Autonomous post-production
An AI editorial agent produces the whole thing — hook and cold open, professional cut, branded intro and outro, B-roll and graphics, captions, broadcast-mastered audio — plus 3 thumbnails, titles, descriptions, chapters, and show notes. Review in your browser, direct changes by chat, lock it and publish.
650 free tokens on signup — enough for one full 90-minute episode, finished and yours to keep. No card, no commitment.
01 · upload
ep42_raw.mov
1h 12m · 18.4 GB
✓ uploaded
02 · agent working
03 · finished episode
deliverables
Not a rough assembly you finish yourself — the complete publish package, every episode.
Composited on-brand thumbnails, built from your episode — three distinct directions, ready to A/B test.
Platform-ready titles and descriptions written from the actual transcript — what was said, not a generic summary.
Timestamped chapter markers and full show notes with the key moments — paste straight into YouTube or your podcast host.
Two-pass loudness normalization to −14 LUFS with cleaned joints — every cut gets a micro-fade so nothing pops or clicks.
built for
./podcasts
Multi-hour conversations in, tight episodes out. Dead air, tangents, and false starts cut; chapters and show notes written from what was actually said. Video and audio versions from the same session.
./youtube
The strongest 30 seconds pulled to the cold open, word-synced captions and on-screen graphics keeping the middle alive, and three thumbnails to test — the retention playbook, applied every upload.
./interviews
Broadcast-mastered audio, fillers and dead air removed, the best exchanges surfaced. A guest-ready cut you can send the same day the conversation happened.
./courses
Ninety-minute recordings tightened into watchable lessons — setup fumbles and silences removed, chapters per module, captions for accessibility. Record once, publish clean.
how it works
Drop your raw recording — multi-hour files are fine. We transcribe and analyze every take before a single cut is made.
The editorial agent finds your hook, cuts the dead air and tangents, adds your branded intro and outro, places B-roll and graphics, styles captions, and masters the audio to −14 LUFS.
Watch the cut in your browser with a full edit map. Give notes the way you would to an editor — each note becomes a new versioned cut in minutes, not days.
Approve the picture lock. The final render ships with your thumbnails, titles, descriptions, chapters, and show notes — everything ready to publish.
the revision loop
Tighten the intro — get to the story faster.
Done. The intro is 41s shorter and the cut now opens on the story beat. New version ready to review.
Use the clip at 41:20 as the hook instead.
Swapped the cold open to 41:20–41:52 and re-leveled the transition. Ready.
Every revision is a versioned cut — compare versions, revert anytime.
the math
What full-service post-production actually costs — and what changes when an agent does it.
| ShowDrop | Human editor | DIY tools | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnaround | Hours | 3–10 days per round | Your evenings and weekends |
| Cost per 60-min episode | ~$23 on Pro | $400–$1,500 full service | Cheap software, expensive time |
| Revision loop | Chat a note, new cut in minutes | Email threads, days per round | Re-edit it yourself |
| Deliverables | Episode + thumbnails + titles + chapters + show notes, one pass | Usually the edit only — packaging billed extra | Each deliverable is another tool |
| Consistency | Same brand kit and editorial rules, every episode | Varies with editor and workload | Varies with your energy that week |
pricing
Every plan meters the same way: tokens. Tokens buy transcription, the editorial pass, renders, revisions, and packaging — you only pay for the minutes you process.
For one show finding its rhythm.
$99/mo
1,500 tokens / month
≈ 3 sixty-minute episodes
Most popular
For serious weekly publishing in 4K.
$249/mo
4,500 tokens / month
≈ 10 sixty-minute episodes
For teams producing at volume.
$599/mo
12,000 tokens / month
≈ 28 sixty-minute episodes
Try before you subscribe: your first episode is free — new accounts start with 650 tokens, enough for a full episode (up to ~90 minutes). No card required.
A 60-minute episode ≈ 418 tokens ≈ $23 on Pro — a human editor bills $400–$1,500 for the same episode.
episode cost calculator
estimated cost
418tokens
Creator
≈ $28 / episode
3 episodes / month
Pro
≈ $23 / episode
10 episodes / month
Studio
≈ $21 / episode
28 episodes / month
Estimates use the same token math the product bills with. Revision chat turns are 10 tokens each; AI-generated B-roll clips are 15 tokens each and aren't included in this estimate.
faq
Standard video files (MP4, MOV, MKV) and audio files (WAV, MP3) — a phone recording, a Riverside export, or a multi-hour studio session. Long files are exactly what the pipeline is built for.
Hours, not days — the pipeline runs unattended from upload, and longer footage takes proportionally longer to process. The episode page updates live as each stage completes — leave the tab open or check back anytime — and revision turns come back in minutes.
Yes, fully. Your raw footage and every finished deliverable are yours. ShowDrop claims no rights to your content, and your footage is never used to train models.
Direct changes by chat, the way you'd brief an editor: “Tighten the intro.” “Use a different hook.” “Cut the tangent at 41:20.” Each note produces a new versioned cut in minutes — and you can compare versions or revert at any time. Nothing renders final until you approve the picture lock.
Yes. Footage lives in private storage scoped to your workspace, is only processed to produce your episode, and can be deleted on request. It is never shared and never used for training.
The single unit that meters processing. Transcription and the editorial pass are billed per source minute, renders per output minute, revisions per chat turn, and packaging (thumbnails, titles, chapters, show notes) is a flat 25 tokens. A 60-minute episode comes to about 418 tokens — roughly $23 on Pro.
Yes — your brand kit (colors, fonts, logo, intro/outro style) drives the branded intro and outro, lower thirds, captions, and thumbnails, so every episode looks like yours without you specifying anything twice.
Your plan grants a fresh token allowance every month, and you can buy top-up packs anytime a big episode or an extra show pushes you over — no plan change required.
Upload the raw footage. Review the cut. Lock it and publish.
Start producing