What does "rough cut" mean?

The second of three stages of offline editing of a film, recognizable as a conventional film but having notable defects such as incomplete narrative flow and missing visual or sound effects.

What is a synonym for "rough cut"?

Common synonyms include: approximate, ballpark, coarse, crude edit, early cut, freehand cut sample.

Rough cut

noun

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Noun

1
The second of three stages of offline editing of a film, recognizable as a conventional film but having notable defects such as incomplete narrative flow and missing visual or sound effects.
2
the first print of a movie after preliminary editing wordnet
3
A poor quality reproduction of an illustration in a printed work.
"In this small quarto volume the illustrations are rough cuts."

Synonyms

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approximate ballpark coarse crude edit early cut freehand cut sample

Antonyms

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measured cut cutting technique definitive exact

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"In this small quarto volume the illustrations are rough cuts."

Etymology

From the early days of filmmaking when film stock was physically cut and reassembled.

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