The Offset Podcast EP052: Conform.Tools

The Offset Podcast EP052: Conform.Tools

From The Offset Podcast by DC Color

April 1, 2026 · 59 min · Episode 52

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of conforming in postproduction and how Conform.Tools aims to improve the process.

In this episode of The Offset Podcast, we're joined by Brandon Thomas & Stefan Allen from Conform.Tools. Conforming is one of those processes in modern postproduction and finishing that can be technically challenging and a huge time suck. Different NLEs and color/finishing tools all think slightly differently. For example; positioning or a speed change in Premiere Pro might not show up correctly when conformed into DaVinci Resolve. Over the years editors, colorists, and conform artists have built hacks and built up institutional knowledge of workflows for moving projects from one system to another but even at their best, the methods can be tedious and are seldom set it and forget it. Conform.Tools is a suite of tools that is poised to really change how conforms are done making them efficient, fast and dare we say fun! We were super excited to sit down with the guys and talk about the challenges of conforming and how conform.tools can help on your text project. Some of the specifics we discuss in this episode include: What makes conforming so challenging The problem of different math and algorithms between different applications Dealing with common conform problems like in/out…

People in this episode

Guests: Brandon Thomas, Stefan Allen

Topics covered

  • conforming
  • postproduction
  • NLEs
  • color grading
  • workflow efficiency
  • video editing

Keywords

  • conforming
  • postproduction
  • video editing
  • workflow
  • speed changes
  • timecode issues
  • Conform.Tools

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Conform.Tools, Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve

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