DreamCut

Record a screen, edit by transcript, publish a polished video link

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What is DreamCut?

DreamCut is an AI transcriber tool that records a screen, edit by transcript, publish a polished video link. A Mac app for recording screens, editing video by transcript, cleaning audio with AI, generating voiceovers and B-roll, and publishing finished edits to a private share link.

DreamCut is a Mac application that folds screen recording, video editing, AI cleanup and publishing into a single workspace. It is aimed at people who teach, demo or market through their screen: course instructors, founders shipping product walkthroughs, designers showing work, and creators cutting social clips from long takes. The pitch is the whole pipeline in one place instead of a recorder, an editor, a caption service and a voice app stitched together. Recording happens in clips rather than one long take. You can pause, resume, import b-roll, and rearrange takes on a timeline, and the app detects moments worth emphasizing and adds focus zooms automatically. Cursor movement around clicks can be animated and restyled per edit. Audio gets cleaned with generated captions, volume normalization and background noise removal, and those captions remain editable afterward: typography, stroke, shadow, active-word animation and spacing are all adjustable, so subtitle styling can be made to match a brand rather than imposed by a preset. The feature that defines the editing model is transcript cutting. A transcript sits beside the timeline, and deleting a sentence or a single word from the text removes it from the video while captions, timing and playback stay aligned. That makes filler-word cleanup and dead-air trimming far faster than scrubbing, and it suits instructional content where the spoken track is the spine of the video. Version history, a media library, per-resolution versions and copy and paste between projects keep assets reusable across edits and aspect ratios. Beyond editing, DreamCut bundles generative extras: ElevenLabs voiceovers from a pasted script with custom voice IDs, image and B-roll generation, YouTube thumbnails, and video generation through Seedance 2.0, Grok Imagine Video and Google Veo. Finished edits publish to a private share URL instead of a file transfer. It competes with general editors like Descript and screen tools like ScreenFlow, but its strongest claim is the recording-to-share loop inside one Mac app rather than breadth of NLE features.

How do you use DreamCut?

  1. 1Download and install the Mac app
    Grab the installer from the homepage and confirm your machine runs macOS Sequoia 15 or newer, since the app does not run on older versions.
  2. 2Create an account and start the trial
    Sign in to create a DreamCut account, then begin from the homepage to explore the recorder and editor with the starting credit balance.
  3. 3Record your first clips
    Use the screen recorder shortcut to capture in segments, pausing and resuming as needed, then line the takes up on the timeline and let auto zoom place focus moments.
  4. 4Clean audio and edit through the transcript
    Open the transcript panel, delete sentences or single words to cut the video, and fix captions, volume and room noise in the same pass.
  5. 5Add narration and generated assets
    Paste your script into the voice panel to produce ElevenLabs narration, or prompt the media tools for images, B-roll or a thumbnail, then drop the results onto the timeline.
  6. 6Share the finished video
    Export at the resolution you need and publish to a private URL so viewers can watch the title and playback without downloading a file.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Transcript editing removes filler words and gaps while captions and timeline stay in syncAI
  • Recording, captions, noise removal, voiceover and publishing live in one workflowAI
  • Auto zoom and mouse-follow animation save manual keyframing on tutorial footageAI
  • ElevenLabs narration with custom voice IDs is available without leaving the editorAI
  • Version history and per-resolution versions simplify reuse across aspect ratiosAI

Cons

  • Mac only and requires macOS Sequoia 15 or later, which excludes older machines and every Windows or Linux userAI
  • The Pro trial demands a payment method up front, so it is not a no-strings testAI
  • AI credits are metered and shared across voices, captions, chat and image or video generation, which makes costs hard to predictAI
  • It is not a general NLE: no mention of multicam, color grading, or plugin ecosystems for complex productionsAI

How much does DreamCut cost?

Free trial

A 3-day Pro trial grants 100 AI credits and requires a payment method; it must be cancelled before it ends to avoid billing, and accounts and billing run through Stripe.

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Pricing

Pro costs $300 per year, discounted to $240 on the yearly plan (monthly and yearly billing offered, yearly saves 20 percent). It includes unlimited projects and recordings, 4K quality at 60 FPS, and 2,500 AI credits a month at roughly 1 cent each, shared across voices, captions, chat and media generation.

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Integrations

ElevenLabs powers AI voiceovers with built-in voices, multiple languages and custom voice IDs. A DreamCut MCP server lets Codex and Claude Code agents inspect projects and propose cuts, captions, zooms and exports.

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Features

Clip-based screen recording with auto zoom and mouse follow, transcript editing, AI captions and noise removal, caption styling, chat with your video, ElevenLabs voiceovers, AI image, B-roll and thumbnail generation, Seedance 2.0, Grok Imagine Video and Google Veo clips, a media library, version history and private share links.

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Frequently asked questions about DreamCut

  • How much does DreamCut cost?
    Pro costs $300 per year, discounted to $240 on the yearly plan (monthly and yearly billing offered, yearly saves 20 percent). It includes unlimited projects and recordings, 4K quality at 60 FPS, and 2,500 AI credits a month at roughly 1 cent each, shared across voices, captions, chat and media generation.
  • Does DreamCut offer a free trial?
    A 3-day Pro trial grants 100 AI credits and requires a payment method; it must be cancelled before it ends to avoid billing, and accounts and billing run through Stripe.
  • Does DreamCut have an API?
    Yes, DreamCut offers an API.
  • How do you use DreamCut?
    The walkthrough on this page covers 6 steps: 1. Download and install the Mac app 2. Create an account and start the trial 3. Record your first clips 4. Clean audio and edit through the transcript 5. Add narration and generated assets 6. Share the finished video.
  • What platforms does DreamCut support?
    DreamCut is available on MacOS.
  • What does DreamCut integrate with?
    ElevenLabs powers AI voiceovers with built-in voices, multiple languages and custom voice IDs. A DreamCut MCP server lets Codex and Claude Code agents inspect projects and propose cuts, captions, zooms and exports.

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Added10/21/2026

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