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Table Of Contents
- Color User Manual
- Contents
- Color Documentation and Resources
- Color Correction Basics
- Color Correction Workflows
- Using the Color Interface
- Importing and Managing Projects and Media
- Creating and Opening Projects
- Saving Projects and Archives
- Moving Projects Between FinalCutPro and Color
- Reconforming Projects
- Importing EDLs
- Exporting EDLs
- Relinking QuickTime Media
- Importing Media Directly into The Timeline
- Compatible Media Formats
- Converting Cineon and DPX Image Sequences to QuickTime
- Importing Color Corrections
- Exporting JPEG Images
- Setup
- Monitoring
- Timeline Playback, Navigation, and Editing
- Video Scopes
- Primary In
- Secondaries
- Color FX
- Primary Out
- Managing Corrections and Grades
- The Difference Between Corrections and Grades
- Saving and Using Corrections and Grades
- Applying Saved Corrections and Grades to Shots
- Managing Grades in the Timeline
- Using the “Copy to” Buttons in the Primary Rooms
- Using the Copy Grade and Paste Grade Memory Banks
- Setting a Beauty Grade in the Timeline
- Disabling All Grades
- Managing Grades in the Shots Browser
- Using the Primary, Secondary, and Color FX Rooms Together to Manage Each Shot’s Corrections
- Keyframing
- Geometry
- Still Store
- Render Queue
- Calibrating Your Monitor
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Setting Up a Control Surface
- Index
Chapter 5 Setup 103
Media and Project Directories
The Media and Project directories let you control where new files are saved by default.
 Default Project Dir.: The default directory where all new Color projects are saved. This
is also the default directory that appears in the dialog boxes for the Import EDL and
Import XML commands. Click the Browse button to choose a new directory.
 Default Media Dir.: The default directory for the file browser. This is also the default
media location used by the Import EDL and Import XML commands. Click the Browse
button to choose a new directory.
 Default Render Dir.: The default directory for media that’s rendered by Color for
export. Click the Browse button to choose a new directory.
Control Surface Settings
If you’re using a control surface with Color, the following parameters let you adjust how
motion applied to a particular control corresponds to the resulting adjustment that’s
made.
 Hue Wheel Angle: This parameter specifies the angle at which colors appear on the
color wheel of color controls in the Color interface, and the corresponding angle at
which these colors are adjusted when using the joyballs of a control surface. This is
customizable in order to accommodate colorists who are used to working with
different systems:
 122 is the default angle of red for DaVinci color correction systems, which
corresponds to the angle at which red appears on a Vectorscope. This is the default
Color setting.
 0 is the default angle of red for Pogle color correction systems, which corresponds
to the orientation of the controls of the older Mk III telecine.
 Encoder Sensitivity: This parameter controls the speed with which the rotation of
knobs on a control surface change the value of their associated Color controls.
Hue wheel angle at 122 Hue wheel angle at 0