AfterShoot is for photos. Basecut does that job for wedding video.
AfterShoot's site describes a photo tool: it lists RAW, JPEG and TIFF files and does not mention video. If you shoot wedding video and your photographer partner swears by AfterShoot, the tool that does the same stage of work for footage is Basecut. It ranks every clip hero, keeper, maybe or skip, tags it by what happens in the shot, and color-preps the whole shoot on your own computer before you edit.
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How the photo-culling jobs map to Basecut
| Photo-culling job | What Basecut does for video |
|---|---|
| Star ratings and culling tiers | Basecut ranks every clip hero, keeper, maybe or skip, so you start your edit from the top tier instead of watching the whole card. |
| A consistent baseline across the shoot | Basecut applies a per-camera log-to-Rec.709 correction and matches color across every camera. In DaVinci Resolve Studio it is applied to every clip. In Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro each clip comes with a .cube file that carries it. |
| Tagging and finding shots | Basecut tags clips by what happens in the shot, and its search covers your whole library by the moment, not the filename. |
| Sending the picks onward | One click opens the result in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro, with clips in bins or keyword collections with their ratings and markers. ALE and FCPXML export work for other editors. |
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Why video culling needs a video tool
A photo is one frame, judged once. A video clip runs for seconds or minutes and carries audio, camera movement and shot type that a photo never has. Basecut watches and listens to every clip in a card dump, so it ranks the whole take, not a single frame. It runs on the raw footage before you edit, the same stage a photo culler works at on stills.
Where it runs and what it costs
Basecut runs on your computer. Argus, Basecut's own AI, needs an Apple Silicon Mac with 16 GB of memory or more, or a Windows PC with an NVIDIA graphics card with 10 GB or more of video memory. Other computers can use Basecut Cloud on paid plans or your own Gemini key. Pricing is $9.99 a month while founder spots last, then $19.99, $99 a year, or $149.99 lifetime while founder spots last, then $249. The trial is 14 days with 5 free exports and no card.
Run your own footage through Basecut
Run a real wedding card dump through Basecut and judge the ranking and the color yourself. See it on real footage.
Questions people ask
Is there an AfterShoot for video editors?
Basecut does the same stage of work on video that AfterShoot does on photos. It ranks every clip in a shoot hero, keeper, maybe or skip and color-preps the footage on your computer before you edit, then opens the result in DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro or Final Cut Pro.
Can AfterShoot open video files?
AfterShoot's site describes a photo tool. It lists RAW, JPEG and TIFF files and does not mention video (checked 2026-10-10). Basecut is built for video footage.
What replaces AfterShoot's star ratings for video?
Basecut's four-tier ranking: hero, keeper, maybe, skip. Every clip gets sorted the way a star rating sorts photos, so you start editing from the top tier instead of scrubbing the whole card.
Does Basecut upload my footage?
Not your original files. Argus, Basecut's own AI, runs on your computer and sends no footage anywhere. Paid plans also include Basecut Cloud, and you can use your own Google Gemini key instead. Both send short reduced-size sections to Google.
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Basecut ranks, sorts, and color-preps your whole shoot before you edit. 14-day free trial, 5 free exports, no card.
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