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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
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Contents
Preface 9 Color Documentation and Resources
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What Is Color?
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Using the Color Documentation
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Color Websites
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Apple Service and Support Website
Chapter 1 13 Color Correction Basics
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What Is Color Correction?
16
When Does Color Correction Happen?
22
Color Correction in Color
24
Image Encoding Standards
27
Basic Color and Imaging Concepts
Chapter 2 35 Color Correction Workflows
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An Overview of the Color Workflow
37
Limitations in Color
39
Video Finishing Workflows Using Final Cut Pro
47
Importing Projects from Other Video Editing Applications
49
Using Color in a Digital Intermediate Workflow
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Using EDLs, Timecode, and Frame Numbers
to Conform Projects
Chapter 3 59 Using the Color Interface
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Setting Up a Control Surface
60
Using the Onscreen Controls
64
Organizational Browsers and Bins
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Using Color with One or Two Monitors
Chapter 4 71 Importing and Managing Projects and Media
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Creating and Opening Projects
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Saving Projects and Archives
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Moving Projects Between Final Cut Pro and Color
79
Reconforming Projects
80
Importing EDLs