Skramsoft has introduced a very interesting niche DV production app called First Cut. It’s an NLE for MacOSX that’s designed lean on features/bloat and emphasizes it’s use for quick cutting and logging of DV footage. Seems to be quite a departure from what is available at this time on OSX for editing, but the focus makes perfect sense to me. First Cut is lean, mean, and cuts fast.

The tagline is “Why pay for a Swiss Army Knife when all you need is a good can opener?” Cost is a meager $150.00, which I imagine is well worth it for those that need such a tool (and nothing more…why pay for FCP features that you won’t use on a logging workstation). No word on HDV support, which probably means that it’s DV-only.

System requirements call for a Mac G4 1GHz running OSX.

The current version is lacking one feature that may be a hangup for certain producers. That feature is in development, presumably slated for the next version.
XML Export:
Create an XML document for exporting the clips to your high end Editing package for final cutting.

At any rate, I’ve run it on a G4 iBook as well as a dual-proc PowerMac G5, and the app is solid. Again, for those that need such a tool, this app is a bargain. Get the demo version here.