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Drop in the project
Drag the project folder onto the window. Any folder layout works. Circle Take looks for camera clips, recorder audio and script docs on its own.
New from Zadie Beta
Circle Take
Stop scrubbing. Start cutting.
Drop in the camera clips, the audio and the script. Circle Take syncs it, transcribes it, finds every clean read and hands you selects, a stringout and a first cut, ready to open in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. It all runs on your Mac. Your footage never leaves it.
The difference
From a folder of takes to a cut you can work with
Before: an 18-minute shoot, 51 takes, one script doc.
After: selects by script, every read of every line, and a first draft per spot.
How it works
Four steps. One of them is waiting.
No plugins, no command line, no settings file. Point it at the project and press Run.
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Confirm what it found
It pre-checks its best guesses and skips renders, proxies and caches. Uncheck anything that doesn't belong.
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Press Run
It syncs, transcribes and matches every take to the script. An 18-minute shoot transcribes in about 7 minutes on an M4 Pro.
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Open it in your editor
Import the XML into Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve. Picks, notes and a full take report come with it.
What you get
Everything you'd do on day one, done before you sit down
Sync without PluralEyes
Camera and recorder audio lined up by waveform, frame-accurate. Clips it can't match are listed, never guessed.
Selects, grouped by script
Only the talent's clean reads. Director, crew and chatter cut out. Each script gets its own slate.
The Lines stringout
Every clean read of each script line, back to back. Lines read in one breath stay together. Pick the best delivery in minutes.
A first draft per spot
A cut of each spot built from the best reads, with its length checked against the spot length.
The take report
Circled takes, what was kept and dropped and why, director notes, and lines the talent read off-script.
Stays on your Mac
Transcription runs on your Mac's GPU. No uploads, no cloud, no waiting on someone else's server. Client footage stays where it belongs.
The queue
Line up several projects and Circle Take runs them one after another, overnight if you like. Your Mac stays awake until the last one finishes.
Any script format
Reads .docx, .doc, .rtf, .odt, .pdf and Final Draft scripts, and uses the ones that match what's said on camera.
Works where your files are
Local disk, external drive, NAS or any synced folder. Favorites and recents in the sidebar reopen a project in one click.
Coming from PluralEyes? See how Circle Take compares with the other ways to sync.
Who it's for
Built for anyone cutting talking-head video
This is for you if
- You cut commercials, testimonials, interviews, docs, explainers, political spots or YouTube videos
- You've scrubbed through an hour of takes looking for the one good read
- You miss PluralEyes
- Your clients don't want their footage uploaded anywhere
- You cut in Premiere Pro or DaVinci Resolve
Not for you (yet) if
- You cut in Final Cut Pro. Final Cut export isn't here yet.
- Your shoot has no script and you want it cut. Sync and transcripts work on anything, but the cuts need a script for now.
- You're on an Intel Mac. It needs Apple Silicon.
Pricing
Sync for free. Pay once for the rest.
No subscription. Pro is a single in-app purchase, and beta testers get it free during the beta.
Free
$0
No time limit
- Sync camera and recorder audio, no PluralEyes
- A transcript of every take
- Runs on your Mac. Nothing gets uploaded.
Pro
$99
One-time purchase
- Everything in Free
- Selects: the talent's clean reads, grouped by script
- The Lines stringout
- Circled takes with director notes
- A first draft per spot
- The queue: run several projects back to back