How to make a highlight reel from a long video

Select first. Cut second.

1. 1

   Transcribe the recording

   Make the spoken material searchable and timestamped.

2. 2

   Define what counts as a highlight

   A short answer, a strong story and a complete teaching moment need different selection rules.

3. 3

   Create chronological keep ranges

   Each range needs a start, end and reason it belongs.

4. 4

   Watch the boundaries

   Leave enough lead-in for the thought to make sense. Check every jump.

5. 5

   Cut a new copy

   Join approved ranges in source order and keep the original untouched.

Put Review before Cut

The Highlight reel Workflow selects candidates, stops at Review and cuts only after approval. That checkpoint is the important part of the recipe.