ChatCut vs DaVinci Resolve

Resolve gives you every control. ChatCut gives you an AI agent that edits from one sentence.

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How ChatCut and DaVinci Resolve compare

Resolve gives you every control, and you learn it before you use it. ChatCut edits from one sentence and sends the timeline to Resolve when you want to grade.

ChatCut vs DaVinci Resolve: features compared, DaVinci Resolve checked November 5, 2026
Capability	ChatCut	DaVinci Resolve
AI generation
AI video generation	Yes	No
AI images	Yes	No
AI voiceover	Yes	Partly — Studio only
AI music generation	Yes	No
Talking avatars	Yes	No
Motion graphics from a prompt	Yes	No — Fusion, by hand
AI editing
Edit by describing it	Yes	Partly — Studio rough cuts
Remove filler words and pauses	Yes	Partly — Studio, pauses only
Auto captions	Yes	Partly — Studio only
Long video to shorts	Yes	No — Pick clips by hand
Cut a multicam podcast	Yes	Partly — Studio only
Color grading	Yes	Yes
Connections
Claude Code and Codex	Yes	No
Reusable editing skills	Yes	Partly — Templates
Send the timeline to Resolve	Yes — XML	Yes
Edit in a browser	Yes	No
Linux	No	Yes
Free plan	Yes	Yes

DaVinci Resolve details from its own pages, checked November 5, 2026: DaVinci Resolve · DaVinci Resolve Studio

Skip the learning curve

Each of these is one instruction to the agent, and the timeline can go to Resolve for grading.

Clean up a talking-head take

It keeps your best take and cuts retakes, slips and long pauses.

Try Speech Cleanup

Captions in a style that fits

Readable, animated captions styled to match your video, added in one step.

Try Add captions

Motion graphics without templates

Titles, callouts and charts built around what you say, still editable.

Try Editorial Explainer

Translate and dub

Review the script, then get a dubbed version with lip sync in another language.

Try Video Translation

Use ChatCut from your agent

Paste one prompt into Claude Code or Codex. It installs ChatCut and starts the edit.

Claude Code

Rough cut for Resolve

Read chatcut.io/desktop to install ChatCut, then cut my podcast to the best 10 minutes and export it as XML for DaVinci Resolve.

Codex

Make a short

Read chatcut.io/desktop to install ChatCut, then turn my long video into three vertical shorts with captions.

How the Agent Plugin works

Start from a skill

Ready-made recipes for edits that would take hours to build by hand.

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ChatCut vs DaVinci Resolve FAQ

Is ChatCut a DaVinci Resolve alternative?

For fast, everyday edits, yes: you describe the video and the agent makes it. For deep color grading and finishing, Resolve is stronger, and you can send a ChatCut timeline to Resolve as XML.

Can I open a ChatCut edit in DaVinci Resolve?

Yes. ChatCut exports an XML timeline that Resolve imports with your cuts in place. Captions, motion graphics and some effects may need to be rebuilt or rendered first.

Export an XML timeline

Is ChatCut free?

Yes. The Free plan includes the editor, uploads, transcription, captions and standard exports. AI generation and the built-in agent use credits, and AI video generation needs a paid plan.

See ChatCut pricing

Can I use ChatCut from Claude Code or Codex?

Yes. The ChatCut plugin runs in Claude Code and the Codex app, and ChatCut Desktop connects Claude Code, Codex and other agents through a local MCP server. Your agent edits the real timeline, which you can keep adjusting by hand.

How the plugin works

Where does ChatCut run?

ChatCut Desktop runs on macOS 13 or newer and Windows 10 or newer, and the web app runs in a desktop browser at app.chatcut.io. There is no native phone app, and Linux is not supported.