It applies to the project described in the accepted proposal (including the deliverables list, schedule, and price), and it sets out how I handle media, reviews, delivery, and sign-off so the grade stays consistent and easy to approve. If something is unclear before we start, I would rather tighten it up in writing than guess and burn your review time.
What I deliver
Color correction on this project covers a conform check and roundtrip test, a primary balance pass, scene-by-scene shot matching, look development using your references, and delivery checks for the agreed Rec.709 pipeline (or another agreed target if your delivery specs say so). The specific outputs I will hand over are listed below, and that list is what you can hold me to.
To start on Day 1, I need a locked timeline, access to the grading media, and your delivery specs. If those arrive late, or the cut changes after I have started, the schedule moves with them and I will quote any extra conform or re-grade time before I continue.
* Rec.709 master export * Shot matched timeline * Look LUT package * Reference still set * Noise and grain pass * Final review exports
Payment
To book the slot, I invoice 25% of the price when you sign the proposal. I invoice the remaining 75% when I hand over the finished work.
Each invoice is payable within 14 days of its date. If a payment runs late, I will pause new work and hold delivery until the account is up to date. If a delivery date is fixed on your side, tell me early. I can usually keep things moving if I have clear payment timing, but I cannot treat unpaid time as booked time.
Review rounds
Two review rounds are included. A review round means: I send a review export, you send one set of consolidated notes back, and I apply those notes and send the next review export. Notes work best as timecode-based comments against the review export, grouped by scene when you can. That keeps decisions repeatable and avoids the grade drifting into a taste debate.
If you want a third round, or notes come in as multiple small batches that restart decision-making, I will price the added time and get your written approval before I do it.
Who owns what
Once the final invoice is paid, you own the final graded outputs I deliver for your project (including the masters and review exports listed in the deliverables). You can use them without needing to credit me, unless your own client requires it.
I keep ownership of my working project files, node trees, caches, templates, show LUT tools, and any techniques I use to build the look. If you need an archive handover for another facility, ask before delivery. I can quote for packaging and relinking, but my default delivery is the finished outputs rather than a transferable grading project.
Portfolio use
I may show short extracts, stills, or before and after frames from the finished work as part of my portfolio, case studies, and reels. I do this to show matching, skin handling, and mixed-format consistency, not to reveal unreleased story points.
If you need the work kept private, or you want a holdback until a launch date, tell me in writing before I deliver finals. I will follow that request, including crediting rules or “no client name” requirements, as long as I have them clearly and early.
Limits you can expect
I am responsible for doing the agreed color correction with care, keeping notes structured, and matching your references as closely as your source allows. If a shot cannot reach the reference because of exposure, white balance, compression, or clipping, I will flag it rather than forcing it.
I am not responsible for issues caused by problems in the supplied media or timeline (wrong versions, missing handles, bad timecode, offline relinks, incorrect exports), or for platform changes after delivery (player, web compression, device settings). You are responsible for final legal or broadcast compliance checks unless we agree in writing that I am handling those checks for this project.
Ending the booking
Either of us can end the project by telling the other in writing. In that message, we will agree the stop date and any handover that makes sense for where the work is up to.
If you end the project, you pay for the work I have completed up to the stop date, plus any costs I cannot undo. If you have already paid more than that amount, I refund the difference. If I end the project, I will hand over what I have finished that you have paid for, along with the latest review exports and reference stills available at that point. I do not release finals until the related invoice is paid.
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