Resolve Rough Cut

Turns a folder of raw footage into an assembled, gapless timeline. The timeline is the deliverable, not a finished video.

For editorial craft (why a cut works) see docs/guides/editorial-decision-guide.md. For the analysis layer see the resolve-media-analysis skill. This skill is the assembly recipe and the traps between them.

The deliverable contract

Deliver an assembled timeline. Do not add titles, captions, text cards, effects, transitions, music, or grading unless explicitly asked. Editors who ask for a rough cut want shot selection and pacing; styling is theirs. Adding graphics is work that gets thrown away — and see the Fusion trap below for why it also silently fails.

Render an mp4 only to preview the cut, and say that is what it is.

Workflow