People rewind
the parts we cut.
Then they finish.
We edit long-form YouTube for creators who post every week, from Chicago and everywhere else: the cut, the sound, the captions and the first thirty seconds.
Thirteen channels post with us every week.
Every one of them grew.
Most viewers decide in thirty seconds.
This is how we spend them.
The opening of Burl & Bench’s tool chest video, shot by shot, and how many stayed for it.
Videos people finished.
Four of this season’s uploads.
Building a tool chest from one sheet of plywood
Burl & Bench
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1.8M views · 3 weeks ago
A weekly build channel that was losing people at the cut list. We moved the plan to the front and cut the build to the sound of the tools.
Hand-rolled pasta with a Sunday ragù
Pantry Hours
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1.2M views · 4 weeks ago
A home-cooking channel that talked through every step. We let the pan do the talking and moved the recipe card to the end.
Three days along the canyon rim, no resupply
Northbound Miles
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642K views · 1 month ago
Ten hours of trail a day. We cut each day to what a hiker would remember, and let the quiet parts run.
Doing my own taxes on a $70K salary in Chicago
Penny Ledger
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2.1M views · 2 months ago
Good numbers, slow openings. We rebuilt the first thirty seconds of every video around the number in the title.
Every setting, already set.
Five things we do to every video.
Footage in Monday.
Ready by Thursday.
Every video comes back with its title, description, chapters, captions, end screen and checks done, scheduled for the hour your viewers are most often on. You press nothing.
Thursday, 5:00 PM.
Then the first two days.
212K
views in the first day, 2.4 times the channel’s usual
11.4%
click-through on the thumbnail that won the test
9:48
average view duration, from 5:44 before
Pick how often you post.
We fill the calendar.
The comments mention the edit.
Usually by timestamp.
Before you send footage.
Tap a question.
How fast do edits come back?
Three days on Weekly, two on Channel and four on Starter, counted from when your footage finishes uploading. You get a review link and leave notes on the frame.
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How do I send footage?
Upload to the folder we set up for your channel, or send a link from wherever it already lives. Proxies are fine; we relink to the originals before export.
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Will the edit sound like me?
We start with three of your past videos and a call about what you like in them. Most channels say the first edit already feels like theirs. By the second, it does.
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How many rounds of notes?
Two on Weekly and Channel, one on Starter. Notes are left on the frame itself, so nobody argues about which bit you meant.
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Do you write titles and thumbnails?
On Weekly and Channel, yes. We test three thumbnails and two titles and keep whichever wins the first day. On Starter we check and resize the one you send.
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Do you post the video for us?
We schedule it on your channel at the hour your viewers are most often on, with the description, chapters, end screen and cards in place. You press nothing.
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Can we pause a month?
Yes. Tell us before the month starts and nothing is billed. Your folder, notes and style sheet stay where they are.
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Notes from the edit.
About one a fortnight.
What we learn cutting thirteen channels a week: openings, sound, packaging and the graphs we trust.
Turn on notifications
One email when a note goes up, about once a fortnight. Nothing else, and one tap to stop.
