Exposure & Color
DYNAMIC RANGE · WHITE BALANCE
A
Clipping, crushed shadows, white balance and grade consistency.
THE 13 FAMILIES · A–M
Everything we measure in your video.
CutScore reads your video across thirteen families of craft — image, sound, editing, text, structure and platform. Each family is a cluster of objective measurements with a target. The engine auto-detects your genre and weights the families to match, so a vlog and a brand film are judged by different bars.
IMAGE
What the camera captured.
Sharpness & Technical
ACUTANCE · NOISE
B
Focus, acutance, ISO grain, compression artifacts and real resolution.
Stability & Motion
SHAKE · MOVEMENT
C
Shake index, micro-jitter, movement smoothness and horizon level.
Composition & Framing
THIRDS · HEADROOM
D
Rule of thirds, headroom, frame clutter and aspect ratio.
SOUND
What the audience hears.
Audio Loudness
LUFS · TRUE PEAK · R128
E
Integrated loudness, true peak and dynamic range against the EBU R128 standard.
Audio Quality & Balance
SNR · SIBILANCE · STEREO
F
Noise floor, hiss, sibilance and stereo balance.
Voice & Speech
PACE · FILLERS · SILENCE
G
Speaking pace, filler words and the length of silences.
EDITING, TEXT & STRUCTURE
How it's put together.
Editing & Rhythm
SHOT LENGTH · HOOK · CUTS
H
Average shot length, cut density, rhythm curve and jump cuts.
On-screen Text
READABILITY · CONTRAST
I
Caption presence, dwell time and WCAG contrast.
Narrative Structure
HOOK → BODY → CTA
J
Hook timing, retention shape, chaptering and the ending.
PLATFORM, ACCESS & AESTHETICS
Ready to publish.
Platform & Metadata
CODEC · RES · ASPECT
K
Resolution, frame rate, codec, bitrate and aspect compliance.
Accessibility & Safety
CAPTIONS · PHOTOSENS.
L
Caption coverage and photosensitivity (flash) screening.
Overall Aesthetics
AI · SUBJECTIVE
M
The one subjective read — an AI judgment of overall impression.
Genre-aware weighting
These thirteen families always apply, but their weight changes with the detected genre. A talking-head leans on loudness, voice and on-screen text; a brand film leans on image craft, color and aesthetics; a short leans on hook and aspect compliance. One engine, the right bar for each video.
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