the CrazyCut setup guide, one step at a time

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Let's set upCrazyCut

Three steps: set it up once, clean up your raw video, then let's edit it into a crazy-good reel.

1

Setup

once per computer, about 20 to 40 minutes

Pick your computer:

  1. Get the Claude app from claude.ai/download and sign in.
  2. Put the CrazyCut folder in your Documents folder.
  3. In Claude, open the Code tab, start a new chat, choose the CrazyCut folder and type:
    Set up CrazyCut
  4. If a Terminal window opens, type your Mac password and press Return. Nothing shows while you type. When it says Done, type done in Claude.
  5. Say yes to each install. Claude tells you what it is and how big it is first.
  6. Start a new chat in the same folder and type:
    Check my setup
  7. Every line says OK and it ends with Ready? You're set.
2

Cleanup

from raw video to clean video

  1. Put your raw video in the inbox folder inside CrazyCut.
  2. In Claude, type this with your file's name:
    Clean up my video: inbox/My video.mov
  3. Claude cuts retakes, stumbles and loose "um"s, then opens a review page.
  4. Yellow words are yours to decide. Struck words are cut. Click a word to listen, drag to cut or keep.
  5. Click Make clean video when it sounds right.
  6. Or just ask in the chat: "cut the bit about my dog", "make it snappier".

Your video stays on your computer. Only the transcript text goes to Claude.

3

Let's Edit

from clean video to crazy-good reel

  1. Pick a style and tell Claude:
    Edit this in Whiteboard style
    House Editorial Pop Kinetic Collage Motion Design Teaching Cards Whiteboard
  2. Claude shows a plan first. Reply OK or say what to change.
  3. Drop your logo in my/brand and your music in my/music if you have them.
  4. Watch the preview, then send notes with a time: "At 0:13 the heart is too small".
  5. Happy with it? Type:
    Render it

The first edit downloads a cutout tool (about 400 MB) and takes a few extra minutes. Claude asks first.

Stuck somewhere?

Type "Check my setup" in a chat in the CrazyCut folder. Claude tells you exactly what's missing and how to fix it. If a command fails, it shows you the plain message and one thing to try.