Mastering Multimedia has shared a basic list of things to check before locking your final cut and sending it out to the interwebs. A lot the suggestions deal with audio…ensuring that levels are correct, cross fades and L-cuts are used where appropriate, etc. As Norman Hollyn notes, the audio split edit one of the simplest methods of smoothing a cut point. So if you are looking for some guidance on how to wrap up your latest production, vacation video, or the next viral hit, here’s a good start. As the infamous Sen. Ted Stevens so wisely noted, the internet is “…not something that you just dump something on.” The tubes deserve our very best.