Should broadcast safe filter be applied before a video transition

A documentary filmmaker who is a client of mine said her video has a tendency to look ragged and not smooth when she applies the broadcast safe filter to a timeline clip that already contains a video transition. She asks whether she should apply the broadcast filter before she applies any transition.

Why not use the 3 way Color Corrector and the scopes first?
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    Then the question rises:
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    Yes, it is acceptable, AFTER you have done extensive work with the 3-way CC to adjust things, if there are still spots that are too hot to add teh Broadcast Safe filter. It clamps down the hot spots.
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