Make a cut.
Find your eye.
Four short lessons. Real projects to practice on.
Learn what a change does by watching it happen.
Cut for the reveal.
Give a visual joke a setup, an escalation and room to land.
Give captions room to breathe.
Make words arrive when the image is ready for them.
Build a sound mix with space.
Keep the voice clear while music and effects carry the action.
Make the version you can share.
Choose a frame, check the whole cut and save your editable work.
Open a complete project.
Choose a project from the library. Its scenes, titles, captions and sound load into the timeline. Or start blank and import your own MP4, MOV, image or audio files.
Change the moment.
Select a clip to change its timing, framing or sound. Select a text clip to rewrite it. Play from a few seconds earlier to judge your edit in context.
Save it. Then make the film.
Save project keeps an editable .rothi copy. Export MP4 makes the version you can watch and share. Keep the editor tab open until rendering finishes.
Behind the finished frame.
Change the acting, camera and scene code in the desktop source kit. Render new footage, then bring it into Rothi Editor.
Download the source kit ↓698 MB ZIP · Includes its license and setup guideFour complete worlds.
The robot, popcorn, iceberg and lightning films, scene code and director prompts.
A local studio.
Shot lists, camera and acting controls, and wide or portrait rendering.
The original sound.
Example narration, instrumental music and effects for learning the mix.
Set up the desktop source kit +
Unzip the kit. Install Node.js 22 or newer, Google Chrome and FFmpeg. Open a terminal in the extracted folder:
npm install
npm startOpen http://127.0.0.1:8784 and choose Open Director’s Edition. Its README explains the controls and render commands. The scene code is editable in your code editor; the included director prompts guide changes to the performances.
For a new film, use your own narration. The included example voice is for trying the supplied example. Read the source kit license ↗
A few useful habits.
Use a current desktop Chrome or Edge for the tested editing and export workflow. The responsive site can be explored on a phone; export on phone hardware has not been tested.
Keep a downloaded .rothi file for versions you want to keep. Your latest edit can also recover in the same browser while its local storage remains available.
Imported media is processed on your device. Source scene code lives in the downloadable kit; the browser editor assembles rendered footage, text and sound.