Kino watches your footage and writes logs you can search. Each clip gets a title, description, transcript, detected people, and highlight markers where available.
Video logging is the process of analyzing footage and creating detailed descriptions of its content. Traditionally done manually by professional loggers, this time-consuming task involves watching every second of footage, often multiple times, and documenting what appears on screen.Kino does that work during ingest, so editors can skim a library without opening every file.
Whether it’s raw footage, clips from YouTube, or a mix of both, every clip receives a readable title.Filenames like IMG_3923.MOV can become Brendan Backstage Interview Before Keynote, which makes grid browsing much faster.
AI transforms raw filenames like 'IMG_3923.MOV' into descriptive titles
Kino descriptions can include:
Visual elements and actions happening on screen
Camera movement and shot type
Dialogue context and quotes
Setting and environment details
Emotional tone and atmosphere of the scene
Use descriptions when a transcript alone is not enough to find the shot.
Once you configure people detection, Kino’s logs will incorporate the names of people in your library.Named people make logs easier to read and search.
Person identification makes logs more specific and useful
Kino can mark notable moments in footage:
Creates a chapter-like experience similar to YouTube markers
Makes footage review faster
Adds another search target
Provides edit points for rough cuts
Auto-generated highlights create chapter-like markers for easy navigation
