We’re a bit surprised we didn’t see an iPhone app like this released earlier.  It just seems like a natural fit…combining iPhone functionality with FCP.

Playhead – controls the FCP timeline with your iPhone

Released this week, Playhead is currently being offered in the App Store for $2.99   A description from the developer:

Playhead offers an easy way for you to navigate your Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express timeline from your iPhone. Playhead takes some of the pain out of organizing lots of footage by allowing you to do it from a comfortable position rather than sitting over the keyboard. It is also great for client presentations, such as when they come to visit your studio. Playhead is not, however, intended to replace your keyboard and mouse for editing.

Playhead allows you to: play/pause, rewind, fast forward, go directly to the beginning/end of the timeline, navigate frame by frame, set in/out points, create, name, and color-label subclips, switch between the viewer and the timeline, and add markers.

The marker and subclip functionality is great and can come in very handy when reviewing footage with clients.  However, as you can tell from the description, the main purpose of the app is controller.

Playhead works with both Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express.  The iPhone/iPod touch and the computer with FCP must be on the same Wi-Fi network to function properly.

If you’ve got a large edit suite and often review footage with clients…throw this App in your digital toolbox.