Camera Renaming Raw Footage Instructions

This is how we deal with footage received in Post-Production that are not opened as a full card (5D mark ii, GoPro, cellphones, etc.). Automator is a program used on Apple Operating systems that are installed with OSX. You could do something similar with another renaming software. We would not rename is a high end camera like a Red, Arri, or higher end Sony Cameras.

These are instructions written for an Assistant Editor that we’ve used for television shows, narratives, and documentaries.

  1. Open Automator

  2. Choose new Workflow

  3. Go to Files & Folders

    1. Select ‘Get Specified Finder Items’

    2. Drag it to the right side of the window

      1. Click ‘Add’ and select your desired footage to be renamed.

    3. Select Rename Finder Items

    4. Drag it to the right side of the window, below ‘Get Specified Movies’

      1. In the first dropdown menu, change it to ‘Add Text’

      2. Add text based off of Card details (Ex. _055_A_1of2)

  4. Click run.

  5. Repeat for additional cards, if any

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