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Export, archive, and review

About 24 minutes
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Before you begin

The idea in everyday life

Export for the actual platform or client using current resolution, codec, aspect, audio, caption, and file-size needs. Watch every delivered file, keep editable masters and rights records, preserve originals in more than one place, and critique against the brief.

The idea

The master protects quality; delivery copies fit specific platforms; the archive protects future options.

Try it

One step at a time.

Use the sample or information you have permission to use. Keep your work as you go. You can pause between steps.

  1. 1

    Export a high-quality master at the correct resolution, frame rate, color space, and audio settings.

  2. 2

    Create platform-specific copies from the master and inspect the uploaded result for compression, crop, sync, and text size.

  3. 3

    Archive originals, project files, licensed assets, exports, releases, and notes with verified backups.

  4. 4

    Review the work after a break and record one lighting, composition, capture, and editing lesson for the next project.

Example

See how it works.

Kai exports a high-quality master plus vertical and horizontal delivery versions, checks titles and audio on phone and desktop, preserves the project with licensed music receipt, and backs up originals and masters separately. The critique flags inconsistent skin tone for the next shoot.

Check your work

Did you cover these?

  • Every export is watched from first frame through final audio.
  • Aspect ratio, crop, captions, color, codec, and file naming match destination needs.
  • Originals, project, masters, licenses, consent, and backup locations are documented.
Your work

What to finish

A checked high-quality master, copies for the intended platforms, an organized backup, and four notes for improving the next project.

Common mistake

Watch for this

Keeping only the social-media upload or deleting source files before final approval and backup verification.

How can I tell I understand it?

You can recreate any delivery format without reopening a fragile or incomplete project.

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Quick knowledge check

Answer all 3 questions. Get at least 2 right and the lesson completes automatically.

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1Which step is part of “Export, archive, and review”?
2What should you have made by the end of this lesson?
3Which mistake should you watch for in this lesson?
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Optional course overview video · same video as Lesson 1
Adorama · Master Your CraftHow to Set Exposure in Manual ModeYouTube
Optional course overview

How to Set Exposure in Manual Mode

From Adorama · Master Your Craft. Watch here or open it on YouTube .

Compare final exports on more than one screen and ask whether the exposure decisions demonstrated in the video survived compression and display differences.
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Sources and further reading

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Adobe — Photography basics
Blackmagic Design — Training
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