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Bad Ass Edits · private toolkit

Make bad ass edits.

Hey bae, let's Edit(s) some vids.

Big words, beat-perfect cuts, Meta's Edits app on autopilot. A small Mac toolkit that turns a song and a pile of clips into a reel that lands on every beat. Love at first cut.

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  • 7 tracks
  • 17 tutorials
  • 121 min

Graphics

Huge type cards, logos and title frames from one command, perfectly on brand.

Beat-synced cuts

Measure the song: beat grid and lyric timing, so every cut lands on the hit.

Edits on autopilot

Drive Meta's Edits app on your Mac and let it cut the reel while you put your feet up.

The learning path

From first date to shipped.

  1. 1Start
  2. 2Setup
  3. 3Graphics
  4. 4Music
  5. 5Edits
  6. 6Ship
  7. 7Case study
01

Start

1 tutorial
Meet your new bae Hey bae, let's Edit(s) some vids. What you'll make, how the pieces fit, and the demo reel built by these exact tools. 3 min 4 steps Video Sign in
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Setup

3 tutorials
Install everything One script installs ffmpeg, Python packages and the demo files, then the doctor checks it all. 10 min 5 steps Video Sign in Turn on Edits automation Switch on the Automation Server in Edits' Settings, copy the access token, and connect in one command. 5 min 8 steps Video Sign in Drive Edits by chatting (Claude Code + Codex) Add Edits as an MCP server so you can ask an AI to edit, inspect and export for you. 5 min 4 steps Video Sign in
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Graphics

4 tutorials
Make your first big-word card One command, one card. Learn accent lines, colourways and the safe zone that keeps words out from under the caption. 8 min 5 steps Video Sign in Make a whole set of cards from one file Write every card of a reel in one cards.json, render them all at once, and check the set on one contact sheet. 10 min 5 steps Video Sign in Photo name cards for hosts, guests and artists Turn any photo into a full-screen name card with a label and a line, and aim the crop at the face. 8 min 4 steps Video Sign in Animate your logo into a sting Turn an animated SVG logo into a 9:16 video and sign off every reel with it. 6 min 4 steps Video Sign in
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Music

2 tutorials
Find the song's heartbeat (tempo, downbeats, count-in) song_grid.py finds the beat and every bar's "1" so cuts land exactly on the music. 8 min 5 steps Video Sign in Find when every lyric line lands Give song_grid your lyric sheet (PDF or text) and it tells you which bar each line starts on, so the big words can hit with the singer. 10 min 4 steps Video Sign in
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Edits

4 tutorials
Make the cut
Plan the cut in beats Write plan.json, the list of which card shows for how many beats. No timecodes, no dragging. 10 min 5 steps Video Sign in Build the reel in Edits (love at first cut) One command makes the Edits project, places every card on the beat, adds the song and the fade, and shows you a frame sheet. 8 min 5 steps Video Sign in Push-ins and transitions Make still cards breathe with a slow zoom, and put Edits transitions only where they hit. 6 min 4 steps Video Sign in Mix in video clips Drop moments from a promo or a phone video into the cut, trimmed and muted so the song stays on top. 6 min 4 steps Video Sign in
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Ship

2 tutorials
Looks good
Export and check Export from Edits, get an H.264 MP4 every app accepts, and prove the audio is in sync before anyone sees it. 6 min 4 steps Video Sign in Take bae public Making it official. The checklist before a reel goes public: permissions, the caption, the cover, and where it goes. 5 min 5 steps Video Sign in
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Case study

1 tutorial
Case study: the PACE speaker reel How the first Nashville PACE event reel was made, to Happy Montana's song "Free": 60 seconds, 76 beats, 42 cuts. 7 min 7 steps Video Sign in