Chapter 6.2Mastering and Quality Control
You’ve taken your project through the pipeline from offline to online conform. Next comes the color grading and adding visual effects and titles. The completed mixed soundtrack has been “married” to the picture. Each step has been checked for accuracy and you are confident all the pieces are there and in the right place. There remains the “last mile” in the process. It involves taking the finished masterpiece and committing it to several different formats of high-quality media in order to deliver it to your client or distributor. This is referred to as “mastering.” Tape and film master reels may not be required or even considered for smaller short-form projects in which case the sole master may be a high-quality ...
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