Partly supported2 linked discussions · Reviewed 29 September 2026

Keep footage notes useful when moving into an NLE

Editors need source names, ranges, and notes to survive the handoff to an editing project.

01 / The job

Log a useful range once and carry its context into the next editing step.

02 / How Focus helps

Focus can save source-backed selects and export handoff formats including CSV and edit lists. A free browser shot log is also available.

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03 / What to check

This is not a Kyno XMP sidecar round trip. Importing Kyno sidecars and preserving every custom metadata field across NLEs have not been verified.

04 / Evidence

Public discussions

Each source is one public discussion, not one person. These selected discussions are not a market survey. Votes count participating browsers, not verified people. Focus states describe the current product and its limits.

  1. 01
    r/editors / 2026-08-24 / Kyno

    An editor asks whether scene and take metadata still carries cleanly from Kyno into Premiere, Resolve, Avid, or Final Cut.

    Open public discussion
  2. 02
    r/editors / 2022-06-28 / Media asset managers

    A team worries that a central catalog will leave archive metadata behind when media moves from a NAS to a laptop.

    Open public discussion
Demand

Keep footage notes useful when moving into an NLE