Question 1

Is DotTrim a video editor?

Accepted Answer

No. DotTrim is a footage analysis and pre-selection tool — the step that happens before you edit. It reviews your raw clips, scores them for sharpness, stability, and exposure, marks your best takes as selects, and hands you a pre-selected timeline. You import that timeline into DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro and do your actual creative edit there. DotTrim handles the scrub phase; your NLE handles the cut.

Question 2

How do I review raw footage faster before editing?

Accepted Answer

The fastest way to get through raw footage is to let AI do the quality scoring for you. DotTrim analyzes every clip in your project for sharpness, motion stability, and exposure, marks your strongest takes as selects, and flags unusable footage — then exports a pre-selected timeline straight into DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro. The footage review phase goes from hours of scrubbing to minutes.

Question 3

Does DotTrim work with DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro?

Accepted Answer

Yes. DotTrim exports a pre-selected timeline that imports directly into DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro. Final Cut Pro support is coming. DotTrim slots in before your NLE — you do not change how you edit, you just arrive at your NLE with footage already reviewed and selects already marked.

Question 4

Is DotTrim an alternative to Adobe Prelude?

Accepted Answer

Adobe discontinued Prelude in 2021. DotTrim covers the core pre-editing workflow Prelude was built for — logging footage, flagging bad clips, and making selects — with the addition of AI-powered quality analysis that scores every clip automatically so you do not have to review everything by hand.

Question 5

What projects is DotTrim best for?

Accepted Answer

DotTrim shines on unstructured footage — weddings, events, parties, corporate shoots, travel days, and anything with lots of clips from long shoots. It helps you quickly find the usable moments so you can start cutting from your selects instead of searching.

Question 6

How much time can DotTrim save?

Accepted Answer

Many videographers save hours per project — often cutting review time by roughly 40–60% on long shoots. Results vary depending on footage quality, project length, and shooting style, but the bigger the pile of raw footage, the bigger the time saving.

Question 7

Do I need a powerful GPU?

Accepted Answer

No. DotTrim runs on CPU. A GPU can help on some machines, but it is not required for the core footage analysis workflow.

Question 8

What are the system requirements?

Accepted Answer

Minimum: 8 GB RAM and a modern multi-core CPU (around 3.0 GHz class). Recommended: 16 GB+ RAM for smoother performance on long projects with lots of raw footage.

Question 9

What video formats does DotTrim support?

Accepted Answer

DotTrim supports common video formats used by videographers and editors (e.g., MP4, MOV). If you run into a file that does not work, let us know and we will help.

Question 10

Does DotTrim upload my footage to the cloud?

Accepted Answer

By default, no — footage analysis happens locally on your machine, and your raw clips never leave your computer. Optional cloud features exist but are only used if you explicitly enable them.

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