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Metadata before the edit
Your footage, ready to work.
Ingesta reads the metadata already inside your footage and turns it into searchable fields, keywords and Smart Bins for Resolve or Final Cut.
Runs locally on your MacOriginal media untouchedApple Silicon
The workflow
From media folder to edit-ready.
Ingesta does the organizing before your editing software opens, without changing the original media.
01 · READ
Drop in a folder. Ingesta reads every clip.
Camera, lens, color, movement, location and time surface automatically.
Read-onlyOriginals untouched
02 · EXPORT
Get editor-ready metadata files.
CSV carries every field and tag into Resolve. Optionally write FCPXML for Final Cut Pro.
Resolve · CSVFinal Cut · FCPXML
03 · EDIT
Open Resolve. The structure is already there.
Searchable fields, keywords and Smart Bins arrive with the clips, ready to use.
KeywordsSmart Bins
Beyond standard metadata
Information you can actually use.
Ingesta translates raw camera readings into a practical vocabulary for finding the right shot.
Movement
gyro trace→Move:Pan
Find pans, locked-off shots and stabilization information without reviewing every clip.
GYRO + STABILIZATION→
Framing
35 mm · focus→Framing:Medium
Turn focal length and focus readings into useful descriptions of how a shot was framed.
LENS + FOCUS DATA→
Place and time
-13.53, -71.98→Location:Cusco
Convert position, capture time and solar data into locations and real shooting conditions.
GPS + SOLAR DATA→
View all 42 metadata fieldsCOMPLETE VOCABULARY
These fields can be written into the exported metadata and inserted into Resolve or Final Cut Pro with the tags Ingesta establishes for each clip.
SceneOne value per place. Resolve groups these under Smart Bins › Scene once 'Smart bins for scene metadata' is on in Preferences › User › Editing. Clips with no location are left blank rather than filed under something else.ShotOne value per shooting day, so place and day become two axes at once. Resolve groups these under Smart Bins › Shot once 'Smart bins for shot metadata' is on in Preferences › User › Editing. Note it is the Shot half of the Shot / Take slate: on a production that slates its takes, choose whether you want it.KeywordsTags come from a fixed list, so the words in your project stay predictable from the start. You can read the whole list here before you scan. Resolve groups them under Smart Bins › Keywords once 'Smart bins for keywords' is on in Preferences › User › Editing.File NameFile Name is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Clip DirectoryClip Directory is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Date RecordedWhen the camera recorded the clip, not when the file was modified.Shoot DayCalendar day, useful for multi-day shoots.LocationLocation is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Location Source`measured` when the clip carried its own fix, `propagated` when it inherited one from a clip shot near it in time. A body with no receiver — an Insta360 Luna Ultra, most action cameras — can still be placed this way, and the coordinate is a good one; it is simply not that clip's own reading, and a Location column with nothing beside it reads as though it were.Camera TypeThe camera body exactly as recorded in metadata, never guessed from the file name.Camera ManufacturerCamera Manufacturer is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Camera Serial #Identifies individual bodies when the same model appears more than once.ISOISO is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Camera ApertureCamera Aperture is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Shutter SpeedShutter Speed is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Shutter AngleShutter Angle is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Lens TypeThe lens by name, as the body reported it. An empty cell usually means manual glass: a lens with no electronic contacts has nothing to announce.Focal Point (mm)Focal Point (mm) is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.DistanceLens focus distance, where the camera records it. Not every body reports one.White Point (Kelvin)White Point (Kelvin) is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.ND FilterThe ND wheel position the camera recorded. Empty means the body states none, which is most of them.Camera FPSCamera FPS is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Monitoring LUTThe cube the camera was showing on the monitor, which is not the one Ingesta applied to its own frames. Read from Sony acquisition metadata or from the RED clip header, on bodies that record it.Camera NotesA compact summary of camera, lens and acquisition metadata.Gamma NotesThe image gamma, such as S-Log3, C-Log3 or Rec.709. Read from camera metadata rather than inferred from the file name.Color Space NotesColor Space Notes is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.LUT UsedThe LUT applied to the frames Ingesta analyzes. Resolve cannot infer it later.Bit DepthRead from the bitstream rather than the container.Codec BitrateCodec Bitrate is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.Video CodecVideo Codec is written from the clip's recorded metadata into the editor-ready export.ResolutionDisplay-corrected, so vertically shot footage reads as vertical.Keywords/DualGainWhether the sensor's high-gain readout was in use, which is what sets the clip's noise floor.Keywords/ISWhether stabilization actually moved the sensor, measured from the sensor position track rather than taken from a menu flag.Sensor Area CapturedHow much of the sensor the shot used, in millimeters, with the crop where it can be measured. Millimeters compare across makes; a mode name does not.Camera Notes/RSHow long the sensor takes to read one frame, the source of skew on fast pans. Measured from the clip for its exact camera and sensor mode, and shown as a share of frame time so values compare across frame rates.Camera Notes/MLUTThe monitoring LUT used on set, written inside the Camera Notes summary. The column of the same name is a separate tick. Sony and RED bodies record it.Camera Notes/RAWSensor-reported black, 18% gray and 90% white reference levels. These are reference points, not clipping levels.MoveStatic, Pan, Tilt or Pan + Tilt, measured from gyro telemetry. No telemetry means blank, never a guess.Keywords/rigTripod, gimbal, handheld, drone or shaky, based on camera identity and gyro telemetry. Unknown stays blank.Keywords/handlingShaky or whip. Describes how the shot came out, separately from the rig.Shot TypeEight sizes, from extreme close-up to extreme wide. When the camera records focus distance, Ingesta measures framing from focal length and focus distance. It measures frame scale, not subject type: half a meter of frame is a close-up whether it contains a face or a rock. If focus distance is unavailable and the description model is enabled, Ingesta estimates only wide, medium or close-up. For focus pulls, the value is the framing at the start of the clip.Day / NightCalculated from the sun's position at the clip's place and date, not guessed from the image.
Searchable Name:Value tags
Tags keep their namespace, so searching Move: or Light: returns the matching clips.
Time of day
Light
Day or night
Rig
Handling
Camera movement
Shot size
Dual gain
Stabilization
Sound present
The two output files: CSV is written on every scan for DaVinci Resolve. Tick “Also write FCPXML” when you want the matching file for Final Cut Pro.
Private by architecture
Your footage stays yours.
Ingesta runs locally on Apple Silicon. It reads metadata on your machine, creates the files you need and never uploads the footage.
No cloud processingNo proxies or media uploadsYour originals are never changed
On-deviceApple Silicon
Built for real footage
Fits the tools you already use.
A focused Mac workflow for professional camera files and the editing tools filmmakers already know.
Editors
DaVinci Resolve · Final Cut Pro
Camera makers
Sony · Canon · Panasonic · Nikon · DJI · GoPro · Apple · ARRI · Blackmagic · RED · Atomos
Media formats
.mp4 · .mov · .mxf · .braw · .r3d
Current release
Apple Silicon Mac
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