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Categories/Video & Audio Editing/Shade
Shade

Shade

Founded by Brandon Fan in 2022

Mount cloud media storage locally to edit files without syncing or downloading

Pricing model

Free Trial

Rating

★ Mixed Reviews

Time to value

Moderate Setup (1-3 hours)

You can use Shade to store, organize, and edit large video and media files directly from the cloud. It mounts cloud storage to your Mac or Windows computer like an external drive, letting video editors drag raw footage straight into editing programs without downloading first. Shade also indexes your video assets with natural language search, facial recognition, and automated transcriptions. Creative teams can review clips, add time-stamped comments, set custom metadata fields, and share media securely with clients.

What Shade does

Mount cloud media drives to desktop file systemsSearch footage using full sentences and descriptionsLeave time-stamped review notes on video clipsGenerate automated transcriptions for audio and video filesGroup media clips by detected facesDrag cloud assets directly into video editing timelinesExport transcripts and video metadata reportsMounts cloud storage directly as a local disk drive on macOS and WindowsStream raw media formats like R3D, MXF, and BRAW directly into video editorsNatural language semantic search for audio and video assetsAutomatic facial recognition and grouping across video clipsTime-stamped comments and emoji reactions for client review and approvalAutomated transcription and preview generation for raw video formatsCustomizable spreadsheet views for automated and manual file metadata

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free trial

PlanList price
Growth (per seat)$35 / mo
Growth (per seat) (annual billing)$29.75 / mo, billed annually
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Tutorials & Demos

Frequently asked

Adobe Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, CloudsLinker, S3-compatible storage, Local NAS/SAN, REST API, Adobe Premiere Pro (Native panel), Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, Amazon S3 (Storage backend), SMB/NFS (Local NAS support), Slack (Notifications), Unverified (API-based custom hooks), Amazon S3, Slack, SMB/NFS Storage

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