Uploading media

You bring video into CleanCut from the Hub at /dashboard. There are two ways to do it: upload a file from your computer, or paste a URL and let CleanCut fetch the video for you.

1. 1Open the Hub.
2. 2Drag a video onto the upload zone, or click it to browse and pick a file.
3. 3Alternatively, paste a video URL into the field below the upload zone and submit it.
4. 4Watch the progress bar — when it reads "Ready", your video is available to every tool.

Large videos are uploaded in chunks rather than as a single request. CleanCut sends multiple chunks in parallel and tracks progress and speed as it goes, which is both faster and far more reliable for big files on shaky connections.

Because the upload is chunked, it is also resumable. If your connection drops or you close the tab partway through, returning to upload the same file lets CleanCut pick up from the chunks that already made it across instead of starting over.

An upload is not tied to a single feature. Once a video is ready in the Hub, the same media flows into whichever tool you choose — clean it in the Editor, cut short-form in the Clipper, pull quotes, or generate AI Notes — without re-uploading.

Your past uploads and the renders made from them live in the Library, where you can reopen a source video in a tool again later.

Media you bring into the Hub is held as a working file with a 4-hour time-to-live (TTL). It is meant for active processing, not long-term storage — within that window you can hand it to as many tools as you like.

If you would rather not upload by hand for every video, CleanCut can watch a Google Drive folder and process new videos automatically as they land. This is the hands-off path for teams with a steady stream of footage.