A Suite of Logging and Pre-Editing Tools for FCP X and Premiere Pro
Log anywhere in the world with the iOS Logger. Log time ranges with Keywords with a simple tap on/tap off. These become Markers or Keyword Ranges in the NLE.
noteLogger is a macOS app for when more extensive notes are needed in the logging. Very useful for multi camera reality.
backLogger is the fastest way to log Library or already shot footage with the same tap on/tap off simplicity of live logging, but with more flexibility.
Builder is a unique app that merges the functions of a word processor and a video editor, enabling editing of video using text transcripts, which can be ordered in the app.
Our Evolving Mission
At first we thought:
"Lumberjack will save time and get you more organized than you ever thought you could be."
And it certainly does that, but we dove deeper and learned we're really:
"Giving you more time to do what's important to you: More creative time, or more family time."
Because when you're more organized you have more time for the important things.
What we hadn't realized is how much money Lumberjack will save you! Check it out for yourself.
For example you can save around $10,000 on a typical documentary using Lumberjack's INTEGRATED SYSTEM.
One Month FREE Membership
No commitment. No credit card required. Try as much, or as little, of Lumberjack System as you want and start saving with a FREE membership.
Low Monthly Membership
Just $25 a month with no commitment, $9.99 a month with a 12 month commitment, or $110 a year. All the benefits of Lumberjack for the cost of one trip to Starbucks a month!
Final Cut Pro X and Premiere Pro
Lumberjack System works with XML from Final Cut Pro X or Premiere Pro CC.
macOS and iOS
The Lumberjack Desktop apps are macOS only. Real-time logging is iOS only (for iPad and iPhone).
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The Lumberjack Advantage
Lumberjack System's suite of logging and pre-editing tools make it possible to be well organized, to have more time to be creative (or spend with your family), and save money along the way.
Whether you work in Documentary, Reality TV, Sports (Production or Analysis), Conference Video (you'll get some sleep), or even Depositions or Education, Lumberjack System will save you more than you expected.
Be Well Organized
By clicking Keywords on, and off, during the shoot you will have your entire shoot logged and organized within minutes of ingesting your footage. Get straight to work on the creative!
Have More Time
Because you don't have to spend days logging shot footage, and have creative starting points, you have more time to spend on the creative aspect, or to spend time with your family, or do what is important to you!
Save a Lot of Money
Lumberjack System: save around $180 for every hour of footage shot, by logging during the shoot instead of the edit bay! Or around $500 for every time you don't spend days conforming a text document!
Lumberjack in Action
These are a few of the examples that we know of, where Lumberjack is saving people time and money in all types of production.
Faster Together Stage
Editor Chris Fenwick was challenged with cutting material shot just before the show started, for inclusion in live show.
I could not have pulled it off without Lumberjack System. Their Live Logging made the quick turn possible.
Klassen - Semi Scripted Series
Lumberjack's Live Logging was crucial to the tight production cycle that STV's Klassen was subject to. Klassen is a semi-scripted series about the lives of high schoolers.
All Together Now
Endemol Shine Metronome (Denmark) used Lumberjack noteLogger to log the live shoot for the Danish version of All Together Now.
OJ Simpson Documentaries
Lumberjack made our lives 10x easier
said assistant editor J Patrick Southern who used Lumberjack's Transcript mode to add transcripts to their footage and save hundreds of hours searching for the footage.
Big Knockout Boxing
Lumberjack saved two days in a seven day schedule!
said editor Marc Bach who edited this DirectTV original series. Lumberjack Live Logging made their footage easier to find, and saved 30% of a very tight schedule.
High School Quiz Show
Editor Brian Cassin used Lumberjack to pre-edit a season of High School Quiz Show.
Just to say it again... That's 40:13 cut automatically via Lumberyard!!! That's bonkers.
I don't think this time/money savings would have been possible without the experience I had in the Lumberjack Workflow.
One Born Every Minute
Endemol Shine Metronome used Lumberjack's noteLogger to log 20 incoming camera feeds for the reality series One Born Every Minute. Live Logging dramatically reduced editing time.
BBC1's "Have I got news for you" adopts Lumberjack System
Lumberjack System became an essential part of the show's remote production workflows when forced out of the studio.
Live Logging the Zoom feed allowed editor James Branch to "quickly navigate around the recording," which could be three and a half hours long.
How it Works
The Suite of macOS and iOS apps are co-ordinated through a web application. Every Event you want to log is first set up in the Web app, where it is easy to upload or bulk enter Keywords ahead of the shoot.
The iOS app downloads all your Events, and you can switch between them, log and even add new Keywords anywhere in the world. Back with an Internet connection and upload the logging, where it can be accessed by the Lumberyard app and merged with XML of media information from Premiere Pro CC or Final Cut Pro X.
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Create Events in the Web App
READ MOREAll Events start in the Web app so they can be assigned unique IDs. As well as entering Keywords with the convenience of a full keyboard, you can upload text files of Keywords, and manage Users.
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Log Time Ranges During the Shoot
READ MORETake your Events anywhere in the world with the iOS app. Log time ranges as simply as switching a light on, and off again. You can add Keywords at any time, and log notes to Keywords.
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Upload When Convenient
READ MOREThe iOS app is fully self contained securely storing all logging (and new Keywords) until the Internet is available. The app warns if there is logging that has not been uploaded.
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Merge Logs with Media XML
READ MOREOnce the logging is uploaded to the Web app, export XML of your media pool to the Lumberyard app. A Lumberyard is where logs are processed! Lumberyard merges the logged time ranges with the Clip metadata from the XML, and updates the Project or Event with fully logged ranges.
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Edit in your NLE, or Builder NLE
READ MOREDepending on the project you may be able to go straight to editing your fully organized Project/Event.
If it involves interviews then you'll want to start story building in Lumberjack Builder NLE: a unique way of editing audio and video with text.
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Build Stories with Text
READ MORELumberjack Builder NLE gives you a way to work with transcripts to build the basic 'radio cut'. Work with text like a word processor, and in the background you're editing the audio and video for instant review and conform.
Instant conform to your NLE!
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Testimonials
A future that includes editing *and* sleep
Every time I open @LumberjackSys Builder, I feel like I might have a future that includes editing *and* sleep. So amazing, and now it works with ky proxies!
Stuart Hooper
"The Vacation Rental Show"
Transcript Mode was a lifesaver
The film was mainly shot in a foreign language, and Lumberjack System Transcript Mode was a lifesaver, and meant that I was able to quickly search across five years of footage and find the exact line I was looking for within seconds, timecode accurate. (Good news: "Pariah Dog" has been accepted to the Kolkata International Film Festival!)
Jesse Alk
"Pariah Dog"
Cut the editing time in half!
For projects including interviews, using @LumbrerjackSys Builder with FCP X saves even more time. I've spent the last couple of weeks using that combo, and it easily cut the editing time in half on this project compared with using Premiere Pro and Avid on similar gigis in the past.
Jamie LeJeune
Cinematographer, Editor, Colorist
Could not have pulled it off without Lumberjack
I could NOT have pulled it off without Greg from @LumberjackSys - their logging system made the quick turn possible. I'm SO thankful they were able to assist.
Chris Fenwick
On Stage Editor "Faster Together 2019"
It's Brilliant
By the way - I used Lumberjack Builder quite a lot in my work; it is brilliant!
David Brown
Working in two languages!
We are doing this with Lumberjack Builder and FCP X. You drag and drop paragraphs around, having already Rated and Keyworded your transcript. I'm currently working on a Scottish Gaelic show, which is in Gaelic. We have used a Gaelic transcript in parallel with an English one. Send the whole lot over and you get the cut in FCP X with English Subtitles already added.
John Mathews
Editor, Blue Bicycle TV
Made me look like a champ
I've been using Lumberjack Builder on an extremely rush project recently, and it worked like a bloody dream. Literally saved me days of delay and made me look like a champ.
Duncan Shepherd
Editor, Freelance
Fantastic
Isn't it (Lumberjack Builder) fantastic?
Mark Spencer
Ripple Training
Totally changed the way I take on big projects
This (Builder) is quite an amazing program you guys have made, and has totally changed the way I look at taking on big projects as a director and editor. Thank you!
Jake Brown
Jake Brown TV
An essential part of our workflow
Live Logging allowed James to "quickly navigate around the recording," which was generally there and a half hour long!
James Branch
Editor, BBC "Have I got news for you"
Lumberjack is perfect for...
Reality and Documentary
Logging real-time with Lumberjack ensures that the logs are always available to the editor with 100% accuracy and minimal effort.
Sports (Coaching & Match)
All the plays by a player
All instance of each play
All within seconds after the game or practice (or quarter) finishes.
Conference and Event Production
If you're tasked with producing a daily summary of "what happened yesterday" Lumberjack will let you get a good night's sleep and deliver a better job.
Education, Medical or Legal
Lumberjack is perfect for logging video of lectures, operations or depositions: all situations where the content of large amounts of video needs to be easily searched.
Our Team
We're a small, but very responsive team, who want your Lumberjack experience to be perfect. We love hearing your questions and suggestions, and (heaven forbid) should there be a problem, we'll be here for you.
Philip Hodgetts
Cofounder & President
Dr Gregory Clarke
Cofounder & VP Technology
