Local-first video studio for Mac
Your camera makes files.
OpenFootage finds the story.
A filename cannot tell you what happened in a take. OpenFootage can. It transcribes your recordings, names each idea, groups every version together and puts the strongest take first.
Free early beta · Apple Silicon · macOS 14+
01 Camera files
→02 Ideas named
→03 Takes grouped
→04 Best take used
The important part
You remember what each clip meant. Now your project does too.
In a camera folder, three attempts at the same thought look like three unrelated files. OpenFootage turns that memory in your head into a structure you can see and edit.
- 01Name the idea
“The premise: confidence is not a feeling”
The project describes what the moment is about—not just where the file lives.
- 02Group the attempts
★ Best takeUsed in cut
○ Alternate takeStill available
Repeated versions sit beneath the same story point instead of being scattered across a folder.
- 03Make the choice visible
The strongest take rises to the top.
You can see what OpenFootage chose, review why, or switch back to an alternate.
02 ChatGPT + OpenFootage
Once the footage has meaning, editing becomes a request.
Tell ChatGPT what you want changed. OpenFootage finds the exact transcript moment first, lets you review it and creates a new Editor’s Cut only after you choose it.
- 1 Ask in plain language
- 2 Review the exact match
- 3 Receive a new version
03 Clean cuts out
The result is a complete idea—not a random clip.
OpenFootage finds moments that can stand alone, stitches the edit, adds captions and simple transitions, then checks the finished ending. The Short is ready to play before it goes anywhere.
- ✓ Strength-scored moment
- ✓ Ending checked after rendering
- ✓ Ready for your review
Local-first by design
Your footage stays on your Mac.
OpenFootage keeps your original recordings and project history local. Managed workflows upload only the media needed for approved AI work, review links or publishing.
- ✓ Original files remain untouched
- ✓ Every cut keeps its history
- ✓ Nothing publishes without confirmation
A fun project in early beta
Try OpenFootage
on your next shoot.
For Apple Silicon MacsRequires macOS 14 or newer
FFmpeg requiredCurrently used for video rendering
Early betaRight-click and choose Open if macOS warns you