# Create highlights
## **❓ What is it?**
Create highlights finds the most engaging moments in your sequence and turns them into short, ready‑to‑share clips. Ideal for shorts, reels, teasers, and social cut‑downs.
## **🤔 How does it work?**
* FireCut analyzes your audio transcript to spot compelling, self‑contained moments.
* It adds red chapter markers named “FC Highlight” at the suggested start/end times.
* You can review, move, add or delete highlights, then generate new sequence(s).
* Optional: re‑frame to 9:16, add captions, find B‑roll, and auto‑generate descriptions.
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## **⚙️ Settings**
* **Detection**
* **Number of highlights**: Approximate frequency per hour of footage (slider).
* **Highlight duration**: Minimum/maximum target length (5–120s).
* **Scope**: Full sequence or In/Out points (set I/O in your timeline).
* **Accuracy**: Enhanced accuracy of start/end times (slower, more precise).
* **Language**: Set the spoken language (non‑English currently experimental).
* **Edit highlights**
* **Highlights list**: Click to jump to a highlight; move the red markers to adjust; “X” to delete.
* **Add new**: Select a range with In/Out points → “+ Add new highlight”.
* **Overlap guard**: If highlights overlap, generation is **disabled**.
* **Create sequences**
* **Re‑frame to 9:16** (vertical)
* Premiere Pro Auto Reframe: Motion tracking speed (slower/default/faster).
* Custom re‑framing (Beta): Use viewboxes with face detection; fine‑tune framing.
* **Add captions**: Apply your FireCut captions style to each highlight.
* **Find B‑roll**: Auto‑suggest B‑roll for each highlight.
* **Generate descriptions**: Create text descriptions for social posts; copy/regenerate.
* **Create multiple sequences**: Make one sequence per highlight, or a single combined sequence.
* **Output**: Sequences go to the “Highlights” bin with clear names (e.g. highlight\_… or \ highlights (… )).
## **💡 Tips for best outcomes**
* **Use In/Out points** to focus detection on the most relevant section.
* **Pick a sensible duration range** (e.g., 15–60s) to get tighter, punchier clips.
* **Turn on Enhanced accuracy** to get better timing accuracy for the highlights.
* **For vertical export**, re‑frame to 9:16; use Auto Reframe for speed, Custom for control.
* **Creating multiple sequences** is great when you want **separate** exports per highlight.
## **🙋♂️ Common questions, issues, watch-outs**
* **“No highlights found” →**
* Try widening the duration range, using a longer scope, or enabling Enhanced accuracy. Ensure the audio is clear enough to transcribe.
* **“The ‘Create…’ button is disabled” →**
* Highlights are overlapping. Adjust or delete overlaps in the Edit view.
* **“The highlights start/end a bit off” →**
* Move the red chapter markers directly, or enable Enhanced accuracy for tighter timings.
* **“Vertical framing isn’t centered” →**
* Use Custom re‑framing (Beta) and adjust viewboxes; or try a different Auto Reframe speed.
* **“Descriptions didn’t appear” →**
* Click Regenerate or ensure you enabled Generate descriptions before creation.
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