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AAF Checker for Video Editors: How to Ship a Clean Handoff
The AAF Checker lets video editors confirm an export is sound before it reaches audio. How to use it, and what to fix at export.
A Free AAF Checker for Audio Post: Why We Built It
We are releasing a free AAF checker. Drop in an AAF and see whether the file is sound before you import it into Pro Tools. Here is why it is free.
Post-Production Audio Deliverables Checklist: Broadcast, Streaming, Theatrical
Loudness, stems, M&E, file naming, and platform-specific deltas. The pre-delivery checklist that catches issues before the master goes out the door.
ADR Workflow in Pro Tools: From Picture Lock to Final Dialogue
Spotting, cue lists, the handover to the ADR stage, session layout, and playback setup. The full ADR workflow in Pro Tools, end to end.
AAF Metadata: What Survives the Export, What Gets Lost, How to Catch It Early
What an AAF carries from picture editorial to Pro Tools, what gets dropped on the way, and how to catch metadata gaps before they reach the mix.
Conforming Audio After Picture Lock: The Post-Lock Workflow That Doesn't Break
Picture lock rarely holds. The conforming workflow in Pro Tools, the two paths a conform can take, and how to keep the session intact across cut versions.
How Matchbox Handles Picture Changes in Pro Tools
What Matchbox does inside Pro Tools, how Smart Conform handles clip-by-clip reconforms, and what the original session needs to carry for it to work cleanly.
EdiLoad for Pro Tools: EDL Compare, Reconform, WAV Assembly, and Scene Remap in Episodic Post
What EdiLoad does for episodic Pro Tools post: EDL compare, reconform, WAV assembly, scene remap, and the AAF prep that lets each pillar run cleanly.
Audio Post Production Pipeline in Pro Tools: How fPost, Matchbox, EdiLoad, and fMusic Fit
The four phases of the Pro Tools audio post pipeline (build, mix, reconform, deliver) and which tools own each phase. The complete map for episodic and feature work.
Multi-AAF Episodic Workflow in Pro Tools: 10 Episodes, 10 AAFs Each
Episodic TV and commercial post run on multi-AAF imports. The pattern, the hidden math, and the batch workflow that turns 200 prep hours back into minutes.
What Is an OMF File? (And Why Modern Post Uses AAF Instead)
OMF is the legacy interchange format for moving audio between picture editorial and Pro Tools. What it carries, what it doesn't, and why AAF replaced it.
How to Create a Pro Tools-Friendly AAF from Avid Media Composer
Export settings, handle length, stereo handling, and pre-delivery checks for a Media Composer AAF that works in Pro Tools from the first import.
Dialogue Edit Prep in Pro Tools: The Facility-Grade Workflow
How dialogue editors structure a Pro Tools session before the creative edit: track layout, routing, clip organization, room tone setup, and conforming readiness.
Audio Post Production Workflow: The Seven Phases and Where Each Breaks
Audio post runs in seven phases, and the same sequence holds on a feature, a series and a commercial. Who owns each phase, the two that absorb most of the non-creative time, and where the handoffs fail.
AAF File: What It Carries, What Gets Lost, and Why Imports Fail
What an AAF actually contains, what does not survive the export to Pro Tools, how each NLE differs, and what the error dialogs mean when the file refuses to open.
How to Create a Pro Tools-Friendly AAF from DaVinci Resolve
Every setting that matters when exporting an AAF from DaVinci Resolve for Pro Tools: the Deliver page, the Fairlight trap, handles, and the track naming problem.
fMusic's Ultimate Showcase: Total Import & Bounce Automation for Pro Tools
fMusic automates session prep and stems export in Pro Tools and Logic. See how it handles AI track coloring, routing, custom prints, and multi-session queues.
fPost Studio Is Here: AAF & PTX Prep Automation for Pro Tools
fPost Studio automates AAF import and PTX session prep in Pro Tools. See exactly how it works: visualizer, AI clip classification, template matching, and more.
Premiere Pro AAF Export to Pro Tools: Fixing the Dual-Mono Track Problem
When a Premiere AAF lands in Pro Tools and stereo arrives as split mono, prep time vanishes. What dual-mono is, why Premiere creates it, and how to fix it.
How to Automate AAF Prep in Pro Tools with fPost
AAF prep in Pro Tools costs two to three hours per session, and the cost falls on the engineer before any creative work begins. Here is how fPost automates that layer.
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