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Using the WizCut Web Editor

Upload your multicam podcast recordings, let WizCut detect speakers and generate cuts, review them in the browser, and download a rendered video.

The WizCut web editor lets you handle multicam podcast editing right in the browser. Upload your camera angles, let WizCut detect who talks when, review and adjust the generated cuts, and download a finished video — no desktop software required.

Before you start

You’ll need:

  • Two or more camera angles from the same recording session (MP4, MOV, WebM, or MKV)
  • Optionally, separate audio files (WAV, MP3, M4A, or AAC)
  • A WizCut account (sign up at wizcut.com)

Step 1: Create a new project

Go to your projects page and click New project. You’ll see a file picker where you can drag and drop or browse for your files.

Each video file becomes a camera angle. If you add audio files, they’ll be used for speaker detection alongside the video audio.

Label your files (e.g. “Camera 1”, “Camera 2”, “Audio”) so you can tell them apart later when mapping speakers.

Step 2: Upload

Click Start upload. Your files are uploaded directly to cloud storage. You’ll see a progress bar for each file. Larger files take longer — a typical two-camera podcast episode (1-2 hours) takes a few minutes on a decent connection.

Once all files are uploaded, processing starts automatically.

Step 3: Wait for processing

WizCut runs through several steps:

  1. Syncing — aligns your camera angles so they’re in sync
  2. Analyzing — detects individual speakers in the audio
  3. Cutting — generates camera switches based on who’s talking

You can close the browser and come back later. Your project saves its progress.

Step 4: Map speakers to cameras

After analysis, WizCut shows you the speakers it detected, sorted by how much they talked. For each speaker, select which camera angle they’re on.

If a speaker appears multiple times (sometimes happens with background noise), just assign them to the same camera — WizCut merges them.

Step 5: Review cuts in the editor

Once mapping is done, you’ll see the visual editor with:

  • Video preview — shows the current camera angle at the playhead position
  • Camera panels — your camera angles displayed simultaneously so you can compare
  • Minimap — an overview of all cuts across the full timeline, color-coded by camera angle
  • Timeline — a zoomable view of cut segments with draggable boundaries

Adjusting cuts

  • Drag cut boundaries to change when a camera switch happens
  • Select a boundary and use arrow keys to nudge it frame by frame
  • Switch the camera angle by clicking a camera in the panel or pressing number keys (1–9) — this splits the current cut at the playhead and assigns the new angle
  • Undo/redo with Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z

Changes save automatically. There’s no save button to worry about.

Keyboard shortcuts

  • Space — play/pause
  • Left/Right arrows — skip 5 seconds, or nudge a selected boundary
  • 1–9 — switch to camera angle N at the playhead
  • Cmd+Z / Cmd+Shift+Z — undo / redo
  • Escape — deselect boundary

Step 6: Render

When you’re happy with the cuts, click Render. WizCut composites your camera angles according to the cuts and produces a single MP4 file.

Rendering takes a few minutes depending on the length of your footage. You’ll see a progress indicator while it works.

Step 7: Download

Once rendering is complete, a download button appears. Click Download to save the MP4 to your computer, or use Preview in new tab to watch it in the browser first.

You can re-render at any time if you want to adjust cuts after watching the result.

Tips

  • Audio quality matters. Clean audio with minimal background noise gives the best speaker detection. If your room has a loud AC unit or fan, consider using a separate mic recording.
  • Keep cameras roughly synced. If you started cameras at very different times, the sync step needs a common audio signal to align them. Clap at the start of recording — it gives WizCut a clean sync point.
  • Two cameras is the sweet spot. WizCut handles two or more angles, but two cameras (host + guest) is the most common podcast setup and produces the cleanest results.

Automating with the API

If you’re producing podcasts regularly and want to skip the manual upload step, check out the WizCut API. You can upload files, trigger processing, and get a webhook when the video is ready — all programmatically.

Questions?

Email support@wizcut.com or use the live chat on this site.

Using the WizCut Web Editor – WizCut Docs