Fabric for Videographers

Your footage library, streaming from the cloud. Every shot searchable.

A cloud drive where your footage takes zero local disk space. Files stream on demand in real time, so they open instantly with no download wait and no hard drives to carry. Every shot is searchable by what it looks like, what was said, or what it means.

Stop carrying hard drives to shoots

Videographers accumulate footage fast. Every shoot produces gigabytes of clips, and over months and years, the library grows to terabytes spread across external drives, each one labelled with a date range and a prayer that it still works. The footage from the destination wedding last spring is on the drive at the studio. The corporate shoot from Tuesday is on the drive in your bag. The reference reel you built over three years is on a drive somewhere at home. When a client asks for a re-edit or you need B-roll from a past shoot, finding it means knowing which drive, which folder, and whether the drive is even with you.

Infinite Drive is a cloud drive where stored files take zero local disk space. It appears as a mounted drive in Finder or Explorer and streams files on demand in real time. Open a 4K clip and it plays instantly with no download wait. Your entire footage library is accessible from any machine without syncing, without copying, and without carrying hard drives between locations.

This changes how you work on location. Your laptop at a coffee shop after a shoot has the same access to your full library as your workstation at the studio. A client meeting on the other side of town, you pull up the footage on your laptop without having planned ahead. Shared team folders give second shooters and editors access to the latest files without uploading to a separate service. Selective sync keeps active projects local while the rest streams from the cloud.

Infinite Drive replaces Dropbox, Google Drive, and the shelf of hard drives you have been meaning to consolidate for years.

Search every shot by what it looks like

Footage has terrible metadata. Clips are named by the camera: "MVI_0347.MOV." Folders are named by date or shoot name. Finding "that golden hour shot from the vineyard" means remembering which shoot, which card, and which folder, then scrubbing through clips until you spot it.

AI search finds footage by describing what you are looking for in plain language. "Interview with warm backlight and shallow depth of field." "Drone shot over coastline at sunset." "Close-up of hands on a piano." The search understands visual content, so it works even when the clip has no useful filename or tag.

Similar search finds visually related material across your entire library. Drop in a frame from a current project and find every shot with a similar look, composition, or colour from past shoots. Search by colour to pull footage in a specific palette. Smart organization adds automatic tagging and colour recognition as you import clips, so your library organises itself.

The explorer gives you a spatial view of your footage library, showing how shots relate by visual similarity. Browse your archive and discover clips you had forgotten alongside the ones you are actively looking for.

Search inside audio and dialogue

Interviews, speeches, vows, testimonials. The spoken content in your footage is often the most important part, and the hardest to find later. You remember what was said but not which clip or which timecode.

Audio and video transcription turns every video and audio file into searchable text. Search "when the groom talked about meeting her in college" and find the exact clip and the exact timestamp without scrubbing. The AI assistant can summarise what was said across a set of interview clips, find every mention of a topic, or pull the best quotes from hours of footage.

Client review with annotations and tracking

Sending cuts for review by email produces vague feedback: "I think around the middle it feels slow" or "can you change the music in the second half." Matching these notes to specific moments costs time.

Annotations let clients pin comments to specific spots on deliverables. Draw directly on frames to circle a problem area. Leave timestamped comments on video. Feedback is attached to the exact moment, not floating in an email thread. Combined with tasks and reminders, you track what is addressed and what is outstanding across revision rounds.

Publish cuts and deliverables with password protection and link analytics. Create named tracking links per client. Know who has watched the latest cut, when, and how long they spent. Update the file and the link serves the current version.

Moodboards and reference reels on canvas

Pre-production runs on references. The look the client wants, the pacing from a film they liked, the colour grade from a commercial. Collecting references is easy. Presenting them to a client in a way that communicates your vision is where most tools fall short.

Build reference boards on the canvas. Drag images, video stills, and clips from your library and arrange them spatially. The canvas supports live embeds from YouTube and Vimeo, so reference clips play alongside still references. Share the board with clients via a published link with optional password protection.

Capture references anywhere

The mobile app lets you photograph locations, record voice notes with automatic transcription, and save links while scouting or on set. Everything syncs to your workspace and is searchable immediately.

The handwriting scanner turns photos of handwritten shot lists, location notes, and storyboard sketches into structured digital documents. The web clipper saves visual references from any website in one click. RSS feeds pull new content from filmmaking blogs and equipment sites into your library automatically.

Self-writing docs and agents for production workflows

Self-writing docs connect to your Slack channels and meeting recordings and produce running documentation: what was decided on each production call, what changed between revisions, what feedback came in from the client. No one stops to write it down.

Agents handle the operational side. One reads a production call transcript, extracts action items, and creates tasks. Another drafts the client status update. Another assembles a weekly summary of project activity. Dispatch agents from Slack or Discord or by email via their own AI email inbox.

Connections, MCP, and API

Fabric connects to Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion, Gmail, Slack, and 50+ other apps. Bring in existing footage, references, and project files from wherever they currently live. The MCP server and API open programmatic access for custom integrations.

Use cases for videographers

The workflows videographers run in Fabric: building moodboards and reference reels with visual and colour search, running design projects from concept through delivery, managing client work with per-project spaces and tracked sharing, review and approval of cuts with annotations, content planning for series and recurring projects, capturing meeting notes from production calls, and building a long-term digital asset library of footage and references that compounds over years.

A videographer's day in Fabric

Morning. A client wants to reuse footage from a shoot six months ago. Instead of finding the right hard drive, you search "outdoor interview with the CEO, brick building background" and the clips surface instantly from Infinite Drive. You drag the best into the project space.

Mid-morning. You are reviewing yesterday's interview footage. You search "when she talked about launching the product" and the transcription takes you to the exact timecode. No scrubbing through an hour of material.

Afternoon. You scout a new location. You photograph it from several angles using the mobile app, record a voice note describing the lighting conditions, and save a link to a reference video that has the look you want. All of it lands in the project space, searchable.

Late afternoon. You publish the first cut with a tracked link for the client. They leave annotations pinned to specific moments. "This transition feels rushed" is attached to the exact frame, not described in an email.

End of day. An agent reads the day's production meeting transcript and creates follow-up tasks with deadlines. You save a few reference stills that caught your eye. They go into your library, searchable by visual similarity for the next project that needs something similar.

Get started

Put your footage, references, and client files in one searchable workspace with a cloud drive that replaces your hard drives. Try Fabric free. See pricing for teams.

For video editing workflows, see Fabric for video editors. For creative team workflows, see Fabric for creative teams. For video production agencies, see Fabric for video production agencies. For audio and music, see Fabric for music creators.

Comparing tools? See how Fabric compares to Frame.io, LucidLink, MASV, and WeTransfer.

FAQs

What is Infinite Drive and how does it work for videographers?

Infinite Drive is a cloud drive where stored files take zero local disk space. It appears as a mounted drive in Finder or Explorer and streams files on demand in real time. Open a 4K clip and it plays with no download wait. Your footage is accessible from any machine without external hard drives, syncing, or file transfers.

Does Infinite Drive replace my external hard drives?

For most videographers, yes. Your footage library lives in the cloud and streams on demand. You access the same files from your studio workstation, your laptop on location, or your home setup. No more carrying drives between shoots, labelling them, or wondering which drive has which project.

Can I search footage by describing what it looks like?

Yes. AI search finds footage by description. "Drone shot over coastline at sunset" or "close-up of hands on a piano" finds the matching clips. Similar search finds visually related material when you drop in a reference frame.

Can I search inside audio and dialogue?

Yes. Audio and video transcription turns every video and audio file into searchable text. Find a specific moment by searching what was said, with results linked directly to the timecode.

Can I find footage by colour or visual similarity?

Yes. Search by colour name, description, or picker. Similar search finds visually related clips across your entire library by composition, colour, and mood.

Can clients leave timestamped feedback on cuts?

Yes. Annotations let clients pin comments to specific moments, draw on frames, and leave timestamped feedback on video. No more vague email notes about "around the middle."

Can I share cuts with clients and track who watched?

Yes. Publish with password protection and link analytics. Create named tracking links per client and see who watched, when, and for how long.

Can I build moodboards and reference reels?

Yes. The canvas lets you arrange images, video stills, and notes spatially with live embeds from YouTube and Vimeo.

Can I capture references from my phone on location?

Yes. The mobile app lets you photograph locations, record voice notes with transcription, save links, and scan handwritten shot lists. Everything syncs to your workspace.

Can I use Fabric alongside Premiere, Final Cut, or DaVinci Resolve?

Yes. Fabric is not an editing tool. It is the workspace around the edit: footage management, references, client feedback, transcripts, and project assets. Your NLE handles the timeline. Fabric holds everything else, and Infinite Drive streams the footage.

Can agents handle production admin?

Yes. Agents read call transcripts, extract action items, create tasks, and draft client updates. Dispatch them from Slack or Discord or by email.

Is my footage and client material secure?

Yes. Fabric uses AES-256 encryption and is CASA Tier 2 compliant. Project material is private by default. Published links can be password-protected. Your data is never used to train AI models.

Can I import existing files from Google Drive or Dropbox?

Yes. Fabric connects to Google Drive and Dropbox. You can also sync from your desktop and back up from iOS and Android.