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How to use Plumely

Plumely turns raw clips into feed-ready reels in six steps — all in your browser, nothing uploaded. Here's what each step does and how to use it.

01Add your media02Frame it for every platform03Caption & translate04Clean up the audio05Add text & graphics06Export & publish
Step 01

Add your media

Everything starts with a clip. Plumely opens your video directly in the browser — there is no upload and no account, so a file is ready to edit the moment you drop it in. Import MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM or AVI; add as many clips as you like and reorder them later.

  1. 1Drag a video file onto the editor window, or click the drop zone to browse.
  2. 2Wait a moment while the clip is decoded locally — the preview appears on the left.
  3. 3Add another clip with “+ Add another clip” to build a multi-part reel.
  4. 4Reorder or remove clips from the clip list; the preview and timeline update live.

Local import

MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM and AVI open instantly — decoded on your device, never uploaded.

Multi-clip projects

Stack several clips into one reel and reorder them; the timeline reflects the order.

Autosave & recovery

Your project is saved to this device as you work, so a refresh won’t lose it.

Where do my files go?

Nowhere — they’re opened in your browser’s memory and storage on this device. There is no upload endpoint.

What file types can I import?

MP4, MOV, MKV, WebM and AVI. Export is a clean 1080×1920 MP4 (WebM fallback).

Step 02

Frame it for every platform

One edit, every platform. Pick a destination and Plumely reframes your clip to the right aspect ratio — 9:16 for Reels/TikTok/Shorts, 4:5 for Feed, 1:1 for Square, 16:9 for YouTube. Fine-tune the crop by hand, or let AI auto-reframe follow the speaker so they never drift out of frame.

  1. 1Open the Frame step and pick a destination — the preview reframes to that shape.
  2. 2Drag the Reposition slider to choose which part of the frame is kept.
  3. 3Turn on Auto-reframe (Pro) to track faces automatically as the shot moves.
  4. 4Enable safe-zone guides to keep captions and faces out of the platform’s UI overlap.
  5. 5Optionally grade the shot (brightness / contrast / saturation) or add a picture-in-picture layer.

Per-platform destinations

Reels, TikTok, Shorts, Feed, Square and YouTube presets — pick one, get the right ratio.

AI auto-reframe

PRO

Face tracking keeps the speaker centered while cropping to vertical.

Safe-zone guides

Overlays show where the platform UI sits so nothing important is hidden.

Color grade

Quick brightness, contrast and saturation adjustments per clip.

Advanced color

PRO

GPU white-balance — temperature, tint and exposure per clip.

Chroma key

PRO

Green/blue-screen removal with spill suppression — composite over any background.

Shape mask

PRO

Ellipse or rectangle matte with feather and invert — reveals the layers below.

Picture-in-picture

PRO

Layer a second clip with a square, rounded or circle mask.

Scene detection

Split a long recording at its hard cuts automatically.

Step 03

Caption & translate

Captions are transcribed right on your device using a local speech model — your audio never goes to a server. Generate word-level captions in 10+ languages, translate to English, restyle them, and edit by the transcript so cutting a sentence cuts the matching footage.

  1. 1Open the Captions step and choose the spoken language.
  2. 2Press Generate — a local model transcribes with word-level timing.
  3. 3Optionally turn on “Translate to English” for a translated caption track.
  4. 4Refine the text in the transcript; delete words to cut the video and captions together.
  5. 5Use Highlights (Pro) to surface the most clip-worthy moments from the transcript.

On-device transcription

Local Whisper generates word-level captions — your audio stays on your device.

10+ languages & translate

Caption in the spoken language or translate the result to English.

Edit by transcript

Click words to select; delete to cut the footage and captions together.

AI highlights

PRO

Rank the most clip-worthy moments from the transcript to repurpose.

High-accuracy captions

PRO

Optional cloud pass for maximum accuracy (uploads audio).

Is my audio uploaded to make captions?

No. The default transcription runs a local model on your device. Only the optional “High accuracy” mode uploads audio, and it’s clearly labelled.

Step 04

Clean up the audio

Great short-form lives or dies on audio. Plumely’s local engine removes background noise and levels loudness toward the −16 LUFS target feeds expect — all on your device. Adjust volume and fades per clip, speed-ramp for effect, or drop in music that automatically ducks under your voice.

  1. 1Select a clip and open the Audio step.
  2. 2Turn on “Remove noise” to strip hum, hiss and room tone during export.
  3. 3Set the clip volume, mute it, or add fade in / fade out.
  4. 4Adjust speed (or a Pro speed-ramp) and reverse if you need the effect.
  5. 5Add a background music track — it ducks under speech automatically.

Noise removal

RNNoise strips hum, hiss and room tone; loudness levels toward −16 LUFS.

Volume, mute & fades

Per-clip volume, mute, and fade in/out for clean transitions.

Speed & ramps

PRO

Change speed, reverse, or apply cinematic speed curves.

Voice effects

PRO

Optional voice-changer effects with an adjustable amount.

Music & ducking

Add a track that automatically ducks under your voice.

Step 05

Add text & graphics

Overlays make a clip scannable with the sound off. Add titles, caption cards, shapes and lower-thirds from ready-made templates, place them where you want on the timeline, and they’re baked straight into the exported video.

  1. 1Open the Overlays step and pick a template (title, caption card, shape or lower-third).
  2. 2Type your text and drag the overlay to position it in the frame.
  3. 3Set when it appears and disappears on the timeline.
  4. 4Repeat for as many overlays as you need — they render in the export.

Titles & callouts

Headline text and callouts burned into the export.

Caption cards & lower-thirds

Ready-made styles for names, quotes and section headers.

Shapes

Add simple shapes to highlight or frame parts of the video.

Templates

Start from a preset layout and make it yours.

Step 06

Export & publish

When it’s ready, export a perfectly formatted vertical MP4 — frame-accurate, watermark-free, and rendered entirely on your device. Choose a resolution and codec, and optionally batch-export the same edit for several platforms at once.

  1. 1Open the Export step and review the timeline one last time.
  2. 2Pick a resolution (lower = much faster on phones) and a video codec.
  3. 3Optionally tick “Also export for” to render extra platform sizes (Pro).
  4. 4Press Export — the render runs locally; save the finished MP4 when it’s done.

Watermark-free MP4

Clean 1080×1920 export (with a WebM fallback) — no watermark, ever.

Resolution options

1080p, 720p or 540p — lower resolutions export much faster on phones.

Codec choice

PRO

H.264 plays everywhere; AV1 makes smaller files where supported.

Batch export

PRO

Render the same edit for several platforms in one click.

Is there a watermark?

No. Every export is watermark-free on the free plan.

Does export upload my video?

No. Rendering runs on your device with WebCodecs — nothing is uploaded.

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