Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Editorial roles & workflow · Core

Online edit

Also called: online

ELI5

The finishing stage where the approved edit is rebuilt and prepared at final quality.

Used in conversation

“The current cut needs a clearer decision about the online edit.”

Definition

High-resolution conform and finishing after the creative edit is approved.

Here “Online edit” means: High-resolution conform and finishing after the creative edit is approved. Other meanings are stored as separate sense entries and must be chosen explicitly.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Online edit” in editing, colour, post & delivery conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains how recorded material becomes a finished, approved and technically deliverable work.

Connected terms

  • Offline editOffline edit shapes story and timing, often with proxies; online edit conforms and finishes high-resolution picture.
  • Online finishThe search label “online” can route to both entries.
Sources & evidence · 4

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.