How To: Replace Premiere and After Effects with Claude
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You don't need Premiere or After Effects. I record one long take in OBS, and Claude cuts it, levels the sound, builds the motion graphics and renders the drafts. I leave notes right on the frame in a browser page, Claude reads them, and we go again. This is the whole process, from the brain dump to
Slop-o-meter 32 SLOP-ADJACENT
Read automatically from the YouTube description. The full log lands here at the next sync.
| Direction & edit | Claude cut the talk; directed the song's video | +7.5 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animation & render code | Claude coded the cards, mini me, helmet + the song's video | +6 | |
| Lyrics & script | Claude turned my outline into a cue sheet; co-wrote the song | +3.8 | |
| Generated music & vocals | The song after the intermission is Suno | +3.8 | |
| Motion graphics & lyrics | Motion graphics, whisper subtitles, the song's lyrics | +2.5 | |
| Generated images | Gemini stills in the song's video, an old sword sticker | +2.5 | |
| Tracking, masks & depth | Hand and head tracking; depth maps in the song's video | +2.5 | |
| Research & critique | Claude fact-checked me; mini me fixes the AIVCR bit | +1.5 | |
| Audio cleanup & stems | Crossfaded cuts, mic centred, the song's radio vocal | +1.5 | |
| Audio mastering | Loudness levelled to -14 LUFS | +0.5 |
No AI: Generated video
By hand: the idea and the outline · every word of the talk · unscripted · my camera and voice · the corned beef story · every note on the review page