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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 189
The result is that the highlights correction that had been affecting the midtones has
been neutralized in the lower portion of the midtones.
Although making opposing adjustments to multiple color balance controls may seem
contradictory, it’s a powerful technique. With practice, you’ll find yourself instinctively
making adjustments like this all the time to limit the effect of corrections on
neighboring zones of tonality.
Curves Controls
The curves controls, located underneath the color controls in the Primary In room,
provide an additional method for adjusting the color and contrast of your images. If
you’re familiar with image editing applications such as Photoshop, chances are you’ve
used curves before.
The two main differences between the curves controls and the color balance
controls are:
 The curves controls let you make adjustments to as many specific tonal ranges that
you choose to define, while the color balance controls affect three predefined tonal
ranges.
 The curves controls each affect only a single color channel, while the color balance
controls let you quickly adjust all three color channels simultaneously.
 Curves cannot be animated with keyframes, although every other parameter in the
Primary In and Primary Out rooms can be.