What is Post-production?
[[File:Linear suite.jpg|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|High end linear editing suite, 1999}}]] '''Post-production''' is part of [[filmmaking]], [[video production]] and [[photography]] processes. It is a major part in the making of [[movies]], [[television program]]s, [[radio program]]s, [[advertising]], [[sound recording and reproduction|audio recordings]], [[photography]], and [[digital art]]. It is a term for all stages of [[wikt:production|production]] occurring after the actual end of [[wikt:film|film]]ing. Along with [[pre-production]] and [[production]], it is one of the three phases of creating a movie or program.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raindance.org/the-13-steps-of-post-production/ |title=The 13 Steps of Post-Production|author=Elliot Grove |date=30 March 2014 |website= |publisher=Raindance |accessdate=11 March 2015}}</ref> == Processes == Typically, the post-production phase of creating a movie or program takes longer than the actual [[Cinematography|shooting]].<ref name=McGrath7>Declan McGrath, ''Editing & Post-production'' (Boston: Focal Press, 2001), p. 7</ref> It can take several months to complete because it is many different processes grouped under one name.<ref name=McGrath7/> These typically include: * [[Video]] [[editing]] the picture of a [[television program]]<ref name=MC>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediacollege.com/glossary/p/post-production.html |title=Post-Production |author= |date= |website= |publisher=MediaCollege.com |accessdate=11 March 2015}}</ref> * Writing, re-[[recording]] and editing the [[soundtrack]]. * Adding visual [[Special effect]]s - mainly [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) and digital copies * [[Sound effect]]s, [[Dubbing (filmmaking)#Automated Dialogue Replacement / post-sync|ADR]], [[Foley (filmmaking)|Foley]] and Music<ref name=MC/> * Reshooting [[wikt:scene|scene]]s as necessary<ref name=MC/> * Transfer of [[Photographic film]] to [[Video]] ==Music== In the post-production of music, one of the things done is '''{{vanchor|comping}}'''. It is short for combining t