Bad Ass Edits ยท private toolkit
Make bad ass edits.
bae, short for babe. Edits you'll fall for: big words, beat-perfect cuts, Edits on autopilot.
A small Mac toolkit that turns a song and a pile of clips into a reel that lands on every beat. Love at first cut.
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- 7 tracks
- 17 tutorials
- 121 min
Graphics
Huge type cards, logos and title frames from one command, perfectly on brand.
Beat-synced cuts
Measure the song: beat grid and lyric timing, so every cut lands on the hit.
Edits on autopilot
Drive Meta's Edits app on your Mac and let it cut the reel while you put your feet up.
The learning path
From first date to shipped.
01
Start
1 tutorial
02
Setup
3 tutorials
Install everything
One script installs ffmpeg, Python packages and the demo files, then the doctor checks it all.
Turn on Edits automation
Switch on the Automation Server in Edits' Settings, copy the access token, and connect in one command.
Drive Edits by chatting (Claude Code + Codex)
Add Edits as an MCP server so you can ask an AI to edit, inspect and export for you.
03
Graphics
4 tutorials
Make your first big-word card
One command, one card. Learn accent lines, colourways and the safe zone that keeps words out from under the caption.
Make a whole set of cards from one file
Write every card of a reel in one cards.json, render them all at once, and check the set on one contact sheet.
Photo name cards for hosts, guests and artists
Turn any photo into a full-screen name card with a label and a line, and aim the crop at the face.
Animate your logo into a sting
Turn an animated SVG logo into a 9:16 video and sign off every reel with it.
04
Music
2 tutorials
Find the song's heartbeat (tempo, downbeats, count-in)
song_grid.py finds the beat and every bar's "1" so cuts land exactly on the music.
Find when every lyric line lands
Give song_grid your lyric sheet (PDF or text) and it tells you which bar each line starts on, so the big words can hit with the singer.
05
Make the cut
Edits
4 tutorials
Plan the cut in beats
Write plan.json, the list of which card shows for how many beats. No timecodes, no dragging.
Build the reel in Edits (love at first cut)
One command makes the Edits project, places every card on the beat, adds the song and the fade, and shows you a frame sheet.
Push-ins and transitions
Make still cards breathe with a slow zoom, and put Edits transitions only where they hit.
Mix in video clips
Drop moments from a promo or a phone video into the cut, trimmed and muted so the song stays on top.
06
Looks good
Ship
2 tutorials
07
Case study
1 tutorial