BROWSER-BASED ROUGH-CUT ASSISTANT
Turn hours of conversation into a rough cut — in your browser.
Write a brief and FirstCut assembles talking-driven footage into a narrative first cut from the transcript. Then export to Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut.
01Link your footage
02Write a brief
03Export to your NLE
Iterate on the story, not the timeline.
No clip-hunting, no dragging cuts. Tell it what you want in plain language and it rebuilds the cut in seconds — you steer the story while it does the assembly.
Made for talking video: podcasts, interviews, webinars, courses, lectures, and documentaries — anywhere the story lives in what people say.
“Open on the image that sets the tone.”
“Get to the catalyst — the moment everything changed.”
“Build to the low point before the turnaround.”
“Close on the transformation — the final image.”
HOW IT WORKS
Footage in. Rough cut out.
01 · LINK
Link your local footage.
The video stays on your drive — only the audio uploads. Any browser, no install.
02 · TRANSCRIBE
Transcribe in the cloud.
Word-level transcripts, fast and hands-off. It works from speech, not visuals.
03 · ASSEMBLE & EXPORT
Brief in, sequence out.
A narrative first cut with real in/out timecodes into your sources. Export to your NLE.
EXPORT
Finish in the editor you already use.
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Premiere Pro · DaVinci Resolve · Final Cut Pro · Media Composer
FAQ
The short version.
Do I need to install anything?
No. FirstCut runs in any modern browser, on any OS. No desktop app, no GPU.
Does it upload my video?
No. Your browser extracts just the audio and uploads only that. The video never leaves your computer.
Is this a video editor?
No — it’s a pre-editor. It builds the first cut and hands off to Premiere, Resolve, or Final Cut.
Does it look at the picture?
No — it works from the transcript. That keeps it fast, and it’s ideal for talking-driven video.
What is it best for?
Conversation-led footage: podcasts, interviews, webinars, courses, lectures, meetings.
Make your next cut with FirstCut.
a brief in · a narrative cut out · export to your NLE