One thing that’s really holding Opus back for me right now is pacing. At the moment, Opus doesn’t remove pauses or dead air when generating clips, and there’s no way to enable jump cuts either. Because of that, most clips come out feeling slow and kind of boring, even when the content itself is good. In short-form, pacing is everything. If a clip isn’t tight, it just doesn’t get views. This has become a real issue for my workflow because I rely heavily on automation. Right now, unless a video was basically going to go viral anyway, it gets almost no traction. I’m seeing like 98% of clips underperform unless I go in afterward and manually jump cut them — which kind of defeats the point of using Opus in the first place. What would help a lot A simple jump cut / silence removal toggle during clip generation. Basically: • Use the audio track • Detect pauses or very low-volume sections • Automatically snip those out Even a “good enough” version would be a massive improvement. Even better (but still simple) Add a slider for how aggressive the jump cuts are. Something like: • Loose (barely cuts) • Normal • Aggressive (tight, high-energy pacing) Default could be super safe so nothing gets over-cut, but people who want faster pacing could just turn it up. Why this matters Right now, clips without jump cuts feel unfinished compared to manually edited shorts. Tight pacing isn’t a “nice to have” anymore — it’s kind of the baseline for short-form content. This one feature would: • Improve watch time • Improve retention • Make automated workflows actually viable I honestly think this would be one of the highest-impact improvements Opus could make.
