The repetitive work after a video edit

You have 30 clips ready to send to a client. They need vertical and square versions, a logo in the corner, and filenames that make sense to whoever will post them. You know what needs doing. Applying those settings to every clip is the time-consuming part.

You open the first video, choose the dimensions, place the logo and export. Then you do it again. A preset helps, but there are still files to open, outputs to check and names to sort out. By the end, the export folder can take almost as much attention as the videos.

Dropclips is built for that part of the job. You save a set of processing steps as a pipeline, then apply it to a batch of clips.

The settings you should only have to choose once

Suppose a client always wants three versions: 9:16, 1:1 and 4:5. Their logo goes bottom left. Captions use the same font and colours. The files need the client's name and the aspect ratio in the filename.

You can put those choices in one pipeline. The next batch uses the same settings, so you do not have to rebuild the export setup for each clip or remember which caption style you used last month.

That consistency matters when someone else handles the next delivery. A named, saved pipeline gives them a starting point they can inspect, rather than a list of settings buried in a message thread.

What still needs your attention

A batch tool cannot tell whether the crop suits every shot. A person standing in the middle of one frame might move to the edge in the next. Automatic captions can mishear a name. A logo can cover something important.

You still need to check the results. It is worth trying the pipeline on a few representative clips before sending a large batch through it: a close-up, a wide shot, and anything with awkward framing or difficult audio.

Clips that need individual treatment may belong in a separate run. If you need different cuts, moving graphics or detailed caption corrections, do those in an editor. You can bring the finished clips back to Dropclips for the shared export steps.

From a folder to a delivery

A run can contain up to 150 clips. Before you start, Dropclips shows the credit total. The files upload, the pipeline runs, and the results are available to download individually or in one ZIP. You can also request an email when the run finishes.

Processing still takes time. The useful saving is in the repeated setup: choosing the same ratios, placing the same logo and naming the same kinds of output over and over.

If that sounds familiar, start with one batch you already know well. The audience guide has examples of jobs that fit, and the delivery guide shows how to organise the files that come back.