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Focus

A local pre-edit intelligence layer for footage-heavy workflows.

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Comparisons

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Use Cases

  • For Video Editors
  • For Assistant Editors
  • For Documentary Editors
  • For UX Research
  • For Remote Workers
  • For Private Archives
  • For Wedding Videographers
  • For Parents
  • For Fandubbers
  • Use Cases

Resources

  • Focus Stories
  • Editor Resources
  • Video Shot Log Tool
  • Video Search Benchmark
  • Selects Log Template
  • Offline Video Library Manager
  • Local Video Search
  • Find similar video shots
  • Search B-roll without tagging
  • Search AI-generated footage
  • Local video archive search
  • Podcast and interview archive search
  • NAS Video Library Manager
  • Premiere XML Export
  • FCPXML, EDL & SRT Export

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Local video search workflow

Jumper helps editors search footage. Focus helps you find the moment, build selects, and export.

Choose Focus if you want one local workflow for search, verified selects, Smart Filters, and explicit Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV exports.

Sequences + Smart FiltersLocal AI retrievalOne-time value
Buy Focus — $89 one-timeDownload free trial

Focus vs Jumper

Product preview

Verified selects v03

27 clips selected

Speech selects

SRT and markers synced

B-roll selects

Handles preserved

Premiere XML

Timeline handoff with clip timing

Ready

Resolve EDL

Clean conform and review exports

Ready

Final Cut / SRT

Metadata and subtitles included

Ready

Short answer

How is Focus different from Jumper and Jumper Pro?

Focus goes beyond search by turning local retrieval into verified selects, Smart Filter refinement, and explicit export deliverables for editing, conform, subtitles, and review.

01

Sequences + Smart Filters

Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.

02

Local AI retrieval

Find exact spoken or visual moments without cloud upload delays.

03

One-time value

Pay once for the current major version, get all updates in that major version, and avoid monthly subscription drag.

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Why switch

Why editors are switching from Jumper

Choose Focus if you want one local workflow for search, verified selects, Smart Filters, and explicit Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV exports.

Jumper

01

Search is only the first step

After retrieval, editors still need to collect verified selects and export cleanly to the tools they use.

02

One local app for retrieval and handoff

Focus keeps search, Smart Filters, Sequences, and export in one standalone workflow.

03

Clear export deliverables

Focus is explicit about Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut, SRT, and CSV outputs so search can become real edit work.

Focus

01

Sequences + Smart Filters

Move from messy footage to verified selects in minutes, not hours.

02

Local AI retrieval

Find exact spoken or visual moments without cloud upload delays.

03

One-time value

Pay once for the current major version, get all updates in that major version, and avoid monthly subscription drag.

Compare

Focus vs Jumper

See where Focus removes the drag Jumper leaves behind.

Feature
Focus
Jumper
Jumper Pro
Best fit
Editors who want retrieval, verified selects, and explicit export deliverables in one app
Solo/plugin-first workflows with local analysis
Teams that need shared analysis and distributed processing
Official one-time price (USD)
$89
$169
$599
Pricing structure
Single paid plan
No tier-choice gamble before rollout.
Standard tier
Standard and Pro split budget and capability planning.
Pro tier
Advanced workflows are gated behind Pro pricing.
People/face detection and assignment
Yes
People search is available in the core workflow.
No
Face detection is not in Standard.
Yes
People workflows are available in Pro.
Verified select building inside the app
Yes
Candidate timelines, smart filters, manual add, and reorder in one flow.
No
Public docs emphasize search and timeline insertion.
No
Public docs emphasize search and timeline insertion.
Export outputs
Premiere XML, FCPXML, Resolve EDL, SRT, CSV
Explicit outputs for edit handoff, subtitles, and review sheets.
NLE handoff focused (formats not publicized on comparison page)
Positioning is plugin/timeline integration first.
NLE handoff focused (formats not publicized on comparison page)
Positioning is plugin/timeline integration first.
Search-to-edit loop
Prepare/send Premiere XML, FCPXML, Resolve EDL payloads and re-import with clip/timecode matching
Roundtrip import tracks matches by clip marker/timecode.
Search-tab insertion modes: Add scene to timeline / Add all to timeline
Fast one-way insertion from search to timeline.
Same insertion workflow + Agentic Editing
Adds assistant-driven editing actions.
Export speed for large selects
Batch clip export and instant remux exports with cancelable background tasks
Optimized for quick deliverable files from many selected moments.
Batch timeline insertion via Add all to timeline
Optimized for insertion into NLE timelines.
Batch timeline insertion + Swarm analysis for distributed analysis
Pro adds distributed analysis, not explicit instant remux export.
Smart filters and rule-based collections
Yes
Rule-driven retrieval inside Focus for repeatable selections.
Context Picker + Search All Analyzed Media (scope by bins/files)
Search scope can be narrowed by bins/files.
Context Picker + Search All Analyzed Media (scope by bins/files)
Same scoped-search workflow.
Team collaboration model
Multiple workspaces with active workspace switching
Project isolation and fast context switching in-app.
Per-device analysis folder workflow
Standard is primarily local-per-device.
Shared Analysis folder across devices (Pro required) + Swarm analysis
Cross-device sharing and distributed analysis are Pro-only.
Speech language scope
99 (Whisper Large Turbo)
111
111

Related pages

Premiere XML Export

Generate Premiere-ready XML from local AI search results.

FCPXML, EDL & SRT Export

One local pipeline for timelines and subtitles.

Alternative to Descript

Move from cloud editing to local private retrieval.

Alternative to Opus Clip

Build clips from your private raw footage locally.

For Video Editors

A workflow page for editors handling client deadlines.

Switch cleanly

How to switch from Jumper

Move over without rebuilding your workflow from scratch.

01

Run the same ingest and retrieval pass

Use one real project, index footage, and run identical search prompts in both tools.

02

Build one verified handoff

Create a reviewable sequence, refine selects, and complete one handoff package to your NLE.

03

Score speed and friction

Compare end-to-end time from query to import-ready timeline, then review team handoff overhead.

Decision path

Switch from Jumper on your timeline

Run a quick trial if you need proof, or buy now if your team already feels the retrieval bottleneck.

Start free trialBuy $89 one-time

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Ready

Pick the workflow your editors can ship with every day.

Compare Focus, Jumper, and Jumper Pro on real projects before committing your stack.

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