Tools & Reference
Technical guides and tools for post-production
Reference material for producers, directors, and post supervisors, covering delivery formats, frame specifications, and practical tools we use every day.
Guides
End Credit Fonts
Choosing a typeface for your end crawl: sixty-plus free, embeddable fonts grouped by typographic family and by the genres each one suits, every one with a direct download. Includes a previewer that sets your own cast and crew list in any face, at any size and weight, and rolls it.
Australian Broadcaster Delivery Specs
Codec, resolution, audio loudness, and caption specifications for Australian free-to-air and streaming platforms: ABC, SBS, Seven, Nine, Ten, Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Apple TV+, and more.
IMF & Streaming Delivery
Interoperable Master Format explained: CPL, PKL, ASSETMAP, JPEG 2000, supplemental packages, and the Netflix, Amazon, Apple TV+, and Disney+ delivery requirements for long-form original content.
Colour Science & Management
Colour spaces, CSTs, working spaces, P3, log formats, ACES, and HDR delivery explained, from how sensors capture light through to simultaneous HDR/SDR pipelines and DCI cinema delivery.
Camera RAW
What camera RAW really is: Bayer colour filter arrays, demosaicing, ARRIRAW, BRAW, REDCODE, ProRes RAW, and how RAW fits into a colour-managed post-production pipeline.
Audio Loudness & Delivery
LUFS, true peak, EBU R128, and platform loudness targets explained for broadcast, streaming, and music delivery. Covers channel configurations, M&E stems, and technical delivery specs.
DCP: Digital Cinema Package
Digital Cinema Package explained: 4K vs 2K DCP and which to deliver, DCI container formats, scope vs flat, colour, audio, KDM encryption, and creating a DCP in DaVinci Resolve.
Understanding Aspect Ratios & Delivery Specs
Frame sizes, containers, and delivery formats, from the UHD/4K distinction through to cinema DCP specifications. A clear reference for producers and post supervisors.
Understanding Codecs & Container Files
What a codec actually does, how containers differ from codecs, bit depth, chroma subsampling, and which formats suit acquisition, editorial, and delivery. A practical reference for anyone working in post.
Tools
Timecode Calculator
Duration arithmetic, frame rate conversion, and feet+frames for every frame rate, including drop-frame 29.97 and 59.94 NTSC. Built for editors, DITs, and post supervisors.
Data Rate Calculator
Estimate storage requirements for any camera, codec, and frame rate combination. Covers 45 cameras including ARRI, RED, Sony, Canon, DJI, and Fujifilm.