual content, subjects, composition, camera movement, lighting, mood, style cues, and search-ready descriptions.
• Natural-language search for exact visual moments across analyzed shots.
• Shot management and preview workflow in the desktop app.

05

Where it runs

ShotMind's main product experience is currently the macOS desktop app. The web app supports the website, account, billing, download, support, and legal pages.

• macOS desktop app is the current primary client.
• Windows version is in the future development plan; you can join the waitlist for updates.
• The website is mainly for learning about ShotMind, creating an account, viewing pricing, downloading the app, getting support, and reading legal information.

06

Pricing

ShotMind uses shot-based AI analysis pricing. Public prices are shown on the Pricing page, and purchases are handled securely through Paddle from the signed-in billing flow.

• Free account: $0, with macOS app download.
• 7-day free Pro trial: 50 shot analyses included.
• Pro monthly: $7/month, including 500 shot analyses per billing period after paid activation.
• Pro annual: $67/year, with 500 shot analyses released each internal month rather than all at once.
• Pack S: $10 for 3,000 shot analyses; Pack M: $25 for 8,000 shot analyses. Packs require active Pro to buy and use.

07

Current limits

ShotMind is designed to make video search faster, but AI analysis and search results can still be imperfect.

• Shot boundaries can vary based on video quality, editing rhythm, and visual complexity.
• AI descriptions may miss details or misread context. For important use cases, use the original video image as the source of truth.
• Only selected shot slices are sent for AI analysis; unsubmitted material is not analyzed by cloud AI.
• The current focus is the desktop workflow and the video material the user chooses to process.

08

Privacy and data

Full source videos stay in the local workflow. Only selected shot slices are temporarily sent to cloud AI services for analysis, and temporary clip copies are removed from active cloud storage after successful analysis.

• ShotMind keeps analysis results and necessary metadata for search and management.
• Account, quota, billing, support, and security data are handled by the web service.
• Payments are handled securely by Paddle.
• Privacy questions should be sent to hello@shotmind.net.

09

Official information

ShotMind is operated under the ShotMind brand by Yuan Shuai. The official website is https://shotmind.net, and support questions can be sent by email.

• Official website: https://shotmind.net
• Contact email: hello@shotmind.net
• Current page: https://shotmind.net/en/facts