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Post-production
From the first cut to the file the client keeps: timecode, frame rates, markers, folders and file names, versions, color, the checks before sending and the delivery itself.
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Post-production
How to get client comments onto your Premiere timeline as markers
Client notes work better on the timeline than on a second monitor. How to import markers into Premiere Pro from a review, and what pushes them off the frame: start timecode, frame rate, drop frame and ranges.
Samuel Silva · Oct 21, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
How to add timecode to a video for review
Burned-in timecode lets every note on a review copy point at a frame. How to add it in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, the settings that decide where notes land, and when to leave it off.
Samuel Silva · Oct 20, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
Black frame detection: why black frames end up in an export and how to catch them
A one-frame gap after a trim, a cutaway a frame too short, an export range that runs past the last clip. Where unwanted black frames come from, how detection tools find them and how to keep them out of the file.
Samuel Silva · Oct 19, 2026 · 6 min read
Post-production
Media Encoder watch folders: set one up and let the render upload itself
How to set up a watch folder in Adobe Media Encoder, where its files end up, and how to chain it to a second folder that uploads the review copy as the next version, without half-written renders or 8 GB masters.
Samuel Silva · Oct 14, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
What is a paper edit? How to build the story from the transcript
A paper edit is the interview cut written out before anyone opens the timeline. How to build one for testimonials and brand documentaries, step by step, and the mistakes that only show up in the cut.
Samuel Silva · Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
A video project folder structure you can copy for every job
A numbered folder template for video projects, ready to copy, and the rules that keep a job findable: two verified copies of every card, no renaming after import, review exports apart from finals, and an archive step.
Samuel Silva · Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
How to get client notes onto a DaVinci Resolve timeline as markers
Client notes work better as markers on the Resolve timeline. Three ways to import markers into DaVinci Resolve, and what makes them vanish or land off the frame: start timecode, frame rate and special characters.
Samuel Silva · Oct 9, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
Lower thirds best practices: a checklist before the client spots the typo
The lower third is where clients find mistakes first: a misspelled name, last year's job title. A checklist for names, titles, timing, title safe and phone screens, and how to collect it all before the edit.
Samuel Silva · Oct 8, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
What is a proxy workflow, and how to set one up in Premiere, Resolve and Final Cut
Proxies are light copies of the camera files that you cut with and swap for the originals at the end. When they pay off, the settings that keep them linked, and how to make and switch them in Premiere, Resolve and Final Cut.
Samuel Silva · Oct 8, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
Video encoding best practices: which codec, container and bitrate to export
ProRes for the master, H.264 in MP4 for review and the web, the spec sheet for broadcast. Codec versus container, how much bitrate is enough and the export settings behind most rejected files.
Samuel Silva · Oct 6, 2026 · 6 min read
Post-production
Video resolution standards: which resolution and aspect ratio to use
1920 x 1080, UHD or DCI 4K, 1080 x 1920 for vertical. The standard video resolutions and aspect ratios, what 4K means on TV and in cinema, and how to choose what to shoot and what to deliver.
Samuel Silva · Oct 5, 2026 · 6 min read
Post-production
LUT management for video teams, from the set to the final grade
Technical LUTs convert log to a viewing standard, creative LUTs carry a look, and mixing them up costs a day of grading. How to name, version and store LUTs, and how to carry one look from the set through the edit to the grade.
Samuel Silva · Oct 2, 2026 · 6 min read
Post-production
How to review color grading with a client
The grade looked right in the suite and too dark on the client's laptop. Why color changes from screen to screen, what to control on your side, how to ask for color notes a colorist can use and when to stop regrading.
Samuel Silva · Oct 1, 2026 · 8 min read
Post-production
Final QC checklist: what to check before you deliver a video
The last pass on a master before it goes to the client or the broadcaster: the spec, the file data, a real-time watch, every piece of text and each format you deliver. A checklist to copy, in the order that saves time.
Samuel Silva · Sep 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Post-production
How to review a rough cut: what to look at and what to leave for later
The rough cut is the cheapest moment to change the story and the worst moment to judge the color. What to look at in a first cut, what to leave for the fine cut, and how to write notes the editor can use.
Samuel Silva · Sep 25, 2026 · 6 min read
Post-production
Audio level standards for video: what loudness to mix to
-23 LUFS for European TV, -24 for US broadcast, around -14 on YouTube. What LUFS and true peak measure, the target each destination asks for, and how to check the mix before the file goes out.
Samuel Silva · Sep 23, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
What is video QC (quality control)?
Video QC is the check a finished file goes through before anyone outside the edit suite sees it. What it covers, how it differs from review, when to run it and which parts a machine can check for you.
Samuel Silva · Sep 23, 2026 · 7 min read
Post-production
How to reframe a video from 16:9 to 9:16
Auto Reframe in Premiere, Smart Reframe in Resolve and Smart Conform in Final Cut give you a first pass. Which shots to fix by hand, what breaks in graphics and subtitles, and how to review the vertical.
Samuel Silva · Sep 22, 2026 · 7 min read
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