Online Conform & QC

Here is how this works in practice. We run online conform and QC sessions at Park Road Post Wellington, with Pop Productions, Resolved Pictures, and Top Films covering boutique deliverables. Conform sessions run Resolve Studio and Baselight for finishing-house pipelines, ingesting from Avid Media Composer XML, AAF, EDL, or Resolve XML EDLs, then auto-conforming at full resolution against ARRIRAW, REDCODE R3D, Sony VENICE X-OCN, and Canon CRM source masters.

Here is how this works in practice. VFX pull-list integration with Weta FX is a recurring need on hybrid live-action productions — Avatar: The Way of Water, Mortal Engines, and Rings of Power all needed reel-aligned VFX shot replacement against locked picture, with handles kept per Weta delivery spec. QC runs against Netflix QC, Apple TV+, Amazon, Disney+, and DPP UK specs for co-productions. AS-11 governs TVNZ, Three, and Sky NZ broadcast deliveries. IMF (Interoperable Master Format) is the global SVOD standard. Tools include Vidchecker, Baton, MTI Cortex, and Resolve's built-in QC, with manual eyes-on review for cultural and language verification.

Here is the short of it. NZ conform heritage runs through Lord of the Rings, where Park Road's online conform pipeline was scaled to handle three films at once, and through Weta FX's six-plus Best VFX Oscar wins (Lord of the Rings Return of the King 2003, King Kong 2005, Avatar 2009, Avatar Way of Water 2022) — each needing industrial-scale conform discipline. Black Magic Design's Auckland HQ keeps Resolve today's and well-supported here, often ahead of overseas markets. Te reo Māori onscreen text — credits, titles, subtitles — needs macron-correct glyph QC under iwi-consulted protocols, and Pacific-language subtitle deliverables for Samoan, Tongan, Cook Islands Māori, and Niuean need equivalent native-speaker review. Privacy Act 2020 chain-of-custody, AWS Auckland storage, GST 15 percent, NZD invoicing, and ACC accident cover apply.