Document my video standards / editing conventions

[geerlingguy]

I'd like to do this for two reasons:

1. So I can have a more consistent style through my video work.
2. So I can have something to hand over to other editors or others who may touch my video work.

Basically, right now I wing it sometimes. But I'd like to have some very basic 'brand standards', like:

• Montserrat for titles, with white face, 1px black outline, and drop shadow. Bold or ExtraBold face, depending on the size of the title.
• Audio with FCPX default volume control:
  • Loudness Amount: 40%
  • Loudness Uniformity: 6%
  • Peaks near 0 dB after all compression/editing stages
• Each project is contained in its own Final Cut Pro library, with all assets inside the library itself.
• Export Quality:
  • 1080p: Format "Apple Devices", Video Codec "H.264 Better Quality", Resolution "1920 x 1080"
  • 4K: Format "Apple Devices", Video Codec "H.264 Better Quality", Resolution "3840 x 2160"

I also have a small 'Scratch' library locally where I store certain elements like the overlay and animation for Red Shirt Jeff merch integrations, the end titles for sponsorship thank you's, etc. I need to find a way to make that library more sharable, maybe also convert some timeline stuff into a motion template.