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Evaluating the piece for finishing goals

Evaluating the piece for finishing goals - Premiere Pro Tutorial

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Evaluating the piece for finishing goals

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It's time to start our finishing process, and I wanted to quickly go over what are the steps included in this part of the process. First is the online edit or conform, and we don't actually need to do one of these in this case. Online edits only take place when you've edited at a lower resolution, and now you have to conform to the actual resolution of the piece. This is happening less and less frequently, but it absolutely is a necessary step in finishing if that is your workflow. Audio mix is probably--no not probably-- definitely the most important step here. There is just nothing more distracting than when you can't hear what someone saying in a video. Color correction really should be done on all video pieces, if nothing else then to just smooth out the differences between different cameras or lighting conditions and shooting on different days. It's subtle, but good color correction can lend a cohesiveness to your whole piece. There's also pieces that get creative color…

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