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Approvals, claims & legal copy · Working

Online finish

Also called: online

ELI5

High-resolution conform, cleanup, graphics, VFX integration and final picture preparation after editorial approval.

Used in conversation

“Let’s confirm the online finish before the director starts the next treatment draft.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Online finish” in advertising & director treatments conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Helps interpret the brief, director treatment, bid, award, production process and campaign deliverables.

Connected terms

  • Offline approvalOffline approval signs off editorial content and timing; online finishing completes high-resolution picture, graphics, grade and technical polish.
  • Online editThe 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.