Blog · 23 posts

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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RecReview panel in Premiere with a client note, the editor’s reply and a Resolve button on every comment

Post-production

How to work through client notes without leaving Premiere

Client notes usually sit in an email on the second monitor while you hunt for timecodes in Premiere. How to run a clean notes pass, and what changes when the comments live in a panel next to the timeline.

Samuel Silva · Sep 21, 2026 · 7 min read

AI Review finding: possible flash frame at 00:31.4, one frame that differs from its neighbors

Post-production

Video editing mistakes to avoid: the ones clients notice first

A flash frame at a cut, a misspelled name, audio that jumps between shots, last year's end card. The editing mistakes clients spot in a delivered video, why each happens and who on the team should catch it.

Samuel Silva · Sep 21, 2026 · 8 min read

Review player with comments marked on the timeline and the clock at 00:00 of 02:30

Version 2 of the task showing 2:30, 1920×1080 and 29.97 fps, with version 1 below

Post-production

24 vs 30 fps: how to choose a frame rate and keep it to delivery

24, 25 or 30 fps, and why cameras say 23.976 and 29.97. How to pick a frame rate for corporate and social video, shoot slow motion, keep mixed rates off the timeline and send the review copy at the delivery rate.

Samuel Silva · Sep 18, 2026 · 8 min read

Task version list, with the current version marked and a Compare button

Approval of version 2 with who approved and when

Post-production

What is picture lock? How to lock the cut on client projects

Picture lock is the point where the edit stops changing. Why it matters on commercial and corporate work, who signs it off, what to put in the proposal and what to do when the client wants a trim after the mix.

Samuel Silva · Sep 18, 2026 · 8 min read

AI Review finding: possible duplicated take, with the repeated passage and both timecodes

AI Review finding: possible flash frame, with the exact timecode

Post-production

AI video review, explained: how it catches what tired eyes miss

What AI video review and automated QC actually do, what they can and can't catch, and how a multi-pass analysis flags audio, picture, and text errors with timecodes.

Samuel Silva · Jun 16, 2026 · 3 min read