I just finished a six month project. A three-DVD set shipped out to several dozen people. I sent my wife out with the first three packages, and continued assembling everything. Suddenly, as I looked at the name on the envelope I was about to stuff, I realized that in the closing credits, I had put that person's name rather than the similar sounding, correct name.
I called my wife, told her not to put the envelopes in the mail (thank goodness for cell phones). I went through all three DVDs and found I had only made the mistake on one DVD. Unfortunately, since Vegas cannot re-render and stitch just one section of an MPEG-2 render, I have to render the whole darn thing (and then re-author).
But here's the question: Do you have any person or any method that reduces the likelihood of this sort of problem? Things like: Wrong credits, misspellings, footage from another shoot that doesn't belong, etc.
Ultimately, we have to be competent (obviously, I fail), but surely there are some standard ways that "pros" use to reduce the likelihood of this sort of thing.
I called my wife, told her not to put the envelopes in the mail (thank goodness for cell phones). I went through all three DVDs and found I had only made the mistake on one DVD. Unfortunately, since Vegas cannot re-render and stitch just one section of an MPEG-2 render, I have to render the whole darn thing (and then re-author).
But here's the question: Do you have any person or any method that reduces the likelihood of this sort of problem? Things like: Wrong credits, misspellings, footage from another shoot that doesn't belong, etc.
Ultimately, we have to be competent (obviously, I fail), but surely there are some standard ways that "pros" use to reduce the likelihood of this sort of thing.