Every card in the right place. Every backup checked.

Import photos, RAW files, video and companions into date-organised workspaces, while Hootio mirrors and verifies the backup path you choose.

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Smart Import

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CARD DETECTED

SOURCE

CAMERA_CARD

1,248 media files

CAPTURE DATE

31 Aug 2026

EXIF + QuickTime

Workspace copyComplete

Backup verification78%

Source files stay on the card.

A SAFER FIRST STEP

One import. Clear destinations. Verifiable copies.

Connect your cards

Smart Import detects one or more connected storage devices and scans every folder on each card.

Organise by shoot date

Capture metadata identifies each day’s files and creates or reuses the matching workspace folder.

Copy with structure

Photos, video and companion files are copied automatically to their configured destinations.

Verify the backup

Optional backups are compared by size and SHA-256 file content.

DESIGNED FOR THE MESSY REAL WORLD

Fewer manual checks. Fewer misplaced files.

Smart Import understands the details that make professional ingest tedious: overnight shoots, existing date folders, camera subfolders, sidecars, duplicate names and backup drives that are not always connected.

Whole-card discovery

Smart Import scans every folder on the card, not just the obvious camera directory. Photos, video and companion files stored in different places are detected and routed to their matching destinations, so nothing is missed.

One-click multi-card import

Connect multiple SD cards through separate readers and start them together. Smart Import scans every connected card and copies all files to their correct destinations in one action, without processing each card manually.

Automatic date-folder setup

Smart Import identifies each day’s files from EXIF or QuickTime capture time, then creates or reuses the matching date folder and copies everything into place—no manual selection, folder creation or drag-and-drop.

Photo & RAW routing

Keep photos and RAW files directly in the matching workspace date folder.

Video folder preservation

Group video inside a child folder named after its source folder, keeping camera structure familiar.

Companion files included

Bring sidecars and other non-media companions along with the related photo or video folder.

Verified backup copies

Compare backup content against the source with SHA-256 and replenish a missing copy on a later import.

Local & network workspaces

Work with internal storage, removable media and configured network folders on Windows or macOS.

SUPPORTED MEDIA

Photo & RAW

JPEG, HEIC, PNG, TIFF, DNG, CR2, CR3, NEF, ARW, RAF and more.

Video

MP4, MOV, M4V, MTS, MXF, MKV, INSV, WebM and more.

NOT JUST ANOTHER COPY WINDOW

Import is only finished when you know where everything went.

Hootio reports copied, existing and failed items separately, preserves source files and never silently overwrites a different same-name file.

Safe numeric suffixes for name conflicts
Previous-day matching for post-midnight captures
Free-space checks before copying
Separate photo and video backup totals

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