Film & video

Refinement here is about delivery quality: making sure your final export holds up across platforms and playback conditions.

Common assets

  • Final masters and mezzanine exports
  • Social cutdowns and trailers
  • Dialogue and interview audio
  • Captions, descriptions, and release notes

Recommended workflows

Video (masters and socials)

  • Improve perceived clarity and reduce compression artifacts on deliverables
  • Validate faces, captions, gradients, and fast motion

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Audio (dialogue clarity)

  • Reduce steady noise and improve intelligibility
  • Use isolation when environments are complex (with review)

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Text (metadata and captions)

  • Rewrite descriptions and captions for clarity and consistency

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Notes

If you’re doing high-end finishing (grade, VFX, mastering), refinement is usually best after editorial decisions are locked and you’re producing delivery outputs.