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Notes from the edit.

How Sharpy understands footage and edits it on your Mac: explainers, guides and comparisons, from the person building it.

Seen over a person's shoulder at night, a finished video of a woman talking to camera plays on a MacBook Pro, beside the camera that recorded it.

Explainers

What is an agentic video editor?

An agentic video editor edits your footage by itself, end to end, and gives the reason for every cut. How it works, and how it differs from AI tools.

6 October 2026 · 5 min read

  1. Two people at a podcast table at night, one laughing with her head tilted back, both at broadcast microphones.

    How Sharpy works

    How Sharpy decides where to cut

    Most tools cut on noise, removing any silence past a threshold. Sharpy cuts on meaning and writes down the reason for every cut. This is how it decides.

    6 October 2026 · 6 min read

  8. A creator's desk at blue hour by a window over a city, with a monitor showing a video timeline, a small silver computer, a MacBook Pro, a camera and an external drive.

    Comparisons

    The best AI video editors for Mac in 2026

    The best AI video editors for Mac, by the job you need done: the whole edit, hands-on editing, transcripts, screen recordings, shorts and YouTube rough cuts.

    6 October 2026 · 6 min read

  9. A 1980s videotape editing suite at night: an edit controller with a large jog wheel, two CRT monitors glowing above it and tape machines stacked in a rack beside them.

    Explainers

    What is an edit decision list (EDL)?

    An edit decision list records every edit in a video: where each piece comes from and where it lands. What it holds, how to read one, and why reasons matter.

    6 October 2026 · 5 min read

  10. A woman films a talking-head video in a small home studio, lit by a large softbox, with warm lamps, books and plants behind her.

    Guides

    How to edit a talking-head video for YouTube

    A step-by-step guide to editing a talking-head YouTube video: picking takes, cutting stumbles and dead air, pacing, B-roll, captions, music and export.

    6 October 2026 · 5 min read

  11. A phone in a stand shows a vertical video of a man speaking, beside a MacBook Pro showing the same man in a wide frame above an editing timeline.

    Guides

    How to turn a long video into shorts

    Turn a long video into vertical shorts that hold attention: finding the moments, reframing to 9:16, a hook in the first seconds, and captions clear of the buttons.

    6 October 2026 · 4 min read