How to give revision notes that can be acted on exactly
Write revision notes as a numbered list of specific changes with times attached. Vizard Agent works through them one at a time and checks each against the actual frames, so "three seconds shorter" and "use the sound from 9:54" are both actionable, while "it feels long" produces another guess.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Write the notes the way an editor would want to receive them: lengths as numbers, positions as directions, and sources as timecodes. Where a change has a purpose, say the purpose, because it lets Vizard Agent solve the problem rather than follow the instruction literally. Keep to one change per line.
Prompt
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
Vizard Agent treats the list as a checklist rather than a mood. Each note becomes its own check against the footage and then its own change to the cut. The video was a fishing film going through a detailed revision round from its owner. In the session behind this article it:
- Confirmed the tackle explanation, the whole-fish shot and the closing shot in the actual footage.
- Checked the fight section to be used after shortening, including the brightness and continuity of the new join, since cutting three seconds joins two moments that were never adjacent.
- Applied the duration changes, the whole-fish framing and the new closing shot, then reviewed the revision's composition, length and audio.
- Uploaded the revision for viewing and ran a quality check on motion, subtitles and the ending.
- Applied the netting trim, the vertical reframe and the extended ending together in one pass, rather than a render per note.
- Tried a vertical crop with the fish framed to the right, then looked for a wider vertical ending that still contained the spoken line.
When does this not work well?
Some notes cannot be applied as written. A shot that does not exist in the rushes, a duration change that breaks a beat-matched cut, or two notes that quietly contradict each other all need a conversation with Vizard Agent rather than an edit. One vague note mixed in can undo the rest, and past a dozen notes, expect two rounds.
Common questions
Can I refer to the source rather than the cut? Yes, and Vizard Agent prefers it, because source timecodes never shift.
What if I do not know the time? Describe the moment. Vizard Agent finds it from the transcript or the frames.
What if two notes conflict? Vizard Agent flags the conflict rather than picking one silently.