The Assistant Editor - Fast First Cuts for Final Cut Pro

The Assistant Editor is a workflow tool for long-form doumentary editors or producers. The software processes your log notes from logged selects and builds a technically competent edited sequence that tells the story you choose to explore. It creates an edit that will have:

an opener of your choice;
a beginning, middle and end;
no jump cuts;
appropriate B-roll (with lowered audio volume and crossfades);
lower thirds (using a Motion Template of your choice) exactly where you'd expect them to be.

A good, FAST First Cut! You can even choose to make an edited sequence that is trimmed down to a duration you want.

The Assistant Editor (Documentary version) is currently in beta and will be available Summer 2008 priced at $295. It will require Final Cut Studio 2 and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.