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Adding the influencer handle to downloaded content

How to enable the workspace setting that displays the influencer handle on downloaded images and videos, which downloads it applies to, and how downloaded files are named.

Written by Abed Tabbara

When you download content from Lefty, the influencer's handle is not shown on the visual itself by default. A workspace setting adds it directly onto each downloaded image and video, so content stays identifiable when it is shared internally.


Enabling the setting

Go to Settings > Workflows and tick:

  • "Enable this option to display the influencer handle on exported content (video, image, etc.)"

The setting is off by default and applies to the whole workspace once enabled. If the checkbox is greyed out, your user role does not have permission to edit workspace settings: ask a workspace admin to enable it.

The handle is added at the moment of download, so the setting affects new downloads only. Content you downloaded before enabling it is unchanged.


How the handle appears

  • The influencer's handle is displayed in the top-left corner of the visual

  • White text, scaled automatically to the width of the image or video

  • Applied to both images and videos

Because each file is processed individually, downloads may take longer with the setting enabled. This is most noticeable on large bulk downloads and on videos.


Which downloads are covered

Once enabled, the handle is added to:

  • A single post downloaded from a campaign, an influencer profile or Discover

  • Bulk content downloads from a campaign (ZIP file)

  • Content exports from the Directory (ZIP file)

  • Carousel posts, where each image is included in a ZIP file

It does not change your PowerPoint or Excel report exports, which are unaffected by this setting.


File names already include the handle

Whether or not the setting is enabled, downloaded files are named after the influencer, following the pattern handle_post-id_publication-date. Files inside a ZIP export are named the same way. If you only need to know who published a piece of content, the file name already tells you, and the setting is useful when the handle needs to be visible on the visual itself.

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