honestly im about two seconds away from throwing my monitor out the window because of how long these manual masks are taking me lately. ive been using premiere for years but the auto features are honestly a joke and just keep crashing my rig whenever i try to do anything complex. so my logic was that there has to be some actual professional grade AI out there that isnt just for making weird tiktok memes right?? im working on this mini-doc for a client in downtown chicago and the deadline is literally this friday and i still have like six hours of b-roll to sort through and color grade. i tried playing around with descript for the talking heads part but it felt kinda clunky for a high-end finish and then i looked at runway but im mostly seeing stuff that looks like a trip and not actual utility tools. i need stuff for like... real rotoscoping that doesnt take five hours per shot or something that can actually handle noise reduction without making everyone look like they are made of plastic.

my budget is maybe like 60 or 80 bucks a month if the tool actually works but im so tired of paying for subscriptions that promise the world and then just glitch out. i was thinking about switching to davinci resolve because everyone says the neural engine is the goat but i dont know if i have time to learn a whole new workflow before friday.

so far ive looked at:

• runway for the green screen stuff
• topaz labs for the upscaling
• some random premiere plugins that didnt even load right

are there plugins for premiere that actually use AI well or should i just bite the bullet and jump ship to a different platform entirely?? im looking for stuff that handles the grunt work like object removal and audio cleanup because im drowning here and the manual way just isnt sustainable anymore for the amount of work im taking on lately. like is there a specific tool that changed the game for you guys because i feel like im stuck in 2015 while everyone else is using magic...