An editor with the best part of two decades in Premiere handed his timeline to an AI yesterday and never touched it. Seventy-five minutes of raw footage came back as twenty-two, ninety-six edits, ten cutaways it chose on its own, a lower third, a grade, a loudness check, a finished 4K file. To his credit he also says it's slower than every demo you've seen, and shows you exactly where.
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CREATOR MAGIC, “I Let GPT-6 Astra Edit In DaVinci Resolve 21.1” YOU'RE NOT AS SAFE AS YOU THINK STAY FOR THE LAST COMMENT
SLOWER THAN EVERY DEMO YOU'VE SEEN BLACKMAGIC DESIGN (“What's New in DaVinci Resolve 21.1” MIKE) CREATOR MAGIC, HANDS OFF
CREATOR MAGIC (“I Let GPT-6 Astra Edit In DaVinci Resolve 21.1” CREATOR MAGIC) “I Let GPT-6 Astra Edit In DaVinci Resolve 21.1” SOMEBODY WHO ACTUALLY TRIED IT
NOT CLOSE TO TAKING ANYONE'S JOB QUIETLY, FURTHER DOWN THE THREAD HE WATCHED A VIDEO
DO THEY NEED YOU IN THE ROOM AT ALL I'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION IT FELL OVER FOR HIM
HE NEVER OPENED IT LIKE THIS IF WORTH DOING
Source: Creator Magic, "I Let GPT-6 Astra Edit In DaVinci Resolve 21.1," 2026-09-08; Blackmagic Design, "What's New in DaVinci Resolve 21.1," 2026-09-08.