Live Video Studio — Edit Chat-Built Videos Without Starting Over

June 3, 2026

When Alfred assembles a video from video_editor or video_lab, you now get a Live Video Studio panel in the Work tab — one persistent surface per session instead of a carousel of intermediate MP4s. Watch the step list while Alfred works, then preview the final cut and drag-trim-reorder the timeline yourself.

What you can do

• One Live tab per session — every video_editor / video_lab call in the chat merges into a single Video Studio item (no more 1/8, 2/8 chevrons).
• Phase 1 step list — see the current turn's steps (render slide, concat, mix audio, finalize) with live progress while Alfred is working.
• Phase 2 preview + timeline — unlocks after finalize marks the deliverable (deliverable: true): full preview player plus a horizontal Adobe-style timeline.
• Edit the assembly — drag-reorder clips, trim in/out, pick transitions (fade, crossfade, wipe, …), set a colour Look per clip, and move/trim audio blocks.
• Update preview — pushes your edits to the canvas and rebuilds the MP4 on the CUDA sidecar; the new file appears in Generated Files.
• Chat sync — if Alfred adds a clip or music in a follow-up message, the timeline re-syncs automatically unless you have unsaved edits (then click Update preview first).

Where this shows up

• You asked Alfred to turn six uploaded images into a narrated explainer. While it runs, Live shows each step. When finalize completes, you open Live → Video Studio, see your actual uploads in order (not opaque section1_vo.mp4 intermediates), drag a VO block left by two seconds, and hit Update preview.
• You generated a Runway clip with video_lab, then Alfred stitched it with slides via video_editor. The same Live panel tracks both tool families in one place.
• You want to tweak crossfades without re-prompting Alfred. Select transitions between clips in Phase 2, rebuild, done.

Try it

• "Turn these six PNGs into a 60-second narrated explainer with crossfades between sections." — watch Live during the build, then open Video Studio after finalize to trim or reorder.
• "Swap the second and third clips in the timeline and add a cinematic look to the opener." — edit in Live, click Update preview.
• "Add background music under the voiceover on the video we just finished." — ask in chat; if you haven't manually edited the timeline, Live re-syncs the new audio lane automatically.

Heads up

• Default clip length on upload-derived segments is 5 seconds until you trim or Alfred probed the file — the ruler is approximate until then.