Work crosses this table in one direction, like a drawing moving from sketch to finished sheet, and the order is where the savings live. Stills prove her. The editor repairs the stills. Swaps carry the proven face. Video moves the proven still. Upscalers finish what every earlier stage has passed.
Skipping a stage does not save its cost; it moves the cost, with interest, to the stage where the failure is finally noticed. A character first discovered in video — the most expensive seat at the table — is a plan drawn at final-sheet prices. A face first tested inside a whole set of swaps is a plan error multiplied by the set.
The draftingtable card is what makes the order safe: whatever the stage, the same five lines are pasted word for word at the head of the brief, and the result is judged against the card before anything else about it is discussed. A result that fails the card is a cull at that stage, not a keeper to be finished at the next.
Draw once, work in order, finish last. The table has never needed a second rule.