# Is there an AI that can find B-roll in my own footage? By Wideframe Editorial Yes. Visual search can find shots by what appears in them, even when nobody says the relevant words. Premiere includes visual search, while Wideframe offers an assistant workflow for finding and organizing matching material for an edit. This is a different job from generating new B-roll or searching stock. ## What you’ll take away - Describe visible subjects and actions instead of only abstract moods. - Start with Premiere for a direct lookup; consider an assistant for organized selections and follow-on work. - Choose the shot for what it communicates beside the spoken line. ## Describe the missing picture If an interviewee discusses packing an order, describe a person folding the box, placing the product inside, or sealing the package. Those are visible actions. “Customer satisfaction” is a broader idea that may return plausible but unhelpful images. Break the brief into pictures that communicate it. Include framing when it matters: a wide view to establish the work area, a medium shot connecting a person to the task, or a close-up of their hands. Three beautiful details may leave the viewer unable to understand the action. Search for the role the picture must play in the sequence. ## Choose a search box or an assistant [Adobe documents natural-language visual search in Premiere](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/organize-media/file-organization/media-intelligence-and-search-panel.html). If the material is already in your project and you need one shot, that is a sensible starting point. Another subscription is not necessary simply because you want to search pictures. An assistant becomes interesting when the request includes more work: search a specified footage set, explain why candidates fit, collect them, and help prepare the edit. Wideframe’s [find-clips-visual recipe](https://try.wideframe.com/skills/find-clips-visual/) describes this search-and-collection task. Choose according to the work after retrieval, rather than assuming one product always finds better footage. ## An example: show how a product works Imagine an illustrative reusable-bottle video with an interview, tabletop shots, and outdoor footage. The line is “the cap opens with one hand.” A useful search asks for a hand opening that cap. Someone carrying the bottle on a trail provides lifestyle context but does not demonstrate the mechanism. Gather options with different roles: a clear view of the action, a detail, and a wider setup. Watch the whole movement rather than choosing one appealing frame. The viewer needs to understand what happens. If the action was never filmed, request a pickup or change the coverage plan instead of presenting a near match as proof. ## Give Wideframe a bounded footage job Identify the folders or cameras, visible action, and desired output. You may want a bin of alternatives because the narration is still changing. Or you may already know the order and want candidates prepared for one passage. Include that distinction in the request. The public skill page supplies instructions for adding and saving the workflow in Wideframe. Its described output includes time references and a reason for each match. Use those explanations to decide whether a shot demonstrates the action, sets the scene, or simply decorates it. The assistant gathers options; the editorial purpose determines which belongs. ## Make the picture work with the line Choose the shot’s entry around the idea the viewer needs to see. Revealing the cap action too early can spend the visual payoff before the explanation. Holding the detail too long can slow the next sentence. Listen and watch together while choosing the range. Consider neighboring shots too. A bottle may switch hands or colors between angles. Those differences change how smoothly and honestly the footage can be combined. A highly relevant result is not automatically the right cutaway for every position. Search creates choices; editing creates the relationship between them. ## Carry the selection into the next cut Keep source references and enough surrounding material to revise timing. Wideframe’s [export-premiere workflow](https://try.wideframe.com/skills/export-premiere/) provides a path from selects or sequences to a Premiere project. The useful destination is material you can continue editing, not search hits you must reconstruct from memory. Reuse the search workflow for the next product shoot, or return to unused candidates when the same video needs a shorter version. Our [B-roll assembly guide](https://try.wideframe.com/blog/how-to-assemble-b-roll-sequences-from-descriptions/) covers the wider process, and [semantic search explained](https://try.wideframe.com/blog/semantic-search-for-video-editing-explained/) introduces retrieval concepts. Start with one real coverage need and choose the tool that moves your footage into a useful editing state. ## Try this request with your own footage Find shots in the bottle-demo folder that clearly show a person opening the cap with one hand. Give me close and medium options with source ranges and a reason each fits. Collect the useful alternatives for a Premiere edit, and tell me if the exact action is missing. ## Questions ### Will this generate new B-roll? No. This workflow searches existing footage. Generation and stock sourcing are separate choices when the picture is missing. ### Can I find an action nobody mentions? Visual search is intended for visible content, so a transcript mention is not required. Describe the action and review the returned footage. ### Do I need another tool if I have Premiere? Not always. Use Premiere’s visual search for a direct lookup; consider an assistant when discovery is part of a larger organizing and editing job. ## Sources - [Wideframe find-clips-visual skill](https://try.wideframe.com/skills/find-clips-visual/) — consulted 2026-09-18 - [Adobe media intelligence and Search panel](https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere/desktop/organize-media/file-organization/media-intelligence-and-search-panel.html) — consulted 2026-09-18 - [Wideframe export-premiere skill](https://try.wideframe.com/skills/export-premiere/) — consulted 2026-09-18 Published by Wideframe. Examples are not customer results or benchmarks. ## Find the picture your next line needs Bring your own footage and one real B-roll request to Wideframe, then carry useful selections into Premiere. [Start free trial](https://try.wideframe.com/onboarding?start=trial). Seven days; card required; $100/month afterward unless canceled. Apple Silicon Mac and Premiere Pro required. 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