ONLINE EDITING - THE CRAFT
MANCHESTER / WORLDWIDE
Where the story is finished
The offline cut carries the story. Online editing is where that story becomes something you can actually put to air — technically precise, broadcast-compliant, and built to survive every platform it's delivered to.
FROM LOCKED CUT TO BROADCAST MASTER
10:13:06:23
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COLOUR GRADING
Look development
Once the conform is complete, grading gives the finished master its visual identity — matching every shot, developing a look that suits the story, and finishing for whatever spec it's being delivered in, from broadcast SDR to HDR.
THE QC PASS
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CONFORM
Re-linked to full resolution camera originals
Audio Levels
Mixed and mastered to broadcaster loudness spec
Legalisation
Colour and levels checked against broadcast-safe limits
Titles and Subtitles
Synced, formatted to spec, and burned in or delivered as a separate file
Metadata
Matched exactly to what the broadcaster or platform requires
Final Technical Review
A full watch-through checking for drop-outs, sync errors and delivery faults
CONFORM, EXPLAINED
Offline isn't the finished file
Offline editing works from lightweight proxy footage so the creative process stays fast. Conform is the technical process of rebuilding that exact edit using the original, full-resolution camera files — frame for frame, cut for cut — so nothing about the story changes, but everything about its quality does.
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DELIVERED TO SPEC
Every broadcaster and platform has its own technical rulebook — the master only counts as finished once it passes all of them.
AS-11
PRORES 422 HQ
REC. 709
BROADCAST SAFE
CLEAN ELEMENTS
MUSIC AND EFFECTS
TITLE SAFE
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POLYGON POST PRODUCTION
MediaCity UK, Manchester, UK
07525777747
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Offline and Online editing for broadcasters, agencies, and brands with secure remote workflows.
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