For encoders (actually, for myself):

1. do not upscale
2. IVTC properly
3. careful when IVTC – don’t let jaggies plague your video
4. related to #3, well, 1 jagged frame might ok if you’re lazy
5. anamorphic on anamorphic source (unless downscaled)
6. do not filter
7. if 2 is not possible, find better raw
8. if 3 is still not possible, filter with care (see below)
9. also related to #4, downscale if possible
10. related to #1, if it’s too small, upscale to closest not-to-small size
11. do not overfilter
12. do not overfilter, warpsharp is wrong
13. do not get the AR wrong
14. crop black borders
15. do not overfilter, edeen is evil
16. crop black borders
17. do not overfilter, deen is beyond evil
18. vfr is painful
19. unless you know what you do, do not vfr
20. related to #17, vfr to 29.97 fps (I think)
21. do not overfilter, awarpsharp is evil
22. DO NOT OVERFILTER D:

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