Short-form editing · Max Love · project-based
Deluxe Reels turns podcasts, interviews, events, and creator footage into platform-ready clips with strong hooks, clear captions, clean audio, and intentional reframing. Scope, deliverables, review steps, and schedule are agreed before work begins.
Clear scope · Agreed deliverables · Human creative review
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Before / after
Left is the clip as it was recorded. Right is the same clip after I've cut it. Nothing was re-shot, nothing was scripted — every graphic is built out of what the person actually said.
Selected sample evidence
The before/after above uses sample footage and is shown to demonstrate grading, matched captions, custom graphics, sound design, and reframing—not to imply a client relationship or guaranteed outcome.
Statements inside source footage belong to that footage and are not presented as verified Deluxe Reels results. The example is evidence of the editing treatment, not a promise of performance.
Selected work
Public examples across creator video, video essay, and short-form editing. They are included to show creative and post-production range—not client status or promised results.
Max Love as creator, with creative direction and AI-assisted post-production.
Watch on YouTube ↗ Screenwright · video essayA public long-form editing example focused on structure, pacing, and presentation.
Watch on YouTube ↗ Self-directed specSelf-directed spec edit—not commissioned by or affiliated with UBC Hattiesburg.
View the spec short ↗Results
A coaching client posted her own cut of a recording. I cut the same recording, she posted that too. Nothing changed except the edit.
Two things are small here and I'd rather say so than have you find out: it's one video, and the channel is early. I'm showing it because it's the honest kind of proof — a controlled comparison on the same footage — not because 388 is a big number. When there's more, this section gets updated, not inflated.
Paying clients so far. Quotes go up the moment each client says yes, in their own words — nothing on this page is invented, and that includes the testimonials it doesn't have yet.
Max is great at what he does, easy to work with!
very pleased with the quality the editing as well as the captions
How it works
The project starts with the source, the audience, and the deliverables—not a blanket package. We agree the output mix, review steps, and schedule before editing begins.
Send the source format, target channels, desired deliverables, reference style, and timing needs. Raw phone video, a podcast, an interview, an event, or a livestream can all be scoped.
Claude, Python, FFmpeg, and Whisper help with transcript review, clip preparation, captions, and repeatable production tasks. Human creative direction guides the hook, story, pacing, framing, brand fit, and quality check.
You review against the agreed direction. Approved versions are prepared to the agreed channel, caption, audio, framing, and export specifications.
The editor
Deluxe Reels is a hands-on editing service, not a queue of anonymous freelancers. I use Claude, Python, FFmpeg, and Whisper to accelerate transcript review, clip preparation, captions, and repeatable production tasks. Creative direction, story judgment, and final quality assurance stay human.
Services
Every engagement is shaped around the footage, channels, creative direction, output mix, and review needs. The proposal defines what is included before production starts.
The proposal follows the brief.
Defined capacity, not vague volume.
One source, a deliberate output mix.
How scope gets set
Share the brief in a direct message. After the material and goals are reviewed, you'll receive a recommended scope and next steps.
Questions
After I review the source, channels, deliverables, creative direction, and review needs. The proposal sets the scope and terms before editing begins; capacity and outputs are defined rather than left open-ended.
Source length and condition, the number and format of deliverables, edit complexity, dependencies, and review needs. Timing is confirmed as part of the scope rather than promised before the footage is reviewed.
Focused short-form cuts with hooks, pacing, captions, audio cleanup, graphics where they serve the idea, platform-specific reframing, and approved export versions. The exact mix is agreed for the project.
I do, from what you actually said. I won't put words in your mouth — the hook gets built out of the strongest sentence already in the footage.
Your source format, target channels, desired deliverables, reference style, and timing needs. A footage link or representative sample helps me recommend the right scope.
No. The inquiry and project details can start in writing. If a conversation would clarify a complex brief, we can decide that together.
Claude, Python, FFmpeg, and Whisper help accelerate transcript review, clip preparation, captions, and repeatable production work. They support the process; human creative direction and quality assurance decide what makes the final cut.
No. The portfolio labels sample footage and real client footage separately. The edits are shown as evidence of the work itself, without presenting a sample subject as a client.
Max Love. The workflow uses purpose-built tools for repeatable production tasks, while creative direction, story judgment, and final quality assurance remain hands-on.