FirstPass

Automatic rough cuts

Raw footage in.
First pass out.

FirstPass cuts the dead weight out of your footage — silence, shake, botched takes — before you ever open a timeline.

Features

Automatic cuts

Cuts silence, camera shake, and blur automatically

Retake cleanup

Trims botched retakes and filler words ("um", "uh")

Smart coverage

Keeps coverage samples through long cut stretches

Universal export

Exports to Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut, and Sony Vegas

100% local

Runs entirely on your own computer — no upload, no cloud processing

Simple cutting logic

Straightforward, rule-based logic — not a black box — decides every cut, with an optional AI option that tunes cuts to your content