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Plan in the browser. Render on your Mac.
Your footage and films never leave your computer.
DemoTeaching AI my taste, the slow way
A documentary crew of one.
Give it a topic. It researches, finds real footage and cuts the film. You sign off at every gate.
FreeBring your own AI keysWeb + Mac
01 · How it works
Five steps from topic to film.
The AI does the legwork. Every gate waits for your yes.
02 · Pacing
A film, not a slideshow.
Same thirty seconds: four stills with big captions, or real footage cut to the beat.
Typical one-prompt videoStills + big text
MontagistReal footage
03 · Gates
Five gates. Nothing moves without your sign-off.
Topic, footage, visuals, voice, final cut — each one waits for you.
- TopicSigned · you
- FootageSigned · you
- VisualsSigned · you
- VoiceSigned · you
- Final cutSigned · you
BeforeDid this fail to render?You · visual gate
AfterVisuals · signed
A real revision from the demo: grey placeholders became four layers of real quotes.
Free. Bring your own AI keys.
Pay providers directly for what you use. We only ever show the last four characters.
Or hand it to your AI agent.
Claude Code or Codex can drive it — gates still need your own words.
Real footage. Real sources. Your call.
Your next episode starts with a topic.
Montagist is an AI video studio that lets one person make documentary-grade explainer videos: sourced research, real footage instead of slides, and your call at every gate — with your footage and finished videos kept on your own Mac.