# OpenMontage Silence Cutter & Auto Reframe — guide skill for cuts & pacing

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Automatic jump cuts from silencedetect, plus a face-tracked 16:9 → 9:16 reframe with a smoothed crop.

- **Type:** [Guide](https://varg.ai/how-to/guides.md) · [Cuts & pacing](https://varg.ai/how-to/browse/skills/cuts.md)
- **Slug:** `openmontage-jump-cut-reframe`
- **Status:** live
- **Publisher:** Calesthio (community)
- **License:** AGPL-3.0
- **Source:** https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage/blob/main/tools/video
- **Works in:** Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenClaw
- **Requires:** Python 3.10+, ffmpeg, Node.js 18+, an AI coding assistant
- **Cost:** Free/open source

## What it does

Two OpenMontage tools that make the classic talking-head edit without a model: `tools/video/silence_cutter.py` finds pauses with ffmpeg silencedetect and removes them, speeds them up or only marks them; `tools/video/auto_reframe.py` turns a 16:9 interview into 9:16 by tracking the speaker's face with MediaPipe/OpenCV and smoothing the crop so it never jitters. Use them from inside OpenMontage or copy the scripts.

## Use when

- Automatic jump cuts from silencedetect, plus a face-tracked 16

## Install

- Claude Code: `git clone https://github.com/calesthio/OpenMontage.git && cd OpenMontage && make setup`

## More cuts & pacing skills

- [SmartCut (capcut-ai-editor)](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/capcut-smartcut-mcp.md): MCP that reads CapCut auto-captions to cut silences and duplicate takes right inside your CapCut project.
- [Auto-Editor](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/auto-editor.md): CLI that cuts dead space by loudness or motion and exports MP4 or editor timelines; now also an agent skill.
- [AutoCut](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/autocut.md): Edit video in a text editor: Whisper transcribes, you delete lines in Markdown, AutoCut cuts the video.
- [Cut Video](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/cut-video.md): Claude Code skill that tightens long recordings with forced-aligned cuts, keeping laughs and comedic pauses.
- [Videogrep](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/videogrep.md): Search spoken words across videos and auto-build supercuts of every match.
- [PySceneDetect](https://varg.ai/how-to/skills/pyscenedetect.md): Find cuts, fades and scene changes in a video, then split it or export scene lists for the edit.