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Download and install
Download Ponder for Mac or Windows from ponder.ai/download.
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Set up
Ponder asks what you edit and which editing app you use, and lets you pick a keyboard preset.It also asks what you’d like to edit first. In the desktop app, Ponder suggests your most recent footage, so you can start with that, browse the rest, or drop in your own.
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Create a project and import
If you chose footage during setup, your first project starts with it. Otherwise, click Import media in the Media Pool, or press ⌘I. If you have a script, brief or reference video, bring it in at the same time.
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Tell Ponder what you want
Say how long the video should be, where it’s going, how it should feel, and what to keep or cut. You can type it or talk it through with the mic.
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Answer Ponder's questions
Ponder might ask you a few things before it starts. Your answers shape the edit, so give them the same detail you gave in your first message.
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Check the work as it goes
Take a look at the folders, sync groups and stringouts as they appear. On your first project it’s worth going one step at a time so you can check each one.
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Watch the cut and give notes
Leave comments on the moments you want changed and send them to Ponder. See Comments.
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Render, share or send
Render a video file, share a link for feedback, or click Export to send it to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro or CapCut. See Ways to export.
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Look it over in your editing app
If you sent it to an editing app, have a look at the timeline there before you start cutting.