I am actually panicking a little bit because I promised a friend I could help her edit a video for her new boutique opening here in Chicago and the deadline is this Friday morning. I thought it would be easy but I opened some editing software and honestly I just sat there staring at the screen for twenty minutes because there are so many buttons and timelines and I have no idea what I am doing. I keep hearing people talk about how AI is changing everything and making video editing super fast so I was thinking maybe there is a tool that can just do the hard parts for me?

My logic was that if I can find an AI that handles the boring stuff like color correcting or even just picking the best shots then I might actually finish this on time. I saw a couple of names pop up like Runway and Descript and something called Adobe Firefly but I dont even know if those are real editing tools or just for making weird images. Is there an AI that can literally take my raw phone footage—its like 2 hours of clips of people trying on clothes and interior shots of the shop—and just help me make it look like a real commercial?

I have a budget of maybe $50 or $100 if it actually works and saves my life but I really need something that isnt going to take me a week to learn. I tried looking at tutorials for Premiere Pro and I almost cried because it looks so complicated. Are there specific tools that pros use when they are in a rush? Or like an AI assistant that lives inside the program?

• Can it cut out the boring parts automatically?
• Does it help with making the colors look less like a cell phone video?
• Is it possible to add music that actually matches the cuts without me doing it manually?

Sorry if these are stupid questions I am just a total beginner and I really dont want to let my friend down. If I cant figure this out by tomorrow night I might have to just give up and tell her I cant do it which would suck...