Video editor for lawyers and legal teams
If you handle deposition video, body-cam footage, surveillance clips, or trial exhibits, every cloud video editor is a chain-of-custody problem. AetherCut is built to keep the evidence on your machine.
Why cloud editors are a problem for evidence
Most browser-based video editors upload your footage to their servers for processing. That creates an additional party in your chain of custody — one your opposing counsel can subpoena, one your client did not consent to, and one whose retention policy you don't control.
AetherCut never sees the footage. The file is loaded into your browser, processed in your browser, and exported from your browser. There is no copy on our side to subpoena, retain, or lose.
Common legal use cases
- Trimming a 4-hour deposition to the relevant 10-minute segment for a motion exhibit.
- Annotating body-cam footage with text overlays + timestamps before submission.
- Generating accurate captions from witness testimony for accessibility-compliant exhibits.
- Producing redacted versions where audio is muted or video is blacked out over a region.
- Comparing two surveillance clips side-by-side in a split-screen export.
What you'll want to confirm with IT
- That your machine has sufficient disk + RAM for the files you'll be editing (4K body-cam footage in particular benefits from 16 GB).
- That your firm allows browser-based editing (most do — it's just a web page).
- That your case management system accepts the output format (we export MP4 / MOV / WebM).
Founder background
AetherCut's founder, Robert J. Corn, holds a BS in Computer Forensics in addition to BS degrees in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. The chain-of-custody concerns this page describes are not theoretical — they were the original reason for building the product. Bio: /about.