Legacy Media
Preparing video for older formats and players, such as standard-definition TV or DVD.
- Price
- From $45.00 per finished minute
- Free trial
- A 30-second cut from your own footage, no card, no commitment.
What to send us
The source video, target legacy format such as SD TV or DVD, and the player or broadcaster involved.
What you get back
Video resized and prepared for older formats, with safe areas, aspect ratio and interlacing handled correctly.
What to check before you sign off
Test on legacy equipment if possible. Older players may crop or scale differently from modern software.
Part of Resizing for Various Media. How the work runs and what it costs across the family are set out in the video editing & production guide.
Rates and common questions for this work are on the Video Editing & Production page.
How we approach this work
Articles from the journal, written by the people who do this work. More on this subject →
Video Editing Workflow: The Decisions That Matter
Learn the video editing workflow stages that matter, from verified ingest and proxies to rough cut, picture lock, finishing and clean delivery.
Video Editing & ProductionA Practical Guide to Audio Loudness Standards for Video
A phased playbook for hitting audio loudness targets in video: LUFS, true peak, loudness range, and separate masters for broadcast, streaming and social.
Video Editing & ProductionColor Grading, Done Properly
Six common color grading myths, from LUT-first workflows to uncalibrated screens and unchecked SDR versions, and the practice that replaces each one.
Often combined with Legacy Media
The work that usually sits either side of this one. One team handles all of it, under one brief.
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Fixing slow, noisy or broken renders and optimizing scenes so they render faster without losing quality.
Priced per project
Podcast Production
You record. We do everything after that.
From $165.00 per episode
Audio Post for Video
Everything the soundtrack of a video needs after the picture is locked: dialogue cleanup, sound effects, music, the fina...
Priced per project
Content Production
Researched, cited, and written by a named person.
From $0.45 per word
Conversion Rate Optimization
Research first. Testing without a hypothesis is just guessing slowly.
From $2,200.00 per engagement
Paid Media
Accounts run on evidence rather than on platform defaults.
From $2,400.00 per month
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