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Estimate editing cost for short-form ad variants

Short-form ads multiply fast: cutdowns, captions, ratios and hook variants from each concept. This page helps you estimate the editing workload behind them.

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Where the short-form editing load comes from

A single concept becomes many short-form ads once you cut different hooks, lengths and ratios for each placement. Each cut is editing time, and captions and revisions add more.

This is why editing is so often the bottleneck for teams running heavy creative testing.

Estimate the workload

Enter your editing hours per video, your editor rate and your monthly volume in the calculator. It shows your editing cost and whether it is your largest drag, so you can decide whether an editing workflow may reduce the manual cutdowns.

Any figure mentioned on this page is an example for illustration only, not a market price. Use your own numbers in the calculator for a closer estimate.
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Common questions

Why is short-form ad editing so much work?
Each concept spins out into multiple cutdowns, captions, lengths and ratios. The volume of variants, not any single edit, is what makes it heavy.
How do I estimate short-form editing cost?
Enter your editing hours per video, your editor rate and your monthly volume in the calculator. It returns editing as its own category and flags whether it is your largest drag.
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Find the workflow creating the most manual drag

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