Private beta · by invitation
You tell the story. We cut it like a documentary.
Upload your recording. Fireside Cut finds real archive footage for every line, adds maps, cards and captions in your brand, and hands back a finished edit you can still change.
10 free minutes when you're let in. No card needed.
The lights were seen over three counties
- Billed by the finished minute
- You pay for what comes out, never for what you upload.
- 10 free re-renders a video
- Swap a shot, fix a caption, render again at no cost.
- Real footage first
- Your own clips and public archives, each shot checked against the line.
- Yours to delete
- Remove a video or your whole account yourself, at any time.
How it works
From a talking-head recording to a finished documentary cut
- 01
Upload your recording
An MP4 or MOV straight from your camera or recording app. Set your brand kit once: colours, fonts, logo, intro and outro.
- 02
We plan it line by line
Fireside Cut reads your transcript, decides what each line should show, and searches your footage and public archives for the real thing.
- 03
Review, change, download
Watch the cut in the review room. Swap or remove any shot, fix any text, re-render for free, then download and publish.
What you get
Everything an editor would add, in every cut
Archive footage and photographs
Moving footage and stills from NASA, Wikimedia Commons, the Internet Archive, the Smithsonian and Europeana, with each credit saved for your description.
Your own footage, searched first
Upload clips you've shot or licensed. They're tagged automatically and used before anything else.
Stock libraries you connect
Add libraries such as Pexels and Pixabay with your own key, and the cut draws on them too.
Maps, timelines and document cards
A map beside every named place, and timeline, comparison and document cards where the story needs them.
Captions in your brand
Three caption styles in your colours and fonts, with your logo, intro, outro and an optional music bed.
Split screens and title cards
You stay on screen beside the evidence when the moment calls for it. Every cut is mastered to YouTube's loudness.
Honest by design
Your audience checks your pictures. So do we.
Story channels live on trust. A cut that shows the wrong country, the wrong decade or an unlabelled AI image costs you that trust. Fireside Cut is built not to.
Every picture is checked against the line
A shot from the wrong country, climate or era is turned away. A line with no honest picture keeps you on screen or gets a card.
Credits ready to paste
Each cut lists where every shot came from and under which licence.
Reconstructions are painted and labelled
When nobody filmed it, a painted still can stand in. It carries a Reconstruction label for the whole shot and never passes as a photograph.
A reminder for YouTube's disclosure
Cuts with a reconstruction remind you to tick YouTube's altered or synthetic content box.
Shorts
Up to five Shorts from every video
Each one stands alone: it opens on its strongest line, tightens the pauses, keeps you framed and reuses the pictures your cut already found. Titles, descriptions and credits are written for you, and you can re-cut any Short from the lines you choose.
Made by creators, for creators
We make story-led videos too.
We know the recording is the easy part. The hours go on hunting for footage, checking it's the right place and decade, building maps and cards, and captioning it all in your style. Fireside Cut is the editor we wanted: one that respects the story and the facts, and gives you your evenings back.
Your voice stays the centre
The cut is built around what you say, never the other way round.
Your brand on every frame
Colours, fonts, captions, logo, intro and outro, set once.
You keep the final say
Change any shot or line, re-render free, or take the cut into your own editor.
Pricing
Pay for finished minutes
A 12-minute video uses 12 minutes. Re-renders are free.
Ember
Free
10 trial minutes
Try a real cut of your own recording.
Creator
$39a month
60 minutes a month
A weekly channel.
Pro
$79a month
150 minutes a month
Longer or more frequent videos.
Studio
$199a month
450 minutes a month
Several channels, clients or a small team.
Built to be relied on
Private by default
Your recordings and cuts are stored privately and reached only through short-lived signed links.
Payments by Stripe
Cards, invoices and cancelling are handled by Stripe. We never see your card details.
Delete it yourself
Remove a video or your whole account from inside the app. The files go with it.
Clear licensing
Public-domain and Creative Commons sources only, with every credit recorded.
Read our privacy policy, how deleting your data works, or check the service status.
Questions
Before you ask
Who is Fireside Cut for?
Creators who talk to camera and tell true stories: mysteries, history, science, places, true crime. If your videos are a host plus evidence, it's built for you.
What do I need to upload?
One recording of you telling the story, as an MP4 or MOV. No script, shot list or timeline needed.
Is the footage safe to publish?
Archive footage comes only from public-domain and Creative Commons sources, with credits saved for your description. Stock comes from the libraries you connect yourself.
Do you use AI-generated images?
Only when nothing real exists, and only within your plan's monthly allowance. They're painted stills, labelled Reconstruction on screen for the whole shot.
How are minutes counted?
By the length of the finished video, to a tenth of a minute. Re-renders are free, 10 a video. Shorts are charged on their own finished length.
Can I change the cut?
Yes. Swap or remove any shot, fix any text and render again. You can also download the cut and finish it in your own editor.
What happens to my recordings?
They're stored privately and used only to make your videos. Delete a video or your whole account at any time, and the files go with it.
How do I get in?
We're letting creators in a few at a time. Request an invite with your email and tell us about your channel. We'll email you when your place is ready, with 10 free minutes.
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