PLANNING

• Meet with the Director, DP and/or Producers to establish a look for the show.
• If possible, please collect images to use for color references. They can be from films, television shows, magazines, photographs, etc.
• Meet with Post Producer to design workflow specific to project's production and post-production needs.
• Create templates for consistent offline delivery of subtitles (fonts/layout), show graphics, timeline track layout, etc.

ONLINE PREP

1. Confirm that the final offline locked cut is formatted and cut to clock per network spec.
   • Including necessary leader with Bars & Tone so sound mix has accurate timeline.
2. Duplicate and name new sequence ‘[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut_YYMMDD’.
3. Export a Quicktime with TC burn-in named ‘[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut-REFERENCE_YYMMDD’.
4. Export a stereo mix-down to an AIFF or WAV file named ‘[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut-REFERENCE MIX_YYMMDD’.
5. Duplicate offline locked cut and name it '[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut-ONLINE PREP_YYMMDD’.
6. Prep this sequence as follows:
   
   1. Delete all audio tracks.
   2. Commit all multi-cam clips.
   3. Remove all match-frame edits on all tracks IN-OUT.
7. Duplicate prepped sequence and name it '[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’.
8. So now we have –
   
   1. ‘[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut_YYMMDD’ – Final sequence from offline/editorial.
   2. '[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut-REFERENCE_YYMMDD’ – Offline picture reference with TC Burn.
   3. ‘[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut-STEREO MIX_YYMMDD’ – Offline temp sound mix.
   4. '[TITLE_EP#] Offline Locked Cut-ONLINE PREP_YYMMDD’ – Offline locked cut prepped for online.
   5. '[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’ – Sequence ready to upres for online.
9. Copy ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’ into the '[TITLE] ONLINE ASSIST' project.

ONLINE UPRES

1. Very important - Before the UPRES, create a new ISIS partition named '[TITLE]_ONLINE_[EP#]_AVID_MEDIA'.
2. Now, in the '[TITLE] ONLINE ASSIST' project, UPRES ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’ as follows:
   
   1. UPRES to the new '[TITLE]_ONLINE_[EP#]_AVID_MEDIA' partition on the ISIS.
      • ALL elements for the episode should be upressed to the one partition.
   2. After the UPRES is complete, cut the QT reference into ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’:
      1. Add video track on top and cut QT picture onto new top [V#] track.
      2. Add [A1/A2] audio tracks and cut QT audio onto [A1/A2].
3. Copy the ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’ into a bin by itself in the '[TITLE] ONLINE' project.
   • Create a folder for all elements coming to Online from the AEs called 'HANDOFFS FROM ASSIST'.
4. Organize the clips in the timeline so that common elements are on discreet tracks. For example –
   ▪ V6 – Subtitles (if needed)
   ▪ V5 – Graphics/L3rds
   ▪ V4 – [Empty] ▪ V3 – Stock Footage
   ▪ V2 – Interviews
   ▪ V1 – Production
5. Print all Network Delivery Spec documentation and put in online suite.

IF COLOR GRADING OFF-SITE

1. Deliver all elements to colorist at least 5 days prior to online screening including:
   
   1. Bin with ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD’.
   2. MXF folder from the '[TITLE]_ONLINE_[EP#]_AVID_MEDIA' partition.
      • VERY IMPORTANT – !!!DO NOT CONSOLIDATE TO EXTERNAL DRIVE. JUST COPY THE MXF FOLDER.!!!
   3. All Network Delivery Spec documentation.

COLOR

1. Receive all prepped materials from Assist.
2. Duplicate ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD' and name it ‘[TITLE_EP#] ONLINE CC MASTER_YYMMDD'.
3. Save ‘[TITLE_EP#] Online Upres_YYMMDD' sequence in a backup bin.
4. Duplicate ‘[TITLE_EP#] ONLINE CC MASTER_YYMMDD' and name it '[TITLE_EP#] To Resolve_YYMMDD' and prep for grading in Resolve.
5. Export AAF for Resolve.
6. Import and conform cut in Resolve.
7. Import and sync temp sound mix and QT Reference in Resolve.
8. Color correct all shots to broadcast spec.
9. Color grade all shots to producers specific look.
10. Render and export color graded media.

ONLINE

1. Bring color graded master clips back in to Avid.
2. Relink ‘[TITLE_EP#] ONLINE CC MASTER_YYMMDD' to new graded media in Symphony.
3. Complete all online work including–
   • Recreate all titles in high-res.
   • QC all resizes, reformats, time-warps, matte keys & titles.
   • Correct all technical picture issues including fixing dead pixels, correcting mis-matched frame rates, etc.
   • Address all creative issues including tracked paint removals, tracked blurs for uncleared elements, etc.
   • Lay in newly imported series and episode graphics.
   • Lay in final sound mix and stems.
   • If included, check all subtitles for correct size and location.
   • Create slates for all program segments.
   • Confirm all onscreen elements conform to Network Spec show time & screen geography.
   • Create textless elements at tail if required.
4. Final QC check of ‘[TITLE_EP#] ONLINE CC MASTER_YYMMDD'.

REVIEW

• 2-3 hour session with Producer & Post Producer to review the episode.
• Make any changes according to Producers' and Post Producers' notes.

DELIVERY

• Create all versions of show for delivery including but not limited to Texted, Textless and International.
• Export all final digital masters for delivery.
• Schedule and deliver masters to QC.