DROPOUT

DROPOUT

A Mac video editor you can play like an instrument.

Download for Mac Early access 0.1.1, for macOS 14 or later on Apple Silicon and Intel.

Cut it, then bend it

DROPOUT is a short-form video editor with a video-bending rig built in. Cut vertical or widescreen clips on a timeline, then push them through analog glitches, film looks and feedback, and steer it all live with a camera, a MIDI controller or the beat of your track.

The DROPOUT window: a vertical preview of a psychedelic fractal clip, a media bin on the left, project details on the right, and a timeline with automatic captions above two video clips.
The editor, with captions transcribed on the Mac and laid on the text lane.

Four ways in

Edit

A fast timeline built for 9:16 and 16:9.

  • Magnetic storyline, overlay track, text and music lanes
  • Trim, split, reorder, speed 0.25×–4×, reverse, freeze frame
  • Seven transitions, from crossfade to glitch and whip pan
  • Detach audio, clip volume up to 200%, fades

Bend

Around fifty looks, each fully adjustable.

  • Circuit-bent analog: sync roll, chroma bleed, enhancer burn, luma rainbow, feedback
  • Real datamosh from optical flow, slit-scan, stutter
  • Film halation, light leaks, gate weave, your own LUTs
  • Morph pad: drag to drive a look harder or swing its tone

Perform

Effects that move with the music.

  • Audio-reactive routing from lows, mids, highs and transients
  • Tap tempo and beat-synced strobe and stutter
  • MIDI learn for knobs and pads, with automation recording
  • Keyframes for anything, shown as diamonds on the clip

Shoot live

Point a camera or capture card at it.

  • Real-time effects on the live feed
  • Record takes straight into the project
  • Separate subject and background with people masking
  • Vertical or horizontal capture

The looks

Every look is a starting point. Open it in the inspector and change any part of it, or roll the Wildcard for a random combination.

Color

  • Acid
  • Thermal
  • X-Ray
  • Duotone
  • Inverse
  • Pop Art
  • Aurora
  • Noir

Glitch

  • Prism
  • Datamosh
  • VHS
  • Echo Trails
  • Neon Edge

Mirror and warp

  • Twin
  • Quad
  • Kaleido
  • Crystal
  • Tunnel
  • Liquid
  • Vortex
  • Bulge
  • Pinch

Stylize

  • Comic
  • Sketch
  • Halftone
  • Chrome
  • Pixel
  • Hex

Bent

  • Luma Rainbow
  • Enhancer Burn
  • Sync Roll
  • Chroma Bleed
  • Feedback Vortex

Film

  • Super 8
  • Halation
  • Light Leak
  • Bleach Bypass
  • Cheap Lens
  • Dream
  • Handheld

Retro

  • CRT
  • Pixel Sort
  • 1-Bit
  • ASCII
  • Terminal

Time

  • Strobe
  • Stutter
  • Slit-Scan
  • Datamosh (real)

People

  • Subject Pop
  • Heat Trace
  • Aura

The details

Export
MP4 at 720p, 1080p or 4K, 24, 30 or 60 fps, H.264 or HEVC. Text and captions are burned in.
Captions
Speech in your clips is transcribed on your Mac and laid out as animated caption clips you can edit. Pick any font installed on your Mac for titles and captions.
Projects
Projects are small files that point at your media rather than copying it, like a DAW session. Moved files are found again, and unsaved work is recovered if the app quits unexpectedly.
Privacy
Everything happens on your Mac. Video, audio, camera and speech never leave it, and DROPOUT collects no data.
Requirements
macOS 14 Sonoma or later. Runs natively on Apple Silicon and Intel. Signed and notarized by Apple.