Bringing out the best from your raw footage is one of the most difficult aspects of the post-production process, especially with the wide range of cameras and colour space options available today. Owner and colorist Matthys Pretorius specialize in grading with DaVinci Resolve and Baselight, and is comfortable in handling all types of work including commercials, broadcast television programmes and full-length feature films.

Whether working on long-form broadcast series where you want colour correction and seamless media management or working on commercials, promos and title sequences with sophisticated VFX, AfterDark Post provides all the tools you need. Our online department is equiped with Avid, Autodesk Smoke and Flame 2022. With a large range of plug-in options and as much storage as you might require you can efficiently post pretty much any SD, HD or 4K project while perfectly conforming from in-house offline.

AfterDark Post has six editing suites equipped with Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro for offline editing. Our team of full-time and freelance editors are experienced to handle any type of creative work, be it simple online content, corporate videos, or a demanding 4K multi-episode broadcast television series. We are dedicated and eager to collaborate with you and bring the project to fruition, all the while accommodating to your budget.

We make sure all your media (footage) is backed up safely giving you piece of mind. We can prep for your Offline Edit and prep Dailies. We also handle all your Color Management. We work with ARRI, RED, Sony, XDCAM, Blackmagic, etc.

AfterDark Post’s VFX team has workstations setup for 2D and 3D work. The area is designed to enable a collaborative workflow with our Flame Premium suites and specialises in branding, idents, promos, commercials and titles. The PC based workstations are equipped with the latest versions of the Adobe creative suite, Mocha, Nuke, Cinema 4d, Maya & Softimage. We also have remote stations for working with clients in suites and/or on location providing a total VFX experience.

One of AfterDark Post’s unique services is being able to create industry-compliant Digital Cinema Packages from original HD, 2K or 4K projects. We provide the industry’s highest quality colour-space conversion, and can supply Dolby 5.1 encoding at no additional charge. We can also do reverse-DCP conversion for projects that need editing, censorship or alternate file format outputs.

Established in January 2013, Origin Audio is a focused, creative company with a passion for sound and creating exceptional projects that work. We pride ourselves on attention to detail and make sure that every aspect of your project from finding that one specific sound to the final mix will receive equal and thorough attention. No matter how big or small the project, we strive on going the extra mile to give you that unexpected something that makes your soundtrack perfect.

We edit as you shoot so you know exactly what has been shot. We provide supervision and advice to make sure you get what you need for your final product.