FirstCut Coming soon · macOS
FirstCut glyph — a film clip sliced by a neon blade

The master assistant editor · for macOS

You can’t make your final cut until you’ve made the first cut.

Your professional AI assistant editor — 90% of the work done, so you get straight to the fun part of the edit.

See it work

On-device · your footage never leaves your Mac

Drag your footage in. Get your first cut out.

Silences, flubs, and repeated takes — gone.
The best take of every line — kept.

Drop inReads on-deviceCuts the junkHands off

46 min raw → 17-min cut in under 8 minwithin seconds of a pro’s hand cut100% on-device — from live testing

Everyone hates sifting footage. This does it for you.

Sorting an hour of raw by handan afternoon

FirstCutunder 8 min

  • Best take kept when a line was shot five times.
  • Never cuts a word in half, never loses a line.
  • Crew chatter filtered — direction and slates don’t make the cut.
  • Every cut logged with a written reason.
  • Private by architecture — transcription on Apple silicon, no upload.

For creators, editors, and agencies — anyone staring at a folder of raw.

Choose what comes out.

Option 1

Rendered MP4

A watchable rough cut, ready to ship or review.

Option 2

Ready-to-edit timeline

Final Cut Pro today — other editors via XML, coming. Transcript and captions included.

Optional

Branded motion graphics Roadmap

Rendered from your brand kit, placed on timecode.

It does the sorting. You do the art.

On-device · works with or without a script