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Format Cleaner

Clean camera card dumps by file format — and pull out the clips your edit actually used.

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~/Footage/Wedding_Card_A — all subfolders, grouped by format

Pick the formats you never use.

The problem it solves

Every camera dump arrives with files you never edit with: low-res proxies, thumbnails, sidecar XMLs — spread across dozens of subfolders. Deleting them means opening folder after folder.

After the edit it gets worse. A wedding can leave hundreds of unused clips and alternate takes, and finding which files actually made it into the timeline is slow, manual work.

How it works

  1. 1

    Point it at the footage

    Choose the card or project folder. Every subfolder is scanned.

  2. 2

    See every format at once

    Files are grouped by format, with counts and total size for each.

  3. 3

    Delete what you never use

    Tick the formats you don’t need and remove them in one action.

  4. 4

    Collect the used clips

    Read your DaVinci Resolve or Premiere Pro timeline and move the clips in the edit into a separate folder.

What it does

Built for

  • Wedding video editors
  • Filmmakers
  • Production houses
  • Content creators with multi-camera shoots
Grouped by format
MP4, MOV, LRV, THM, XML, JPG, WAV — whatever is on the card, with counts and sizes.
One-click cleanup
No more opening every folder to delete the same file types.
Timeline-aware
Works from your Resolve or Premiere timeline to find which clips were used.
Offline
Runs on your Mac. Your footage never leaves your drive.

Questions

Does Format Cleaner need an internet connection?

No. It runs offline on your Mac and works directly with your folders and drives.

Which editing software does it work with?

It reads timelines from DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere Pro to find the clips used in your edit.

Can I get this tool, or a version built for my workflow?

Yes — get in touch. We can talk about this tool or adapt it to your cameras, folder structure and editing app.

Want Format Cleaner — or one built around your task?

Message us or describe your workflow. We reply personally.

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