# Edit a take in the style of a reel you like

Recipes / Preset / Production. Checked 2026-11-13.

The edit starts from a look that already works, not from settings.

- Use when: Talking-head takes edited by an agent.
- Phrase: send the reel whose edit you like, ask for your own take to be cut in that style, review the result, then save the process for next time
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/preset/preset-edit-from-reference
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/preset/preset-edit-from-reference.json

## Watch out

- The tools are free; the taste is in the reference. Neither creator who shows the method gives a measured result beyond his own views. (practitioner; Director Chair notes on One prompt edit (Payton Kaleiwahea, Mino))
- An analysis done in one chat is lost when the chat ends. Capture the reference once: layout, caption style and timing, cut rhythm, inserts and effects, sound. (practitioner; Director Chair notes on One prompt edit (Payton Kaleiwahea, Mino))
- The cost figures, about 1.14 dollars for a whole edit, are one creator's own count on his plan. (practitioner; Director Chair notes on One prompt edit (Payton Kaleiwahea, Mino))

## Prompts

### Any chat model

```
Give me a production plan: the shots or scenes in order, what each one needs, and the edit settings, for a short video about [your product], for [your audience]. The technique is edit a take in the style of a reel you like: the edit starts from a look that already works, not from settings. How it works: send the reel whose edit you like, ask for your own take to be cut in that style, review the result, then save the process for next time. It is right for: talking-head takes edited by an agent. The tools are free; the taste is in the reference. An analysis done in one chat is lost when the chat ends. Be concrete: numbers, seconds and settings, no theory. Ask me one question first if something you need is missing.
```

## Goes well with

- Four starter edit styles: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-starter-styles
- Red board list: https://directorchair.ai/preset/edit-red-board-list
- Pace in visual changes per 10 seconds: https://directorchair.ai/script/pace-visual-changes
- Start from an outlier: https://directorchair.ai/publish/start-from-an-outlier

## Source

Own words from Director Chair notes on One prompt edit (Payton Kaleiwahea, Mino)

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.