How to make a second version from the footage the first one left out
Ask Vizard Agent for a second version of the video you approved, using the footage it did not use, and say what must stay the same. It transcribes both the finished edit and your original recordings, finds the passages that never made it in, builds a new opening from them, and leaves the approved middle and ending untouched.
What do you type into Vizard Agent?
Refer to the first video and say which part changes. A second version is most useful when it differs in one place, so you can post both or test them against each other, and naming the parts that must not move is what stops a fresh edit from changing everything.
I like the video you made for the fundraiser. There's a section you didn't use, of me talking outside. Make a second version with a new introduction from that footage. Keep the call to action and the financial need at the end the same.
What does Vizard Agent actually do?
It works out what "unused" means by comparison rather than by memory. The finished video and the source recordings are both transcribed, and the passages that appear in the source but not in the edit are the candidates. In the session behind this article it:
- Found the earlier fundraising edit and its source clips in the project's history.
- Transcribed the finished video and the original recordings, then watched both outdoor takes.
- Picked out the unused passages and cut the new introduction from them, frame by frame.
- Matched the captions and title to the style of the first version.
- Checked the picture where the new opening joins the existing edit against the matching source frame.
- Kept the hall walkthrough and the closing appeal, with its figures, exactly as before.
When does this not work well?
When the first version already used the best material. A second version built from leftovers can be weaker, and Vizard Agent will say so rather than pad it. It also needs the original recordings: if only the finished video survives, there is nothing unused to find.
Common questions
Can I get a different opening without re-editing everything? Yes. Vizard Agent changes the opening and keeps the rest as approved.
How does it know what was not used? Vizard Agent compares transcripts of the edit and the source.
Will the two versions match in style? Yes. Vizard Agent copies the captions and title of the first.