AI punch-ins for talking-head footage
EditBuddy reads your transcript, finds the moments that deserve emphasis, and writes smooth zoom keyframes on V2. No more scrubbing the timeline to add keyframes by hand.
Punch-ins that mean something
Manual zoom keyframes take 30 seconds each and there are dozens per long-form video. EditBuddy does them all in one pass, in the right places.
Transcript-driven
Emphasis is detected from the words: numbers, proper nouns, exclamations, and AI-tagged "hook moments" trigger a zoom.
Subject-aware
EditBuddy reads the speaker's rough position from low-res frames and centers the zoom on them — not on the empty corner of your frame.
Safe zoom range
Default range 1.05x to 1.20x — enough to feel intentional, not so much that you crop the speaker. Configurable per project.
Skips B-roll regions
If V3 has a B-roll clip, V2 zoom is skipped under it. The zoom only ever animates your speaker, not stock footage.
Smooth ramps
Zooms ease in over ~0.6 seconds, hold, then ease out. No pop-and-jolt. Premiere Bezier handles applied to all keyframes.
Reversible
Backup sequence is created before keyframes are applied. Don't like the zooms? One-click revert.
How it works
Pipeline runs first
Auto zoom runs after silence + retake removal so keyframes match the trimmed timeline.
Emphasis detection
Transcript words are tagged for emphasis (numbers, exclamations, AI hook moments).
Subject pass
Low-res frames sample the speaker's position so the zoom center is on them.
Keyframes written
Position + Scale keyframes land on V2 with Bezier handles. Done.
Stop scrubbing for keyframes
Auto zoom ships free with the rest of the pipeline. Try EditBuddy free — one Auto Edit on a 3-min clip.
Install FreeFrequently asked questions
What is auto zoom?
Auto zoom adds slow punch-in keyframes (Ken Burns–style) at moments when your speaker emphasizes a point. EditBuddy detects emphasis from the transcript and writes the keyframes on V2.
Will it crop my speaker out of frame?
No. EditBuddy reads the rough subject position and zooms within safe bounds (typically 1.05x to 1.20x). You can override the max zoom in settings.
Does it work with B-roll?
Auto zoom skips any timeline region where B-roll is placed on V3, so the zoom stays on your speaker, not on stock footage.
Can I tweak the zoom amount or duration?
Yes. Settings in the panel control zoom intensity, ramp duration, and minimum gap between zooms.
Will the zoom affect captions on V4?
No. Captions sit on V4 above the zoom layer and aren't scaled. Only the speaker on V1+V2 gets the zoom.