Guide

How to edit a wedding video with an AI video editor, step by step

By WeddingEditor

Editing a wedding with an AI video editor moves your work from the timeline to the brief and the review. Gather the whole day's footage, tell the editor who and what matters, let it make the first edit, then watch it once with fresh eyes and ask for the changes only you would know to ask for. For the manual version of the same job, see how to edit a wedding video.

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Key takeaways

Give the AI the whole wedding, not a selection: it cannot use a moment it never received.
Your brief carries what the footage cannot show, such as who the grandmother is or which speech matters most.
Choose the deliverable first: a Highlight Reel tells the wedding, a Social Teaser makes the viewer feel it.
Review the first edit as a client would, then ask for specific changes.
Keep your own editor for finishing touches if you want them; it is no longer where the edit starts.

1. Choose the film before you upload

Decide what the couple will receive. A Highlight Reel of about five minutes has room for the ceremony, speeches, family and reception. A Social Teaser of about one minute is faster and more compressed. In WeddingEditor, each wedding project has one deliverable, chosen when you create it.

2. Upload the whole day

Copy every card from every camera, including the second shooter, the static ceremony camera and any drone or phone clips, and upload them as they are. There is no need to rename files, sort by camera or pick selects. Let every file finish uploading before you pay; the edit should work from the complete wedding, not the first files that arrived.

3. Brief the edit like you would brief a second editor

Pick a style (emotional and cinematic, fun and energetic, romantic and elegant, or natural and documentary) and an audio balance (more speeches and voices, balanced, or mostly music-led). Then name the people who must appear and the moments that must be in the film, and list anything to leave out: "Include my grandmother." "Use the father of the bride's toast." "Leave out the clip where we test the camera."

4. Start processing and step away

Pay with One Wedding or use a plan credit and start processing. Processing typically takes 24 to 72 hours. That is time you can spend shooting, answering clients or catching up on another wedding.

5. Review the first edit once, properly

Watch the edit in your project from start to finish without stopping, then again with notes. Ask: are the right people there? Do the vows and speeches land? Is any section too long? A revision request does not mean the first edit was wrong; often you simply know something about the couple that the footage does not show.

6. Ask for specific changes, then deliver

Every full edit includes up to two revision rounds. Requests work best when they are concrete: "More of the vows." "Less of the dance floor." "Remove the clip at the cake table." When you are happy, download the 1080p MP4 and deliver it to your couple, or add your own titles in your editor first.

Where WeddingEditor fits

WeddingEditor is built for exactly this workflow: you upload the wedding, brief it, and its AI editing makes the film. You keep the client, the shoot and the final say.

Frequently asked questions

Do I have to answer the preference questions?

No. They are optional, but answers help the first edit match what you and the couple care about.

Can I use the AI edit as a starting point in my own editor?

Yes. The MP4 can be imported into Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve or Final Cut Pro for your own finishing.

What if an important moment was badly recorded?

The edit works with what was captured. If the audio of a moment is poor, the film may lean on another recording, reactions or music around it.

Try the workflow on your next wedding

Upload the footage, brief the edit and review the first cut in your project.