The AI Chat panel is your main tool for editing videos in Cardboard. Instead of clicking through menus, you type what you want in plain English and the AI makes it happen.
How it works
- Open the AI Chat panel on the right side of the editor
- Type an editing instruction in the text box
- Press Enter to send it
- The AI processes your request and applies changes to the timeline
- Review the result and type another command if needed
The AI sees your entire project — all clips, their order, audio, and timing. You can ask it to do anything from simple trims to complex multi-step edits.
What the AI can do
Trimming & cutting
Montage & pacing
Effects & style
Text & captions
Audio & music
Find moments
- “Trim this video to the best 30 seconds”
- “Cut out the first 10 seconds”
- “Remove all the silent parts”
- “Keep only the parts where someone is speaking”
- “Delete the section from 1:30 to 2:15”
- “Create a fast-paced montage from these clips”
- “Speed up the slow sections”
- “Make a highlight reel under 60 seconds”
- “Add jump cuts to make this feel snappier”
- “Rearrange clips to tell a better story”
- “Add a fade transition between every clip”
- “Apply a cinematic color grade”
- “Add a blur to the background”
- “Make this look like a vintage film”
- “Add a zoom-in effect on the speaker”
- “Add captions to the entire video”
- “Add a title card at the beginning”
- “Put the text ‘Subscribe!’ at the end”
- “Add lower-third titles for each speaker”
- “Style the captions with a bold white font”
- “Add upbeat background music”
- “Lower the music volume during speaking parts”
- “Remove background noise”
- “Add a sound effect when the logo appears”
- “Fade out the audio at the end”
- “Find the funniest moment in this video”
- “Find when the speaker mentions pricing”
- “Show me the most exciting 15 seconds”
- “Find all the b-roll shots”
- “Find the part where someone laughs”
Tips for better prompts
- Be specific about timing. “Trim to 30 seconds” works better than “make it shorter.”
- Mention the end goal. “Create a TikTok-style clip” gives the AI more context than “edit this.”
- Stack commands. You can ask for multiple things: “Add captions, speed up the slow parts, and add a fade transition between clips.”
- Reference what you see. “Remove the second clip” or “Trim the part where the speaker pauses” both work.
- Iterate. Start with a big edit, then refine with follow-up commands.
The AI remembers your conversation within a project. You can say things like “Actually, undo that and make it 45 seconds instead.”
How to undo AI edits
Every AI edit can be undone:
- Press Cmd/Ctrl + Z to undo the last change
- Type “Undo that” in the AI Chat
- Click the Undo button in the top toolbar
The AI always works non-destructively. Your original media files are never modified.
If you undo an AI edit and then make a new edit, the undone changes are lost. This is the same as undo/redo in any editor.
What’s next?
