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title: "Meet Cardboard"
description: "Cardboard is an AI video editor. Upload your footage, describe your idea, and our AI agent edits it for you."
canonical: "https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/meet-cardboard"
---

# Meet Cardboard

Cardboard is an AI video editor. Upload your footage, describe your idea, and our AI agent edits it for you.

Describe your video, add footage and let Cardboard build an edit you can refine.

## How does Cardboard work?

Imagine having your own video editor. You share your footage, tell them what you want, and they put the edit together for you. That’s how Cardboard works too.

There are three steps to get from your idea to a finished video.

### 01 Describe it

Describe how you want the video to feel. Then upload your clips and add a reference, just like you would with a real editor. You can use your own words to do this. For example:

> **Steal this prompt:** “Make a 30-second recap of this trip.”

Our AI agent watches your footage, picks the best moments, and builds a first version for you.

[Typing a prompt into the chat box on the dashboard](https://www.cardboard.ai/images/learn/meet-describe-it.mp4)

### 02 Refine it

Watch the first version and tell The Director (the AI agent) what you’d like to change. You can ask for anything from a shorter opening to generating a clip or syncing your media to an audio of your choice.

[Asking The Director for a change to the first version](https://www.cardboard.ai/images/learn/meet-refine-it.mp4)

### 03 Export it

Once you are happy with the outcome, simply export your video and it is ready to be shared wherever you like.

[Exporting the finished video from the top bar](https://www.cardboard.ai/images/learn/meet-export-it.mp4)

You don’t need any editing experience to get started on Cardboard. Just bring an idea, and then work with the agent until it feels like yours.

## Who is Cardboard for?

Cardboard can edit creator stories, small-business videos, UGC and social campaigns, startup launches, online lessons, podcast clips, product videos, travel diaries, property tours, event recaps, performance films, impact stories, project journeys and personal memories.

## What can Cardboard do?

Edit from a prompt, match a reference, generate missing shots, add motion graphics and captions, refine pacing, add voiceover and dubbing, search footage, export to another editor and reframe for different platforms.

## Where can I use Cardboard?

You can use Cardboard in your browser, or with the Cardboard for Mac app.

[See where Cardboard works →](https://www.cardboard.ai/learn/see-where-cardboard-works)