What a take shows

A row

Each row reads left to right: its place in the list, the shot and camera angle (1A · High), the take number, and the badges. Under that is the length in seconds and the date and time it was recorded.

Badge	Means
Generated	An AI clip made on the Timeline. It’s a take of its shot like any other.
Converting	A copy that every browser plays is being made. It clears on its own.
Can’t Cut	The file couldn’t be converted. The reason is under the row.
Local	Stored only in the browser that recorded it. Nobody else can play it yet.
Cloud	Uploaded. Anyone on the project can play it, and it can be cut with.
Upload Failed	The upload stopped. Click Retry on the row.
Deleted	Shown only while Show Deleted is on. Restore brings it back.

Where takes come from

Most takes come from Video Village. The tab records each phone while it’s on REC and saves the take in your browser as Local, so upload from the same computer that ran the village. The shot and take number come from what the phone was set to.

A take can also be sound only: reference audio recorded for a scene, or for one character’s lines. It’s kept with the takes rather than in a folder of its own.

You can also add video files, and AI clips from the Timeline are listed once they’re uploaded. See Adding files and AI clips.

What the editor can use

Uploaded takes, including files you added and AI clips, and CinemaCutter’s own bin are the only footage you can cut with. Photos and clips in Media are for reference on set, not for editing.

When a take or a file uploads, its frame rate, start timecode, picture size and sound track are read from the file. That is what lets an edit line up frame for frame, and what an export to another editing app uses to find the original clip.