A little guidance.
A better first cut.

Learn the editor with your own footage. Practical steps, familiar controls, and room to make the edit yours.

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From setup to your first assisted edit.

Prepare local analysis, choose an assistant path, and make a small edit you can review.
Illustration of the AVE editor with its assistant, wet-track video preview, Inspector, and multi-track timeline.

For AVE 1.2.10 · 10 min

How to get started with AVE on Mac.

Install AVE, import footage or create motion graphics, edit a transcript, try Ask and Plan, and export locally. A practical guide to the Mac editor.

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For AVE 1.2.2 · 6 min

How to set up AVE’s on-device analysis.

Prepare Visual Understanding and Transcription so AVE can search scenes, understand speech, and use your footage as edit context on your Mac.

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For AVE 1.2.2 · 7 min

How to import and analyze footage in AVE.

Add video, audio, or images to an AVE project, run the right local analysis, and confirm that the footage is ready for search and assisted editing.

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For AVE 1.2.2 · 7 min

How to use an installed CLI assistant with AVE.

Choose Codex CLI, Claude CLI, or Qwen CLI as AVE’s assistant, confirm the local installation, and send a first request from the AVE composer.

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UI illustration of AVE Connections settings with Codex connected, Claude Code available, and nine AVE access scopes.

For AVE 1.2.11 · 8 min

How to connect AVE MCP to Codex or Claude Code.

Connect Codex CLI or Claude Code to AVE’s authenticated local MCP bridge, choose planning and approval settings, and review all ten access scopes.

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UI illustration of a coastal edit in AVE with a CLI assistant selected, a reviewable edit plan, footage in Assets, and an editable timeline.

For AVE 1.2.9 · 8 min

How to make your first AVE edit from a CLI assistant.

Start with analyzed footage, ask for a small reviewable cut from AVE or a connected client, inspect the proposed work, and refine the real timeline.

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Editing workflows

Use AVE for a specific job.

Motion graphics, batch selects, transcript editing, project files, and an editable Final Cut Pro handoff.
UI illustration of AVE’s recording setup with display selection, mesh backgrounds, frame controls, microphone, camera, aspect ratio, frame rate, and countdown.

For AVE 1.2.10 · 7 min

How to record and edit your screen in AVE.

Record a screen, window, or area with camera and audio, choose a background and frame, then refine zooms, cursor, privacy masks, and audio on the timeline.

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AVE showing the Create with AI motion composer, a documentary lower-third preview, and the generated graphic on the editable timeline.

For AVE 1.2.6 · 7 min

How to create motion graphics with AI in AVE.

Turn a brief into an animated video, title, or overlay. Review the preview, customize it, choose a track, and export locally on your Mac.

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UI illustration of the AVE Batch Selects review with three source recordings, suggested removals and splits, and controls for creating a new sequence.

For AVE 1.2.2 · 9 min

How to create a selects sequence from multiple recordings.

Use AVE Batch Selects to review quality issues, shot boundaries, movement, and quiet sections across multiple recordings before creating a new sequence.

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AVE 1.2.0 on Mac with a documentary interview, editable timeline, and the Transcript panel open beside the viewer.

For AVE 1.2.0 · 8 min

How to edit video by editing the transcript on Mac.

Transcribe a spoken recording locally, select the words you want to keep or remove, review speech cleanup, add captions, and export from AVE.

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UI illustration of the AVE Export window configured to create an editable Final Cut Pro FCPXML timeline with captions and source media.

For AVE 1.2.2 · 9 min

How to export an AVE timeline to Final Cut Pro.

Export an editable FCPXML timeline from AVE to Final Cut Pro with supported clips, gaps, audio levels, captions, still images, and source media.

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UI illustration of AVE Home showing Projects, Assets, and Exports, with project cards and Open, Reveal, and Trash actions.

For AVE 1.2.9 · 5 min

How to manage projects, assets, and exports in AVE.

Move project files to macOS Trash, remove assets without deleting files, reuse footage safely, and understand recovery and existing-project discovery.

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Troubleshooting

Find the failing layer.

Separate analysis, installed CLI, and MCP issues, then fix the exact status AVE reports.
UI illustration of AVE About settings with Guides, Send Feedback, and the Create support report action.

For AVE 1.2.9 · 9 min

How to troubleshoot AVE analysis and assistant connections.

Diagnose analysis that will not start, footage that is still processing, a CLI that AVE cannot find, or an MCP client that is waiting for AVE.

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Looking for something specific?

Connect an external assistant

Set up Codex or Claude Code, then review planning, approval, and access scopes.

Activate AVE Pro

Find your license key and activate it in Settings.

Understand the workflow

How footage, agents, review, and the timeline fit together.