Where to Start
Use the path that matches your responsibility. Read the Production Workflow at a Glance first if the project has not established a post plan.
Producer or Post Supervisor
- Review the production workflow.
- Choose a color-management approach.
- Complete the pre-production checklist.
- Confirm distribution deliverables before budgeting.
- Assign ownership for VFX tracking, DI turnover, delivery, and archive.
Editor or Assistant Editor
- Confirm frame rate, timecode, reel structure, and source-name metadata.
- Follow the VFX plate-pull turnover for effects work.
- Follow the DI editorial turnover for conform and grading.
- Use the DI turnover specification.
VFX Supervisor or Producer
- Define the image pipeline.
- Issue the vendor-onboarding template.
- Set naming, handles, plate format, review format, and final-delivery rules.
- Track every version and approval in one production database.
VFX Artist or Vendor
- Read the supplied show and shot specifications.
- Confirm working format, resolution, frame range, and color encoding.
- Work through the VFX final-delivery checklist.
- Do not infer missing color, naming, or version information. Ask production.
Colorist or Finishing Artist
- Review the DI turnover and DI overview.
- Confirm the color-management approach.
- Test camera, VFX, title, HDR, and delivery round trips.
- Define archival masters before the final render.
Delivering to Theaters or Platforms
Start with Distribution Deliverables, then use the relevant package:
- DCP for theatrical and festival exhibition
- IMF for component-based platform and international delivery
- HDR Mastering for HDR10, Dolby Vision, or HLG
- Archival for preservation masters and project reconstruction