First Cut 1.1 review

First Cut: the best thing to happen to digital video, since Digital Video.

License: Demo OS: Mac OS X File size: 0K Developer: Skramsoft LLC Buy Now Price: $149.00 Updated: 30 Sep 2005

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First Cut: the best thing to happen to digital video, since Digital Video.
Reduce large chunks of DV video to usable clips in a flash. Archive your lengthy iMovie / FCP projects, onto an external FireWire drive only the bits you need, no need to store the bits you don't want. Hotshots - Visual memory locations. Create unlimited Hotshots while stepping, playing or scrolling a movie. Return to any point instantly by clicking on a Hotshot. Create Markers from Hotshots, then Clips from Markers, in two rapid steps. Optionally batch export those Clips in QuickTime files, with automatic file naming, or simply use the clips directly in iMovie/FCP. SMPTE Timecode for navigation logging and spotting. Export Clip/Marker logging notes complete with timecode to database applications. First Cut boasts a completely new concept of movie transport control. The timeline and mouse driven movie controller are obsolete and are replaced with variable-degree fixed-time increments. Switch from macro to linear to micro timescales, without any conscious effort on the part of the operator. First Cut is for anyone with a DV camera or capturing device, and a Mac. The Skramsoft web site lists many different possibilities for using First Cut.

Limitations:
Trial expires in 15 days.

What's New:
Switchable video output to monitor or TV via Firewire DV video device or camera
New FCP compatible hotkeys for In and Out Markers or Hotshots
Rollback function for pre-roll after stopping
New Global shortcuts
New Hotshots window shortcut.

Requirements:
Mac OS X 10.3.5 or later
DV, DVCPRO, DVCPRO-50 or DVCPRO-100 media. NTSC or PAL (We recommend capturing with FCP, iMovie or BTV).