IngestHygiene

Catalog Gap List

Lists the frame numbers the catalog expected but could not find, and holds the shoot out of the archive.

Part of Shoot Ingest and Backup

Tools

Photo Structure, Adobe Lightroom

Outcomes

Gap list per card • Shoot stays out of archive until it closes • Recovered clips matched back in

Documentation

Instruction-ready detail below

When the catalog index finishes a shoot, compare it against the frame list for each card, <slack>post</slack> the gaps, and keep the shoot out of <in:files>the archive folder</in:files> until they close.

Instruction file

When the catalog index finishes a shoot, compare it against the frame list for each card, <slack>post</slack> the gaps, and keep the shoot out of <in:files>the archive folder</in:files> until they close.

Setup requirements

Tools

Photo Structure, Adobe Lightroom

Trigger

When the catalog index finishes a shoot

Setup time

10 minutes

Other automations in this workflow

Offload Checksum Verify

Compares every offloaded file against its card checksum and flags anything that did not copy whole.

Two-Copy Backup Check

Confirms the shoot exists on the working drive and on one offsite copy before the cards are formatted.

Related workflows

Bulk Rename and Folder Structure

Put a shoot into one predictable folder and file-name shape so search, backup, and handoff all agree.

Photo organization

Hold the library to one folder shape, with no duplicate or undated shoot left behind, so a job is never hunted for twice.

Video transcoding

Render every delivery version of a finished video from one master and play-test each one, so a broken file is found before the client opens the link.

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•Works with your existing setup
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