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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
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Exporting EDLs
82
Relinking QuickTime Media
83
Importing Media Directly into The Timeline
84
Compatible Media Formats
88
Converting Cineon and DPX Image Sequences to QuickTime
89
Importing Color Corrections
89
Exporting JPEG Images
Chapter 5 91 Setup
91
The File Browser
92
The Shots Browser
97
Grades Bin
98
Project Settings Tab
102
Messages Tab
102
User Preferences Tab
Chapter 6 111 Monitoring
111
The Scopes Window
11 3
Monitoring Broadcast Video Output
11 5
Using Display LUTs
12 0
Monitoring the Still Store
Chapter 7 121 Timeline Playback, Navigation, and Editing
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Basic Timeline UI Elements
12 3
Customizing the Timeline Interface
12 5
Working with Tracks
12 6
Selecting the Current Shot
12 6
Timeline Playback
12 8
Timeline Navigation
12 9
Selecting Shots in the Timeline
131
Working with Grades in the Timeline
132
The Settings Tabs
133
Editing Controls and Procedures
Chapter 8 141 Video Scopes
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What Scopes Are Available?
144
Video Scope Options
145
Analyzing Images Using the Video Scopes
Chapter 9 163 Primary In
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What Is the Primary In Room Used For?
166
Using the Primary Contrast Controls
168
Adjusting Contrast in the Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights
179
Using Color Balance Controls