Reuse the same layout
Your layout settings are remembered between projects, so a whole season keeps one consistent look with no extra work.
For series reactors
TV show reaction video editor
Episode reactions, season finales and binge-watch series, with the same project settings every time, so episode twelve is as quick to edit as episode one.
What people make with it
- Weekly episode reactions
- Season finale watch-alongs
- Re-watch commentary series
- Reality TV commentary
Why it fits this kind of reaction
Talk-heavy edits stay tight
Speech detection finds the moments you actually talk and cuts to your camera there, which is most of the work in a commentary-heavy edit.
✓ Files✓ Sync3 Layout4 Finalize
And then you are on a timeline
Episode reactions are a series, and a series wins on looking the same every week. The timeline is where that consistency lives.
- The same title card every episode: build it once, and the layout is remembered for the next project
- An intro and an outro that stay put, so only the middle changes
- Transitions on the cuts between scenes, at whatever length you settle on
- Colour per clip, so one badly lit episode does not force you to grade the whole reaction
Everything the editor can doNone of it costs another credit.
Recommended setup for series reactors
Start here
Video-first
Episode reactions are talk-heavy, so the editor already cuts to your camera a lot, which keeps the amount of the original on screen naturally low. Video-first looks great and is usually enough.
Try this setupThe other setups you can use for series reactions
Video-first above is just where we'd start, not a rule. Every mode and every control works on any project, and most creators mix them. Here is the main alternative, spelled out the same way, plus the levers you have, so you can pick what fits the video in front of you.
The other main setup
You-first
Worried a particular series will get claimed? You-first puts you full-screen with the original in a small window you can shrink, dim toward barely-visible, and cover with an overlay. That is the most control over how much of it ever shows, with the fewest cuts.
Try You-first instead…and three levers you can mix into either setup
One look, or two
Keep a single look the whole way, or switch to a second one the moment you talk. That highlight look is optional on every project.
Overlay only to the subtitle
Drop your own image over the video at about half opacity and stretch it down just to the subtitle line. Less original shows, and the dialogue stays readable.
Cut as much or as little
Two sliders set how eagerly it cuts to your camera, from heavy to none, and you can change or delete any single cut by hand.
The workflow
Identical for every kind of video: two recordings in, one finished reaction out.
- 1FilesYour camera and the video, each with its sound.
- 2SyncDrag until the two sounds line up.
- 3LookPick Video-first or You-first and place your camera.
- 4GenerateOne generation, one finished video, at your source resolution.
- 5Cuts & saveAutomatic talking cuts, joined without re-encoding.
Finish here, or take it into another editor
Generating gives you the finished final.mp4, and, if you want to keep going, the three full-length files it was built from (the whole series in each look) plus a timeline (EDL, FCPXML, OTIO or CSV) for DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or Final Cut. Cut it your own way, or import the timeline to rebuild this exact edit. Nothing to re-render.
most people stop herefinal.mp4Your finished reaction, auto-cut and joined into one file, ready to upload.
…and if you want to take it further, these are yours too:
watching.mp4the whole project, while you watch
any editortalking.mp4the whole project, while you talk
any editorfullscreen.mp4the whole project as just you (intro / outro)
any editortimeline · edl / fcpxml / otio / csvyour exact cut list, ready to import into DaVinci Resolve, Premiere or Final Cut
rebuild the editIf you get a copyright claim
Because you talk through most of an episode, Video-first already cuts to you often, so less of the show is shown than it feels like. Keep the commentary flowing and you are usually fine. If a particular show gets claimed anyway, either raise the cut sensitivity for more frequent cuts, or move to You-first and dim the window during long silent stretches.
Remember the overlay lever too: you can lay your own image over the film at about half opacity, reaching down only to the subtitle line. It is a strong, simple way to show less of the original on series footage while keeping the dialogue readable.
These are ways to lower the odds, not a guarantee. ReactionCut supplies no footage and never uploads yours. Reaction videos rely on fair use or fair dealing, judged case by case, and Content ID can flag a video regardless. You publish at your own risk, and this is not legal advice. More in the guide →
Pricing
Free
$0.00
forever
- Every editing feature, no limits
- Source resolution, up to 4K
- Unlimited exports, with a watermark
- No account needed
Starter
$5.00
$1.67 per finished video
- 3 finished videos
- No watermark, at full resolution
- Credits never expire
- Three finished videos, enough to see if this is for you.
best value
Creator
$12.00
$1.20 per finished video
- 10 finished videos
- No watermark, at full resolution
- Credits never expire
- Ten videos, a couple of months of weekly uploads.
Studio
$25.00
$0.83 per finished video
- 30 finished videos
- No watermark, at full resolution
- Credits never expire
- Thirty videos, for a serious upload schedule.
1 credit = 1 finished video. You spend it by pressing Generate in the editor, and only if that generation actually finishes. A cancelled or failed one costs nothing, and re-cutting or saving that same video again is free. Everything else (editing, syncing, previewing, and exporting with a watermark) never costs a credit. No subscription.
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