> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.cut-daily.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # #493 – We need to talk about Cut/daily - URL: https://www.cut-daily.com/493-we-need-to-talk-about-cut-daily/ - Published: 2026-04-17T08:30:26.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-17T08:30:25.000Z - Author: Jonny Elwyn - Tags: Archive, Free ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ad/f4/adf48ad0-72f6-4d80-aaad-af9dbb2c1c94/content/images/2026/02/no-idea.gif) I need to be honest with you about the future of Cut/daily. In 7 Issues, we'll hit the big 5-0(0), and it feels like a natural milestone to take stock of where Cut/daily is and whether it should continue. **The reality is,** Cut/daily isn't financially sustainable. It never has been. I've given more than I've got because I *love* it. I love crafting a weekly insight for everyone else out there who cares about the industry, the art, the tech, the people, and the projects we all love to watch, as much as I do. For the past 5 years, I've been putting *way* more into Cut/daily than I've taken out, but I can’t do that indefinitely without a more sustainable foundation. I have a solution, yet it won't work without you. **The ask is simple:** Before Issue 500, I need [**200+ Cut/daily benefactors**](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) to step forward and commit roughly what an hour of their time is worth — **$60/year ($5/month)** — in return for a year of post-production insights. If that happens, Cut/daily continues — and stays accessible to *everyone*. If it doesn’t, I’ll need to rethink what happens next. [Click here to support Cut/daily!](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) If you're thinking, ‘I hope some people do that.’ They're almost certainly thinking the same thing about you. Cut/daily needs you. --- ### What's past is prologue ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ad/f4/adf48ad0-72f6-4d80-aaad-af9dbb2c1c94/content/images/2026/02/the-past.gif) If you're new around here, Cut/daily started off as a daily email back on April 5th, 2021. There were (stupidly cheap!) paid and free subscriptions from the start. After 300 daily Issues, I sensibly [pivoted to the weekly format](https://www.cut-daily.com/cut-daily-is-pivoting-to-weekly-for-a-while/) you now know and love. Since then, Cut/daily has been entirely free to read for the past 200 issues. We will hit **Issue 500 on the 5th June 2026.** That'smore than *five years* of non-stop hand-crafted Post-Production insights. ### No time like the Present ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ad/f4/adf48ad0-72f6-4d80-aaad-af9dbb2c1c94/content/images/2026/02/the-present.gif) Cut to: Today. Cut/daily has grown into not just an (excellent?\*) weekly newsletter that a lot of [people seem to like.](https://www.cut-daily.com/what-people-are-saying-about-cut-daily/) But also a [giant archive of 500 previous Issues](https://www.cut-daily.com/tag/archive/), each packed with insider knowledge that will serve you for years to come. Not to mention... - [80 x Cut/daily Meets...](https://www.cut-daily.com/tag/meets/) interviews with world-class Post Pros - [Custom workflow apps and plugins](https://store.cut-daily.com/?ref=cut-daily.com) - [Email-based training](https://www.cut-daily.com/training/) - [Many](https://www.cut-daily.com/quiz/) [more](https://www.cut-daily.com/post-production-events-calendar/) [interesting](https://www.cut-daily.com/wisdom/) [things](https://www.cut-daily.com/cut-daily-micro-consultation/). \*If not excellent, at least fun? If not fun, at least free!! ### The Future of Cut/daily is in your hands ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ad/f4/adf48ad0-72f6-4d80-aaad-af9dbb2c1c94/content/images/2026/02/believe.gif) **The dream scenario** is that 200+ of you, dear readers, have been positively impacted by Cut/daily such that you want to pay it forward by investing $60/year ($5/month) to [keep Cut/daily freely available for everyone.](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) Not only will you benefit from: - 48 new issues each year - Insights on editing, AI, and the bleeding edge of post-production - Access to new tools, expert interviews, and upcoming training Yet – most important of all – you'll enjoy the priceless glow that comes from making the world a tiny bit better for others. Plus, with a sustainable foundation to work from, Cut/daily will actually go from strength to strength, because: **I have plans.** With a sustainable foundation, I can invest in building better tools, deeper training, and delivering more in-depth conversations with the best editors in the business – among many other ideas! - Add a Topic Index alongside the new AI-Search for mining the [500 Issue Archive](https://www.cut-daily.com/tag/archive/): - Topic Index = A list of every Issue on Compositing, Sound Design etc. - AI-Search = Scan every previous Issue for any specific keyword - Build New Tools: [Paper Edit](https://paperedit.app/?ref=cut-daily.com) and Project Parser - Develop new [Cut/daily App](https://store.cut-daily.com/?ref=cut-daily.com) features, including: - Teleport for Resolve (+Stream Deck support) - Transcriber Translator: SRT Preset styles to save time - Keyword Marker: Multi-keyword search and Seq builder ### What I need you to do next ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/ad/f4/adf48ad0-72f6-4d80-aaad-af9dbb2c1c94/content/images/2026/02/I-m-down.gif) Invest less than one hour of your daily rate in securing a year's worth of post-production insights for everyone. If [**200+ Cut/daily benefactors**](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) do this **before we hit Issue 500,** we're golden. Cut/daily will continue to get *better.* But here's the thing: if you're reading this thinking “someone else will subscribe” — they're probably thinking the same thing about *you*. So if Cut/daily has ever: - taught you something useful - brought you a moment of joy on a Friday morning - helped you take a positive step in your editing career Then **this is the moment** where you decide to help Cut/daily to continue, and the best part is, [you *can* make that happen.](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) I'll update everyone in the next few Issues on how we're doing. **Please Do This Now:** - Click [this link](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) - Choose **Cut/daily Benefactor** ($5/month or $60/year) - If you see an existing plan, ignore that \- active subscriptions stopped years ago. - Change plans to [Cut/daily Benefactor](https://www.cut-daily.com/#/portal/account/plans) And, sincerely, honestly, thank you. So remember, together we can Cut/daily. --- **PS –** Between gigs, strapped for cash, or still a student of the craft? **Hit reply** and let me know, I'd be glad to give *you* complimentary access to the Cut/daily Archive and share resources for your current situation. **PPS –** If you represent an organisation that could partner with Cut/daily in supporting the wider Post Production community, [please get in touch!](https://www.cut-daily.com/contact/)