1. For a video-editing application, a method of exporting a composite video presentation, the method comprising: editing a plurality of different video items to create a composite video presentation having a video portion, a first set of metadata associated with the video portion, and a set of rules for exporting the video portion with the first set of metadata from the video-editing application to a storage; identifying the set of rules for exporting the video portion with the first set of metadata; and exporting the first set of metadata from the video-editing application to the storage with the video portion only when the set of rules specifies that the first set of metadata should be exported with the video portion, wherein the first set of metadata is not exported to the storage with the video portion when the set of rules does not specify that the first set of metadata should be exported with the video portion, wherein said editing, identifying, and exporting are performed by the video-editing application executing on a computer.