POST-PRODUCTION · RIYADH

Post-production, standalone, broadcast-spec on delivery.

Full video post-production as a standalone service in Riyadh — for agencies, production companies, and brands that shot elsewhere and need finishing done in-country. Edit, cinema colour grade, motion graphics, VFX, sound design, and Arabic + English voice-over — delivered on the same finishing pipeline that ships our own broadcast work every week.

Turnkey
Edit → colour → motion → sound → VO
Bilingual
AR + EN delivery in one pass
Broadcast
Frame rate + colour space + safe area
Riyadh HQ
In-country delivery for KSA workflows
Clients

Enterprise brands Darb already works with

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WHAT WE FINISH

Six finishing crafts, one pipeline.

Post-production is where good footage becomes broadcast-grade — or where it dies. Every craft below sits inside the same finishing pipeline, on the same colour-managed monitors, delivered by the same senior team.

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Edit + assembly

Story-first editorial. Assembly cut, structural edit, fine cut, and final polish — with client-review cycles managed through a secure review portal instead of endless email chains. Editors who cut for meaning, not just for cuts.

  • Assembly + structural + fine cut
  • Rough VO placed in edit
  • Secure client-review portal
  • Two review rounds included
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Cinematic colour grade

Colour grading on calibrated broadcast monitors. Not a filter, not a preset — a shot-by-shot grade that matches your brand palette, corrects camera-to-camera mismatch, and lifts the footage into the register your director briefed for.

  • Calibrated broadcast monitors
  • Shot-by-shot grade (not preset)
  • Multi-camera match + skin-tone consistency
  • DCI-P3 / Rec.709 delivery
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Motion graphics + animation

Titles, lower-thirds, animated stats, brand end-frames, infographic sequences, and full 2D animation inserts — designed inside your brand system, animated to the timing your edit demands. Same team that runs standalone motion projects at Darb.

  • Title sequences + end frames
  • Animated stats + infographic sequences
  • 2D animation inserts
  • Bilingual kinetic type (AR + EN)
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VFX + compositing

Screen replacements, sky replacements, greenscreen composites, wire removal, colour separation, and integration cleanup. Not blockbuster VFX — the finishing-level VFX that every real broadcast piece actually needs.

  • Screen + sky replacement
  • Greenscreen composite finishing
  • Wire + rig removal
  • Colour separation + integration cleanup
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Sound design + mix

Sound design, foley, music selection or custom composition, dialogue clean-up, and full mix to broadcast spec. Sound is what makes a corporate film feel expensive; delivered on a proper sound stage, not a music-library dump.

  • Custom sound design + foley
  • Music selection or composition
  • Dialogue clean-up + de-noise
  • Broadcast-spec final mix (LUFS)
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Voice-over (AR + EN) + subtitles

Curated roster of Arabic and English voice talent — Khaleeji, MSA, Egyptian, Levantine, and international-standard English. Voice-selection samples reviewed with you before recording; final VO recorded on a broadcast-treated booth. Subtitles delivered as burn-in + SRT sidecar.

  • Curated AR + EN voice roster
  • Broadcast-treated VO booth
  • Voice-selection samples pre-approved
  • Subtitle burn-in + SRT delivery
WHY DARB POST

Why route post through Darb.

Three reasons agencies and production companies bring footage to Riyadh for post — instead of finishing it back home or shipping to a distant post house.

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Arabic delivery, native — not translated

Bilingual delivery is where most post houses fall short. English cut is fine; the Arabic cut reads awkwardly because it was translated and dubbed by people whose native language is English. Our finishing team is Arabic-first — the AR cut is designed as a standalone, not a translation of the EN cut. Same for subtitles, motion type, and voice-over.

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Broadcast-spec — the technical bar is real

Post that's not delivered to broadcast spec fails QC at the network — wrong frame rate, wrong colour space, wrong LUFS, wrong safe area. We deliver to broadcast spec by default because we ship broadcast work every week. When a Saudi broadcaster or a global platform receives our master, it airs.

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In-country delivery for KSA workflows

Some government and enterprise workflows require in-Kingdom finishing — files stay in-country, VO recorded on Saudi voice talent, motion type set by an Arabic-fluent designer. That's operationally impossible from a Cairo, London, or Dubai post house. Ours is inside Riyadh; delivery meets those workflows without friction.

WHO BRINGS US POST

Post workflows that run through Darb.

Whichever source — the finishing pipeline is the same, only the delivery spec changes per output channel.

Agencies subcontracting post

Regional and international agencies with shot footage that needs finishing — TVCs, brand films, campaign content. White-label engagement, agency reporting cadence, agency-facing branding on the delivery.

Production companies with foreign shoots

International production companies that shot on-location in Saudi and want to finish in-country — for regulatory workflow reasons, Arabic-cut requirements, or simply because Riyadh finishing is closer to the commissioning client than a London or LA post house.

Corporate marketing + comms teams

Enterprise brands with an internal video team that shoots but doesn't finish — internal-comms films, executive interviews, campaign content. We take the OCF and deliver a polished master, plus every short-form cut you need.

Broadcast + streaming productions

TV producers, streaming-platform shows, and broadcast series needing episodic finishing — colour, motion, sound, VO, delivery masters — to a network or platform's exact tech spec.

Documentary + long-form productions

Documentary teams delivering long-form projects that need the full editorial-plus-finishing pass — assembly through delivery. Sensitive editorial work, cultural context, and archive-grade delivery.

Government + public-sector productions

Ministry-produced content, public-service announcements, and government-linked content requiring bilingual finishing, in-country file custody, and archive-grade delivery from day one.

HOW IT WORKS

From footage to broadcast master.

Post-production works predictably when the pipeline is disciplined. Here's what happens from your first file transfer to your final master.

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Footage ingest + scope call

Send footage via secure cloud (LucidLink, Frame.io, or encrypted drive courier). 60-minute scope call to lock the deliverables, the delivery date, and the technical spec (frame rate, colour space, master format). Fixed quote inside 24 hours.

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Assembly + rough cut

Assembly cut delivered to your review portal inside 5-7 working days depending on scope. This is where the story shape is locked. Rough VO placed in-cut so timing feels real, not theoretical. Your feedback locks the fine-cut direction.

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Fine cut + colour

Fine cut refined against your notes. Colour grade begun in parallel on calibrated monitors. Shot-by-shot correction and shot-to-shot match. Multi-camera matched where relevant.

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Motion + VFX

Motion graphics, titles, lower-thirds, animated stats, and any VFX finishing (screen replacement, sky replacement, wire removal). Designed inside your brand system; animated to your edit timing.

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Sound + VO

Sound design, foley, music, dialogue clean-up, and full mix. Voice-over recorded (AR + EN if bilingual) on selected talent. Subtitles cut for burn-in or SRT delivery.

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Delivery + archive

Final master delivered in every format the brief needs — broadcast, cinema, web, social, tender-pack. Archive of project files and OCF held for 90 days by default; longer archival on request.

BEFORE YOU BRIEF

Post-production questions answered.

Can you finish footage we shot outside Saudi Arabia?

Yes — that's a common use case. Send us the OCF via LucidLink, Frame.io, encrypted-drive courier, or upload to our secure cloud. We ingest, colour-manage, and finish to the delivery spec your project needs. Common on international productions that shot in Saudi and want the Arabic cut done in-country, or on regional agency work where the shoot happened elsewhere.

How is post-production priced?

Fixed-quote against the deliverables, not billable-hour. Standard corporate film finish (assembly, fine cut, colour, motion, sound, VO, bilingual delivery, 3-minute + short-form cutdowns) sits at the entry end. TVC finish with broadcast delivery scales up from there. Documentary finishing (long-form) is scoped case by case. Retainer arrangements available for agencies with rolling post volume — lower per-project cost.

How fast can you deliver?

Standard corporate finish: 3-4 weeks from footage-in to final master. TVC finish: 2-3 weeks. Rush is possible for tender deadlines and launch dates — the tightest we recommend without compromising quality is 7-10 working days on a short-form finish; longer for anything over 3 minutes.

Do you handle bilingual (AR + EN) delivery?

Yes — bilingual is our default. Same edit, both cuts polished, AR-native voice-over on AR cut, EN-native VO on EN cut. Motion type set in Arabic-first (which is a different craft from setting English kinetic type and translating). Subtitles delivered in both languages as burn-in or SRT sidecar.

What colour-management workflow do you use?

Calibrated broadcast monitors (DCI-P3 for cinema, Rec.709 for broadcast/web). Colour-managed pipeline from source ingest to master export. Multi-camera matching, shot-to-shot consistency, skin-tone lock, and brand-palette adherence. Not filter presets.

Do you have Arabic voice talent?

Yes, on curated roster — Khaleeji, MSA, Egyptian, Levantine, and international-standard English. Voice samples reviewed with you before selection; final VO recorded on a broadcast-treated booth. Multi-language delivery on the same script is a common request; we handle it in one session.

Can you deliver to specific network / streaming platform specs?

Yes. Give us the tech spec at the brief — broadcast (MBC, SBC, network X), streaming (Netflix, Shahid, YouTube), or in-house platform delivery — and the master ships to that spec. This is what we do every week; the technical detail doesn't get missed.

Do you offer NDA-protected post for pre-launch content?

Yes. Pre-launch products and embargoed content finished under NDA — restricted studio access, files delivered on encrypted transfer only, no external staff on premises during colour or mix sessions. Post-project archive shredded on request.

Have footage that needs finishing? Send it over.

Tell us the footage source, the deliverables, and the delivery date. We come back within 24 hours with a fixed-quote scope, a suggested finishing pipeline, and a delivery timeline.