Video search comparison
ShotMind does not replace Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, or Final Cut. It helps you find the right shot before you open the editing timeline.
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Folders are useful for keeping projects separate. The problem is that a filename usually describes the whole export, not every close-up, action, object, camera move, or mood inside it.
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Video editors are production tools. They are strongest after you already know which footage belongs on the timeline.
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ShotMind sits before the edit. It splits local videos into shot-level moments, analyzes selected shot clips, and lets you search by what is visible.
FoldersStore files and keep projects separated.
Video editorsBuild a timeline and finish the video.
ShotMindFind the shot you need before production work starts.
FoldersFile name, folder name, or manual notes.
Video editorsProject bins, timeline clips, markers, and labels.
ShotMindIndividual shots with searchable visual descriptions.
FoldersProject name, client name, date, or export name.
Video editorsClip name, marker text, or timeline location.
ShotMindHand holding product, rainy street, slow push-in, neon mood.
FoldersYou remember a visual but not the file.
Video editorsYou must open many candidate projects just to inspect footage.
ShotMindYou still need editing, color, audio, effects, or delivery.
FoldersKeep the original source files.
Video editorsUse the found shot in your normal edit.
ShotMindSearch first, then continue in your existing editor.
No. ShotMind helps you find and organize shots before production. Your editor still handles timeline work, color, audio, effects, subtitles, export, and delivery.
Bins are useful inside one project. ShotMind is useful when references are spread across old exports, product shoots, test generations, or reusable B-roll.
It is more specific than filename search. ShotMind works at the shot level and searches by visible content, not only by file names or folder names.
Use it before editing, prompting, storyboarding, pitching, or looking for reusable references. Once you find the shot, keep using your normal production tools.
No. Full source videos stay local. ShotMind only sends selected shot clips to cloud AI when you choose to analyze them, temporary copies are removed from active cloud storage after successful analysis, and analysis results plus necessary metadata are kept for search and management.