Video editors, this one's for you. I just dumped 50 video files from today's shoot into a folder. Mixed A-cam, B-cam, and audio files. Usually takes me 10-15 minutes to sort manually. I asked Claude: "Create subfolders named A-Cam, B-Cam, and Audio. Move files based on naming patterns. Rename every file with today's date at the beginning." Done in under a minute. Every file properly categorized and dated. The best part? This workflow is now repeatable. Your project folders will always be structured the same way. Future you (or your editor) will thank you. Instant professionalism.
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Video Footage Auto-Organization
Automatically categorize footage from SD card by camera position and file type, and prepend date to filenames
★☆☆ Beginner 2-5 min January 14, 2026
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Scenario
Finished shooting today, SD card has 50 video files mixed with A-cam, B-cam and audio files. Need quick organization for post-production.
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Prompt
I just dumped 50 video files into this folder from today's shoot. Create subfolders named 'A-Cam', 'B-Cam', and 'Audio'. Move files based on naming patterns (A00→A-Cam, B00→B-Cam, .WAV→Audio). Rename every file appending today's date (2026-01-12) to the beginning.
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Expected Result
Claude automatically executed: - Created A-Cam, B-Cam, Audio subfolders - Moved files based on naming patterns (A00, B00, .WAV) - Prepended date to every filename (2026-01-12_original_name) **Instant professionalism:** Your project folders are always structured the same way, editors (or future you) will love you.
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Tips
- • Perfect for daily post-shoot footage organization
- • Can customize naming patterns and folder structure
- • For archiving old footage, can batch process thousands of files