Ingest Metadata and Batch Rename Options!!

Hi I just want to now if it is posibble to use or add as  a new feature to be able to make more complex Metadata Save Settings and Renames Presets!!  Now I am using Bridge to bach renaming and inserting  Metadata  video files!! I would like to be able to use those presets and make new ones in Prelude but with the options of Bridge because they are more to choose and I can create presets before hand.  For example in a day shoot I can create the necesary Scenes,locations,shoot type,camera angle presets before ingesting and when the card is ingested I just choose the already made preset for that individual card!!  Because I am using Prelude in location as a DIT media wrangler I would like to be able to bach rename and insert metadata with presets settings at the same time in Prelude and Skip Bridge alltogether!!

That's expected if the files are part of the card structure. You could do a couple of things (and maybe some others that don't immediately come to mind) without appreciably increasing the space needed
1) break the structure apart so that FCP sees the files as stand alone media clips;
2) leave the card structure intact and make aliases to the video files (requiring just a little more space). Point to the aliases during import.
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