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How I Find Cinematic Moments in Hours of Footage
Most people think editing is the hard part. It's not. Finding the moment is the hard part. The 20 seconds inside a 45-minute speech where the speaker's voice drops and the room goes silent. The frame in a documentary where someone's expression changes — where they decide something. The exact second a monologue goes from good to unforgettable. That's the clip. That's what people replay. And it's buried inside hours of footage. The Old Way I used to scrub timelines. Rewatch. Pa
Christian Fortaleza
Apr 184 min read


I Built an AI That Finds the Most Powerful Moments in a Video
Editing long-form video is not hard. Finding the moment is. The second where someone’s voice cracks.The pause before the breakthrough.The look in their eyes before they decide not to quit. That’s the part that matters. And that’s the part that takes forever to find. You scrub. You rewatch. You think you found it. You second-guess yourself. You keep scrubbing. After doing that too many times, I stopped asking how to edit faster. I started asking a better question: What if AI
Christian Fortaleza
Mar 32 min read


When Progress Feels Impossible: Building Grace Through Frustration, Failure, and the Fight to Leave a Legacy
I’ll be real with you: building Grace hasn’t just been about coding, testing, and shipping features. It’s been about staring failure in...
Christian Fortaleza
Sep 23, 20254 min read


Building Grace: My Journey Through 18-Hour Days, Struggles, and Breakthroughs in Video Editing Automation
I don’t wake up every morning excited. Let’s get that straight. Some days I roll out of bed, look at the screen, and think, “Here we go...
Christian Fortaleza
Sep 22, 20254 min read
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