Create a VFX shot list
Use a spreadsheet with shot ID, sequence, in/out timecode, frame range, requested task, priority and reference link. Shot IDs must stay consistent through revisions.
CLIENT GUIDE / VFX & COMPOSITING
VFX SHOT
TURNOVER.
Clear shot IDs. Clean plates. Accurate timecodes.
A good VFX turnover reduces relinking errors and unnecessary revisions across editorial, compositing and online finishing.
STEP BY STEP
YOUR HANDOVER.
STEP BY STEP.
Send a reference cut
Provide a locked or current reference movie with picture timecode and clearly labelled VFX shots. Include individual shot notes or annotated stills.
Supply clean plates and media
Send original camera footage or approved high-quality image sequences. Include clean plates, alternate takes, tracking references and on-set camera data if available.
Allow extra frames (“handles”)
A starting point for many jobs is 16–24 frames before and after a shot, but we will confirm the exact number for each effect.
Include edit and colour information
If shot turnovers come from a timeline, send the agreed XML or EDL plus source media references. Tell us frame rate, resolution, lens data and the working colour pipeline.
Confirm VFX returns and approvals
We agree working plates, delivery naming, review versions, accepted codecs or EXR sequences and colour-management settings before compositing.
TECHNICAL NOTES
WORTH KNOWING.
XML / EDL is not the footage
A turnover XML or EDL helps identify edits and source timecodes but the actual VFX plates must also be transferred.
VFX colour management
Camera log, ACES and linear EXR need a consistent agreed pipeline. Do not apply a creative LUT destructively to plates unless instructed.
Example shot record
VFX_012 · Seq 03 · Object removal · Frames 1024–1117 · 24-frame handles · Reference cut 01:04:12:08
BEFORE YOU UPLOAD
FINAL CHECKLIST.
Do not bake temporary graphics, subtitles, letterboxing or watermarks into the actual clean VFX plates.
START A PROJECT
READY TO
HAND OVER?
Share the project brief and tell us what software you use. We will confirm transfer arrangements and deliverable requirements.