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> Tighten clip pacing with editorial cuts in a workflow.

# Remove fluff

> Use the General Editor to tighten clip pacing with editorial cuts.

The **Remove Fluff** node is an **Editing** action node for making clips feel tighter before export. Use it after the workflow has a video or clips to process, and before downstream finishing nodes that should receive the tightened result.

<Info>
  ### Schema

  * **Input**: Video or clips from an earlier workflow node
  * **Output**: Clips output with Remove Fluff editorial cuts applied
</Info>

## Add the node

Open **Workflows** from the left sidebar and click **New** to open the workflow builder.

Add a trigger or source node first. When the builder moves to the **Editing** stage, choose **Remove Fluff** from the left node panel. Overlap adds it as an action node on the canvas.

Click the **Remove Fluff** node on the canvas whenever you need to review its state.

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## Review the node state

The node card describes the action as **Use the General Editor to tighten clip pacing with editorial cuts**.

By default, the card shows **No Remove Fluff instructions** and marks the node as **Incomplete**. Keep the node after the step that produces the clips you want to tighten.

## Place it in the workflow

Use **Remove Fluff** when the clip has the right moment but needs tighter pacing.

For a clip workflow, a common order is:

* **Find Clips** -> **Remove Fluff** -> **Add Subtitles** -> export

For a manual editing workflow, you can place it after **Manual Trigger** and continue into subtitles, reframing, branding, or export.

## Remove fluff in Studio

Open a clip in **Studio**, choose **AI Tools**, and expand **Remove Fluff** under **Video Edits**. Click **Remove Fluff** to analyze the loaded transcript and automatically tighten the clip's timeline.

The edit is applied as a normal Studio timeline change, so use the existing **Undo** and **Redo** controls to review or revert it. Expand **Advanced settings** before running the tool when you want to give the editor a specific instruction.

## Build the rest of the workflow

After Remove Fluff is in place, continue with finishing nodes such as [Add Subtitles](/nodes/subtitles), [Reframe](/nodes/reframe), [Watermarks, Outros, etc.](/nodes/branding), or an export node. Click **Publish** when the workflow is ready to run.