App: First Assistant
Developer: Zygoat Creative Technical Services
Genres: Photo & Video, Utilities

First Assistant is a multi-purpose data management utility for film and video professionals, designed to aid offline editors and assistant editors in the production and post-production workflow.

• Manage timecode-based editorial notes for creating asset lists and cue sheets (e.g., for ADR, VFX, stock footage).
• Convert whole documents between timecode formats with one click (e.g., 23.98 NDF to 29.97 DF pull-down). 
• Import from a Final Cut Pro timeline, and export text-based files for Microsoft Excel. 
• Track scene timings (including page counts, estimated and production timings) during prep and editorial assembly. 
• Perform versatile sorting, filtering, and summarizing. 

First Assistant provides two principal document types: 

• An Editor's Notes document is like a spreadsheet specifically tailored for the needs of an editor or assistant editor. It eases the management of assets and clips in a film or video project for the purposes of creating ADR or VFX lists, stock footage or music cue sheets, and notes for the online editor or colourist. 

• A Scene Timings document is another type of spreadsheet designed for tabulating page counts and correlating estimated and actual scene durations. It can help a script supervisor to prepare estimates in pre-production, or an assistant editor to report dailies assembly timings during production. 

In addition, First Assistant provides stand-alone timecode calculator and conversion tool that's always at the ready.

Release notes:
• Now a 64-bit Universal sandboxed app, supporting MacOS 10.15 “Catalina” and 11.2 “Big Sur” on Intel and M1 Macs. (The minimum required system is MacOS 10.10 “Yosemite”.)
• Bug fixed: when exporting editor's notes the current timebase format is now respected, instead of always exporting in the native program format.
• Bug fixed: the Timecode Calculator now respects the current TC Out Frame setting, instead of always using Avid style.