Ucompressed 10Bit, HDV, HDCam, DVCPro HD, AVCHD, XDCam HD, ProRes, MPEG, H.264, 4k, 2k, 1080p, 1080i, 720p, 480p, 480i, 23.98, 29.97, DaVinci, Color, Lustre, After Effects, Motion, Final Cut Pro, Avid, Premiere Pro, Smoke, Flame, Inferno, Cut List, EDL, Image Sequence

This is a sampling formats of file types and finishing applications that are utilized in the video post production process. The democratization of film and video is upon us. As the cost of video editing hardware and software goes down and the power of these tools increases, it is possible for almost anyone with a computer to create video content.

While someone with the appropriate gear and storytelling talent can cut together a beautiful piece of video, that does not necessarily mean that they have the technical knowledge of what happens behind the scenes to allow a producer to make the most of a modest post production budget.

Online editing rates can run as high as $500 per hour. This means that the editor of a project must make their project file as bullet proof as possible before handing off to a post house in order to maximize the effectiveness of the project budget.

Ultimately, a producer must ask him/herself, "Do I want to spend $3000 on file transfer and project cleanup when I should have paid less than $600 for the same services from the offline editor? Especially when it was the editor's job to perform these services anyway?"

Do you really want to pay online editing rates for services that are actually offline responsibilities? Shouldn't your post production budget be spent on post production services?

This is where Nimble Productions comes in. We can work with your editor to create an efficient and cost effective workflow or clean up and prep your project for handoff to a post house to make the most of your budget.