[Jfriah]

Damn, Paul. You beat me to it!

Every good edit suite/mixing room should have a drawer for "Mommy's Little Helper"

Or whatever floats yer boat. Perhaps, including a motivational self-help book or three as well as "1001 Ways to Relax" or the Tao.

I've stopped using the term "locked picture", because when people say it recently (the last year and a half) it usually just means "something we're sending you to work with."

Someone actually used "soft lock."

There really is no such thing until it is broadcast/displayed in the end and that's just something we roll with. Respectful clients will ensure that proper TIME is allowed for changes to be made in both video AND audio side of things.

What can sometimes work? Little clauses in your contract about changes and/or fixes costing the production more.

I'm just sayin'...

I have asked many times for a change list. I have never even seen what they look like. But I keep asking.

Of cours, there are software pieces such as Titan and Virtual Katy but in the end... changes come, changes throw things for a loop, especially in the final mix where you have multiple tracks and automation to worry about cutting and pasting. If you can go from stems at that point, great, but doubtful.

Hang in there.

Jeff