Video Editing Glossary

Ingest

Importing and copying footage into your editing system and storage.

Ingest is the process of bringing footage off cards or drives into your project and backup storage, often with renaming, transcoding or proxy creation. A disciplined ingest protects originals and sets up a clean edit. It is the first step of any professional workflow.

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Faran@432
Production Lead & Consultant · Studio432

Faran is the production lead at Studio432 — the studio arm of Club432, the Karachi collective behind 100+ filmed live sessions and concert films. He plans and consults on shoots worldwide, and owns the gear, settings and craft standards behind everything published here.

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