# AI Video Clipper with Face Detection: n8n workflow template

> Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini and OpenRouter.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/ai-video-clipper-with-face-detection (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# AI Video Clipper with Face Detection

Started by an event in a connected app, and works across Airtable. It hands the judgement calls to Gemini and OpenRouter. 26 steps, 4 loops or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: Gemini, OpenRouter

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-video-clipper-with-face-detection)

**26 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**0** Branches: places the flow splits

**4** Loops or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 5 Logic 6 Service 14

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **When clicking 'Execute Workflow'** Manual trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **OpenRouter Chat Model** Lm Chat Open Router *Model*
- 3 **Think** Tool Think *Model*
- 4 **Structured Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 5 **Get Video Metadata** Http Request *Service*
- 6 **AI Clip Analyzer** Agent *Model*
- 7 **Create Video Record** Airtable *Service*
- 8 **Extract Precise Timestamps** Google Gemini *Model*
- 9 **Generate Transcript + SRT** Http Request *Service*
- 10 **Parse Clip JSON** Code *Logic*
- 11 **Wait for Transcription** Wait *Logic*
- 12 **Create Clip Record** Airtable *Service*
- 13 **Update Video Record** Airtable *Service*
- 14 **Loop Over Clips** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 15 **Get SRT Transcript** Http Request *Service*
- 16 **Detect Face in Thumbnail** Http Request *Service*
- 17 **Clip Video Segment** Http Request *Service*
- 18 **Get Word Timestamps** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Find Face Center** Code *Logic*
- 20 **Wait for Clip Generation** Wait *Logic*
- 21 **Update Face Center** Airtable *Service*
- 22 **Update Clip URLs** Airtable *Service*
- 23 **Loop for Final Processing** Split In Batches *Logic*
- 24 **Cut and Scale Video** Http Request *Service*
- 25 **Add Captions** Http Request *Service*
- 26 **Update Final Video URLs** Airtable *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** An event in a connected app
- **Steps:** 26, 4 loops or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Airtable
- **Model:** Gemini, OpenRouter

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Airtable account, and a key for Gemini and OpenRouter. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on an event in a connected app.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls Gemini and OpenRouter. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 26 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 26 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fai-video-clipper-with-face-detection)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Airtable](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Airtable#library)

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