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Finish and mastering starts with import of the colour graded footage and sound mix. This is the last chance of doing smaller adjustments to the edit, fixing issues with grading and sound and adding all the titles, graphics and subtitles that needs to be included. The end result is a high quality master file that's later used for additional exports during the delivery step.

1. Finish

Set up a new sequence with the right video and audio settings. Use the sync pops to make sure that everything is in sync and add all the missing VFX, titles and graphics.

- Finishing (set up a sequence for finishing)

- Aspect ratio sheet (most resolutions and aspect ratios. For the URSA 4.6K see "Finishing")

2. Titles & Graphics

Here are some basic tutorials for using Essential Graphics

- Essential Graphics in Premiere

- Creating an end crawl

- Working with Photoshop documents in Premiere

3. Subtitles

English subtitles are standard for all the festivals and can be added in both Premiere and Resolve. Premiere is quite buggy when it comes to subtitles so we recommend using Resolve for and then importing the subtitles back into Premiere. Premiere's import settings can be found at the end of the Subtitles in Premiere tutorial

- Subtitles in Resolve

- Subtitles in Premiere

4. Mastering

The master file is used for all future exports (deliveries) and we are usually exporting two versions: One file without subtitles and one with english burned in subtitles. This is the preferred way of most festivals and makes the DCP and mp4 rendering easier.

- Export a Master File

Further Reading

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