# The HDR version spread

URL: https://pushingsquares.com/the-hdr-version-spread
Kind: outreach-qualm
Summary: HDR and Atmos finishing for broadcast and SVOD still costs half a day. Conforms and platform versions sprawl on every show.
Cite as: The HDR version spread. Pushing Squares_. https://pushingsquares.com/the-hdr-version-spread
HDR and Atmos finishing for broadcast and SVOD still costs half a day. Conforms and platform versions sprawl on every show.

## The HDR version spread

HDR and Atmos finishing for broadcast and SVOD still costs half a day. Conforms and platform versions sprawl on every show. Each deliverable path forks the grade, the mix, and the QC queue. Hybrid remote-edit keeps the edit moving. The version map does not. Hours leak into the spread between masters.

Evidence: [Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, finishing credit](https://fiftyfiftypost.com/work-project/louis-theroux-inside-the-manosphere/)

## How Pushing Frames_ fits

Pushing Frames_ sits inside DaVinci. It holds conform and version state so platform spreads stop eating half a day per show.