Incoming Finishing Requirements for Evolutions

File types and formats required by Evolutions for Conforms / Grades / Audio

For Conform

If your project is going to be conformed at Evolutions, please send the following files of your final locked offline edit:
If you are editing in something other than Avid Media Composer please let us know soon as possible

Avid bin containing ONLY the sequence to be conformed

Guide QT of locked offline (timecode small and situated at the top-left of the picture) with guide audio (Preferred format – H264 QuickTime)

Original Source Rushes. Camera rushes to be supplied in original folder structure.

Generics, Fonts and Graphics (including imported or linked stills etc.)

Archive should be supplied full res without watermarks and timecode

For Grade

If your project is going straight to grade at Evolutions, please send the following files:

Pregraded flattened Video at least 10bit at the frame size of the final delivery format or higher. ProResHQ and DNXHQX files are suitable

EDL File 32 format of the pregraded timeline

Copy of final bin Pregraded bin containing the sequence
Guide QT of locked offline (timecode small and situated at the top-left of the picture) with guide audio

(Preferred format – H264 QuickTime)

For Audio

If your project is going to be mixed at Evolutions, please send the following files:

Audio AAF – Embedded, 75 frame handles,

Stereo Wav – if any guide VO is present a split track wav with VO on track 1 and everything else on track

Audio EDLs – File 32, all audio tracks in one file

Video EDL - File 32 - all video tracks in one file