How Cinebody Names Your Files When You Download Them

Here's what's new with Cinebody's file-naming convention and how it can help you keep track of downloaded footage outside of the platform.

Previously, downloaded Cinebody clips we're assigned a file name that identified the project that the clip came from, the date/time that it was downloaded, and in what order. This did the job for most, but for projects with a high volume of submissions, this naming convention sometimes made identifying a clip tricky outside of the platform.

So to increase our utility as a production tool for all sorts of uses and levels of experience, we've updated our file naming convention so that it assigns a more precise identity to each clip that you download,

Now, file names will communicate who filmed a clip, what project it came from, what shot type it's associated with, and in what order it was filmed if, for example, a user films multiple takes to the same shot. This convention is as follows: 

UserFirstNameLastName_ProjectName_ShotName-Shot Clip Number

For example, if user Jake Brumbaugh is a part of a Cinebody project named "Company Culture" and he films 4 clips to a shot called "Team Building", the second clip that he filmed would be assigned the following file name after being downloaded:

jakebrumbaugh_companyculture_teambuilding-002 

Note that the "-002" at the end of the file communicates in what order the shot was filmed by the user, not the order in which it was downloaded by you.