Problem[01]
Edit days spent watching
The editor's first days on a job go to watching rushes and logging what's there. You pay full rate for it, and the cut hasn't started.
For Producers
Stop paying for the watch-through
Every shoot day buys several more in the edit just to find the good bits. Prewatch watches the footage before the editor sits down, so the paid days go to the story.
14 days free, then $59 a year or $7.99 a month. Works with your Claude or ChatGPT plan; timelines need DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1+. Clip descriptions are optional and use your own API key, billed by Anthropic or OpenAI.
Works withA Mac with Apple silicon · macOS 26+
ClaudeClaude Desktop and Claude Code
ChatGPTThe ChatGPT Mac app and Codex
DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1Timelines through its own MCP server
Any drive or NASThe Prewatch folder travels with the media
Problems
What slows Producers down
Problem[02]
The client asks for a line
A stakeholder remembers a quote from the interview. Someone scrubs for an hour to find it, or the answer is “we'll look tomorrow”.
Problem[03]
Nothing on set was logged
No script supervisor, no notes, three camera cards and a drone. Whoever shot it is on the next job and the footage is a mystery.
What Prewatch gives you
Your footage, already watched
Prewatch indexes every clip on your Mac, so Claude or ChatGPT knows what is in your footage and can build the cut with you in DaVinci Resolve Studio.
| What you get | Where it runs | What it does for you |
|---|---|---|
| The log, done before day one | On your Mac | Transcripts, speakers told apart, shot changes, camera motion and quality flags for every clip, written while the cards copy. |
| Answers in one question | Your AI app | Your editor, or you, asks Claude or ChatGPT for the line, the shot or the moment and gets the clip and the timecode back. |
| Moments worth cutting | Claude or OpenAI | What happens in each clip and the ranges worth using, rated for usability. With your own Claude or OpenAI API key, priced before it runs. |
| Bad takes caught early | On your Mac | Soft, dark, frozen and shaky footage flagged per clip, so a pickup can be booked before the crew wraps the project. |
| A log the whole team reads | On your Mac | Plain files next to the footage on the shared drive. The editor, the assistant and the next freelancer all read the same index. |
Prewatch · ClipsMac app
The screenshot arrives with the app
Ask it
One question instead of a day of scrubbing
You ask in Claude or ChatGPT. Prewatch answers with the clips, the seconds and the timecode, and your assistant builds the timeline in DaVinci Resolve Studio.
01
Where does the CEO talk about the new plant?
Every clip where it's said, with the line, the clip name and the source timecode.
Your AI app02
Is there anything unusable from Tuesday's shoot?
The clips flagged soft, dark or shaky that day, so you know before the edit is booked.
Your AI app03
Pull a 3-minute selects reel for the client call.
A timeline in DaVinci Resolve Studio with the strongest moments, ready to review.
Your AI appDoes my editor need to change how they work?
No. Prewatch indexes the footage beside the project. Editors who cut in DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1+ can have their assistant build timelines; anyone else still gets the transcripts, flags and search as plain files.
Do we need someone logging on set?
No. Prewatch works from the footage itself after the shoot, so nobody has to mark takes while filming.
What does it cost per project?
The app is a subscription per Mac. Optional descriptions use your own Claude or OpenAI key, billed by them: a fraction of a cent for a typical clip, priced up front in Settings.
Does it work with the free version of DaVinci Resolve?
Building timelines by chat needs DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1 or later, whose built-in MCP server lets your assistant work in Resolve. With the free version you can still index your footage, search it and ask Claude or ChatGPT about it, then place the clips yourself. A file handoff that the free version can import is planned.
Try it on your own footage
Point Prewatch at a folder you have already shot, then ask about it in Claude or ChatGPT.
14 days free, then $59 a year or $7.99 a month. Works with your Claude or ChatGPT plan; timelines need DaVinci Resolve Studio 21.1+. Clip descriptions are optional and use your own API key, billed by Anthropic or OpenAI.