[erikvideos-tech]

Adds a Tools entry for Cutler (docs/_includes/tools/cutler.md) and four images in docs/static/: a Final Cut Pro library after Cutler, Cutler's cut page, Cutler's panel inside the Claude app, and a thumbnail linking to the 90-second overview on YouTube. The clip thumbnails in the Final Cut screenshot are blurred because it's family footage.

Disclosure: I'm the developer. Cutler is a Mac app that lets Claude or ChatGPT do the first pass of an edit (sync, logging, selects, a first cut with a reason for every clip) and hands Final Cut Pro a standard FCPXML project that links to the original media. It's code-signed and notarized.

Happy to change the wording, length or images to fit the page.

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Adds a Tools page entry for Cutler, a Mac app that lets Claude or ChatGPT do a first pass of a video edit and hands Final Cut Pro a standard FCPXML project.

• Includes four screenshots: a Final Cut Pro library after Cutler, Cutler's cut page, Cutler's panel inside the Claude app, and a thumbnail linking to a 90-second overview on YouTube.
• Clip thumbnails in the Final Cut screenshot are blurred because it's family footage.
• The author is the developer and discloses that Cutler is code-signed and notarized.

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[erikvideos-tech]

If it's useful for the next news post, here's a short item in the usual format:

Erik Lindgren at Mira Contents has released Cutler, a Mac app that turns Claude or ChatGPT into an assistant editor for Final Cut Pro.

Turn hours of raw footage into an editable Final Cut Pro first cut

Cutler lets Claude or ChatGPT work through a folder of raw footage the way an assistant editor would. It transcribes everything locally, syncs cameras and separate audio recorders by waveform (no timecode needed), and logs every shot, including soft, dark and shaky takes, from still frames the AI actually looks at.

The AI then writes a paper edit with a reason for every clip and asks about the judgement calls. Cutler delivers it as a normal Final Cut Pro project on your original media, with keyword collections, roles and native multicam. Every FCPXML is checked against Apple's DTD before Final Cut sees it.

Cutler runs inside the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already have, through MCP, so there are no credits or API keys.

It's available now for €25 (founder price for the first 100 licences) as a one-time purchase with no subscription, with a free 7-day trial. It requires an Apple silicon Mac running macOS 14 or later.

You can learn more on the Cutler website.

[latenitefilms]

@erikvideos-tech - Thanks! That's very helpful. Apologies, poor old FCP Cafe has been neglected recently. Will try and push out a news update this week.

[erikvideos-tech]

Thanks Chris, much appreciated. No apology needed, FCP Cafe is a great resource.