Developer Ditches DaVinci and Premiere for AI-Powered Video Editing

Developer @TheAlex has abandoned DaVinci Resolve and Premiere, instead using Claude Opus or Codex to write Python scripts that drive FFMPEG for video editing, achieving remarkably fast headless editing. Matthew Berman helped popularize the workflow.

2026-10-21 ~ 2026-10-23 · 2 related posts

• Editing video headless with Opus + Python + FFMPEG beats any NLE, dev claims — _AustinCalvert_ · 2026-10-21
• Ditching DaVinci and Premiere: editing video entirely in Codex or Claude Code — MatthewBerman · 2026-10-23