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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 9 Primary In 165
Step 1: Adjust the contrast of the image
Most colorists always begin by correcting the contrast of an image, before moving on
to adjusting its color. This adjustment can be made using the primary contrast controls,
the Luma curve control, and the Master Lift, Master Gain, and Master Gamma controls
in the Basic tab.
Step 2: Adjust the color balance of the image
Once the black and white points of the image have been determined, the color balance
is tackled. Fast adjustments to the color balance in the shadows, midtones, and
highlights can be made using the primary color balance controls. More detailed
adjustments can be made using the red, green, and blue curve controls, and specific
numeric adjustments can be made using the Red, Green, and Blue Lift, Gamma, and
Gain controls in the Advanced tab.
Step 3: Adjust the saturation of the image
Once you’re happy with the quality of the color, you can make adjustments to raise or
lower the saturation, or intensity, of the colors in the image. The Saturation, Highlight
Sat., and Shadow Sat. controls in the Basic tab let you adjust the overall saturation, or
only the saturation within specific tonal regions.