How Cutboard actually works.
Connect once. Chat. Ship. Here's the full walkthrough — including what we DO and what we DON'T do yet.
Connect your Drive.
Point Cutboard at a Google Drive folder of footage, photos, and brand assets you already have. We transcode, index, and make it searchable by what's actually in it — no more scrubbing 2-hour b-roll dumps. Your files stay in your Drive; we just read them.
Tell us your brand.
The Brand Brain wizard pulls together your brand voice, target audience, what's winning, and what's not. Done once — every ad after this is grounded in your actual brand context, not a generic template.
Talk to the Ad Agent.
Describe the ad you want. Format. Platform. Hook angle. The agent reads your Brand Brain, digs through your library, and writes the ad — with hooks, on-screen text, scene picks, CTAs. Iterate in chat until it's ready.
Ship it — finished, or editor-ready.
For carousels and static ads, Cutboard generates the finished image. For video, you get a shot list with exact timestamps + script + on-screen text — so your editor opens one brief and starts cutting. Either way, share via a public link (no Cutboard login required for the recipient).
What we DO and DON'T do.
Cutboard is built for ad creatives. We're honest about where the line is so you know exactly what you're getting.
- Carousel ads — fully generatedMulti-slide carousel ads with on-brand image generation per slide. Ready to upload to Meta / TikTok / Pinterest.
- Static ads — fully generatedSingle-image ads generated in-house, on-brand, with hooks + CTAs baked in. Drop into Ads Manager.
- Editor briefs for videoShot list with exact timestamps pulled from YOUR footage + script + on-screen text + CTA. Your editor opens one brief and starts cutting.
- Render finished video filesWe don't hand you a rendered .mp4. The brief tells your editor exactly which clips to cut and what to overlay.
- Cut your video for youNo timeline editing. No transitions. No color grading. That's your editor's job — we make it faster, not automatic.
- Replace your editorThe brief saves your editor ~80% of decision work (which clip, when, what overlay). You still hit render — for now.
The honest pitch: Editor-ready briefs save your editor ~80% of decision work. You still hit render — for now.
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