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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 207
To use the Auto Balance button:
1 Move the playhead in the Timeline to a representative frame of the shot you want to
automatically color balance.
2 Click Auto Balance.
Once the analysis has been performed, the Red, Green, and Blue Lift and Gain
parameters in the Advanced tab of the Primary In room are automatically set to contain
the results of these adjustments. The result should render whites, grays, and blacks in
the image completely neutral.
Since the necessary adjustments are made to the Lift and Gain parameters in the
Advanced tab, the main Shadow, Midtone, Highlight, and Curves controls remain
unused and are still available to you for further adjustment of the image.
Where Do I Read About Copying, Saving, and Managing Grades?
For more information on switching among alternate grades, using the “Copy to”
controls, and taking advantage of the correction and Grades bins to save and apply
settings to other clips in your project, see Chapter 13, “Managing Corrections and
Grades,” on page 263.