Your raw footage, edited into a finished YouTube video.
Upload the recording as it came off your camera or phone. The editor cuts the mistakes and pauses, adds captions, graphics timed to what you say, music and a proper sound mix, and sends back a video ready to upload.
It costs $49 for up to 10 minutes of raw footage, then $3 per extra minute. You see the exact price before paying, pay half to start, and the rest only after you've watched the whole edit.
What do you need?
- YouTube edit (up to 10 min of footage)
- $49
- Extra footage (2 min × $3)
- $6
- Total
- $55
- To start (50%)
- $27.50
A 1947 classroom film as a modern YouTube video
The brief it was given
“Edit this 1947 film into a 60–90 s YouTube video: tight cuts, a title card, chapter titles, callouts on key lines, soft music.”
A title card that sets the tone
"Shy Guy" rises letter by letter over an amber rule, then the film eases in under the narrator's first word. No generic intro template.
A graphic that explains the idea
When the narrator compares school to a radio, the film slides aside and a paper schematic draws itself on. The missing part clicks into the circuit exactly on "fit it in".
Pull quotes on the lines that matter
"Everybody's different." gets a hand-drawn amber underline, so the point of the scene reads even with the sound off.
Callouts timed to the words
Line-drawn eye and ear icons appear in the side panels on "watching, listening", never covering the people in the frame.
Chapters that keep people watching
Chapter three opens as a notebook of field notes. Each name is written as it's spoken, and the right one gets circled on cue.
Old film, cleaned up
Four minutes of 1947 footage cut to 87 seconds, with every cut in silence. The film was deflickered, denoised and dust-busted, and the mix sits at YouTube's -14 LUFS.
Source: “Shy Guy” (1947), Prelinger Archives · Public domain
What goes into every YouTube edit.
- Tight cuts, clean audio
- Mistakes, restarts and long pauses come out. Every cut lands in silence, so no word gets clipped.
- Captions that match your words
- Captions are checked against the audio word for word. By default they run through the opening, then graphics carry the rest; ask for full captions any time.
- Graphics timed to what you say
- Titles, lower thirds and callouts appear on the line they belong to, and never cover your face.
- Music and sound under your voice
- A music bed sits under your voice, never over it, with a few sound effects on the moments that matter.
- Color and loudness done properly
- Consistent color across your shots, and a master at -14 LUFS, the loudness YouTube normalizes to.
- Your channel's look, remembered
- Save your logo, colors and caption style once. Every new edit also studies the ones you approved before.
What it costs, worked out.
Exact totals from our price list. Half is paid to start, the rest after you approve the preview.
| Order | Raw footage | Total | To start |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short talking-head video | 5 min | $49 | $24.50 |
| Typical weekly upload | 12 min | $55 | $27.50 |
| Long interview | 30 min | $109 | $54.50 |
| Full hour of footage | 60 min | $199 | $99.50 |
From raw clips to a finished edit, without a single call.
Drop your footage
Upload the raw files from your computer. Your price appears as soon as we've read how long they are.
Pay half
A 50% deposit starts the edit. You get a private order page with a live progress bar and a time estimate.
Watch the preview
The finished edit arrives with a watermark. Ask for changes up to two times and we re-cut it.
Pay the rest, download
Happy with it? Pay the other half and the clean, full-quality file unlocks instantly.
Questions
Something else? Email support@donecut.com
How much does it cost to edit a YouTube video?
$49 for up to 10 minutes of raw footage, then $3 for each extra minute. For example, 20 minutes of footage costs $79. You see the exact price as soon as your files are added, before you pay anything.
How long does an edit take?
You see a live estimate before you pay, based on the real queue. Once an edit starts, real orders so far have taken between 16 minutes and about 1.5 hours of editing, depending on how much footage there is. Your order page updates as it goes.
Who actually edits my video?
An AI editor working with professional editing tools. It cuts your footage, times the captions, builds the graphics and mixes the sound, then checks its own work against your notes before you see anything. An edit that doesn't pass those checks goes to a person first.
What if I don't like the edit?
You've only paid half at that point. Two rounds of changes are included: point at the moment, say what to change, and a new preview comes back. If we can't deliver an edit at all, your deposit is refunded.
Can it match my style every time?
Yes. Sign in and save your logo, brand colors, caption style and standing instructions once. Every edit after that also studies the edits you already approved, so new videos look like your channel.
What should I upload?
Your raw footage, plus anything that helps: music, your logo, reference images or a PDF storyboard. Only the video footage is priced; everything else is free to add. Write what you want in the notes box, in your own words.
Do I keep the rights to my video?
Yes. Your footage and the finished video are yours. We use your files only to make your edit, never to train AI, and delete the raw footage 30 days after delivery.