Ok lets do it, post the worst Delivery specs you have received: Let me start: [image] Client feedback : why does this look so pixelated I though we shot this in 6K.

This isn’t a delivery spec but the format I’m hating the most right now is the 9x16 (4x5 safe). These damn social formats!

I think we still have a client that requires a .wmv that is under 10mb, you know, so that it can be emailed to someone who won’t look at it but still wonder why they can’t read the legals.

Director wants to shoot anamorphic. Client wants 9x16 social versions [AnamorphicFramingSocial]

Reminds me of this “You want a WMV but you don’t know me!” [image] You want a wmv, but you don't know me Between Renders “You want a wmv, but you don’t know me.” Almost 10 years old! [EightclipAnonymous "I The Pro Res Maker"]

damn this is nice also related: https://youtu.be/7xSoPGcTpyw

HAHA Worst delivery spec I had to supply was webm

I have had this come up more times than I can count. Me: “As long as the talent stands in the middle of frame 50 feet away, you should be totally covered on those social versions!”

There’s got to be a better way. I’ve just had a similar quote. 2.9 anamorphic for that filmic look. It’s a lazy stereotype to me. Wasn’t it something film studios took up to combat tv in the 50s? And then used by Spielberg and the movie brats? Most typically George Lucas because he picked up the vis…

Not too long ago I read a very interesting article about the nature/feel of anamorphic lenses and I softened my views. 5 PILLARS OF ANAMORPHIC Being able to focus attention by using a shallow depth of field is a very filmic technique but you can’t go around shooting on long lenses all of the time.…

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randy April 9, 2021, 11:00pm 6

Reminds me of this

“You want a WMV but you don’t know me!”

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