How to cut a clip for a paid campaign from its official asset folder

Last updated 2026-09-22 · 8 min read

What is the short version?

A clipper campaign hands you a folder of approved material and a document of rules, and it pays per clip that gets posted and performs. The rules are the job; everything else is ordinary editing, which is why Vizard Agent reads the document before it touches a single frame of the footage.

1. Give Vizard Agent the brief and the asset folder link.
2. Say which platform the clip is for.
3. Ask for the required disclosure to be part of the cut.

What do you need before you start?

The campaign's own links, both of them. Vizard Agent works from the official share rather than from a copy you found somewhere else, and that distinction matters more than it sounds: campaigns check the provenance of what you post at least as closely as they check the quality of the edit itself.

• The brief. Whatever document sets the rules.
• The asset folder. The official share link.
• The platform. Vertical, and which safe areas apply.
• The disclosure required. #AD, a spoken line, a caption.
• The length range. Campaigns usually set one.

What do you type into Vizard Agent?

Hand over the links and let Vizard Agent read them itself. There is nothing to be gained from summarising a brief for it, because the rules that catch clippers out are never the headline ones — they are small clauses about which language version of a file is allowed, or which audio you must select at upload.

Prompt

Variants worth knowing:

• "Read the rules first." Before any editing decision.
• "Clear of the platform interface." Where captions actually die.
• "Anything I need to do at posting time." Rules the edit cannot satisfy.

What does Vizard Agent actually do?

Here is the Vizard Agent sequence on a first clip for a campaign whose assets live in a shared media library rather than in a download link. Reaching the approved files takes about as long as the edit does, and getting that part wrong disqualifies the clip no matter how good the cut is.

1. Checks what the platform is and how its clipper programmes work.
2. Reads the campaign document for the conditions and the required content.
3. Falls back to a plain-text version of the document when the editor page will not load.
4. Opens the official asset share and works out how its file list is exposed.
5. Authenticates against the public share to list the files without an account.
6. Pulls the preview copy of a chosen file and extracts frames to confirm what the scene is.
7. Lists the whole folder, including the language sub-folders, to find the untranslated vertical version.
8. Transcribes the dialogue with word timings to set exact in and out points.
9. Generates captions positioned clear of the face and the platform interface.
10. Exports a vertical version with a clear #AD disclosure.
11. Builds the fast version with motion, blur, zoom and a slow-motion beat, then fixes the pixel aspect and rebuilds the filter chain when the join fails.
12. Reviews the final frames and the waveform before delivery.

Step seven is the step that decides whether the clip is eligible. Campaign folders carry several versions of each asset — subtitled, dubbed, horizontal — and only some are approved for posting. Vizard Agent goes through the sub-folders rather than taking the first file that plays.

Step nine is where clippers lose views. Every platform lays its own interface over the bottom third, and captions positioned in an editor sit neatly underneath a comment button.

Step ten is not a style choice. A paid clip without its disclosure is a problem for you and for the brand, so Vizard Agent builds it into the cut rather than leaving it to the caption box you write at 2am.

What does the result look like?

A vertical clip cut from an approved file, the length the campaign asked for, captions readable and clear of the interface, and the disclosure on screen. Alongside it, a note of the rules that cannot be satisfied in the edit — the official audio to select at upload, the credit line to paste per platform.

When does this not work well?

Some campaigns cannot be served this way. If the assets are behind a sign-in, if the brief forbids re-editing the supplied cut, or if the rules require posting from a verified account you do not have, the edit is not the blocker.

• Assets behind a login. Export them yourself first.
• Briefs that forbid re-cutting. Post as supplied, or not at all.
• Rules about the account. Nothing in the edit fixes those.
• Material you found elsewhere. Not the same as the official file.
• Campaigns with no written rules. Ask before you spend the effort.

How do you fix a result that came back wrong?

Quote the rule you are failing, in the campaign's own words. Feedback from a campaign is usually a rule number rather than an opinion, and Vizard Agent can change a cut against a stated rule far more precisely than it can against a note that says the clip needs to be punchier.

• "They want under 30 seconds." The cut is retimed to the limit.
• "Captions are under the interface." The safe area is measured and they move up.
• "Wrong source file." An approved version is pulled from the folder.
• "The disclosure has to be spoken." It is added to the audio as well as the screen.

How does Vizard Agent compare to doing it yourself?

By hand the temptation is to skip the brief and cut the clip that looks good, because the folder has a hundred files and the document is six pages. Rejections then arrive one rule at a time, a week apart, after the clip has already been posted.

Common questions

Can it read a brief in another language? Yes. Vizard Agent reads the document and works to it whatever language it is in.

What if the folder needs a login? Then export the files yourself and upload them — Vizard Agent cannot sign in as you.

Does it handle several clips at once? Yes. Once the rules are established, Vizard Agent repeats the treatment.

Can it pick which moment to clip? Yes, from the transcript and the frames, though your own judgement is worth adding.

Where should the disclosure go? On screen, early, and in the caption too. Vizard Agent places the on-screen one.

Can it match a reference clip's style? Yes. Give Vizard Agent the reference and it matches the pacing and the treatment.

What about the official audio requirement? That is a posting step. Vizard Agent flags it rather than pretending to solve it.

Will captions fit the platform I name? Yes. Each one has different safe areas and Vizard Agent uses the right ones.

Can it add a hook at the front? Yes, if the rules allow added material — Vizard Agent checks that first.

How long should a campaign clip be? Whatever the brief says. If it says nothing, shorter tends to travel further.

Can it tell me which rules I might fail? Yes. Ask Vizard Agent for the rules it could not satisfy in the edit.

Is a preview copy good enough to post? Usually not. Vizard Agent uses it to choose, then works from the full file.

Does it keep the original audio? Yes, unless the campaign requires the platform's own audio track instead.

Can it produce a horizontal version too? Yes, from the same in and out points, if the campaign accepts one.