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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 3 Using the Color Interface 69
Individual corrections in each of the above directories are saved as a pair of files; a .lsi
file which contains a thumbnail for visually identifying that grade, and the specific file
for that type of correction which actually defines its settings. Unless you customized
the name, both these files have the same name, followed by a dot, followed by the
date (day month year hour.minute.secondTimeZone), followed by the file extension
that identifies the type of saved correction it is.
 Grade_Name.date.lsi: The thumbnail image used to represent that grade in icon view
 Grade_Name.date.pcc: Primary correction file
 Grade_Name.date.scc: Secondary correction file
 Grade_Name.date.cfx: Color FX correction file
Saved grades are, in fact, file bundles that contain all the correction files that make up
that grade. For example, a grade that combines primary, secondary, and Color FX
corrections would be a directory using the name given to the grade,
“Grade_Name.date.grd,” containing the following files:
 Grade_Name.date.lsi
 Grade_Name.date.pcc
 Grade_Name.date.scc
 Grade_Name.date.cfx
Reorganizing Saved Corrections and Grades in the Finder
Each of the correction bins in Color simply mirrors the contents of the corresponding
subdirectory in the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/Color directory. You
can use the Finder to reorganize your saved corrections and grades by creating new
subdirectories and moving previously saved grades and corrections into them.
When you move saved corrections from one directory to another, it’s important to
make sure that you copy both the .lsi thumbnail image for that grade, and the .pcc,
.scc, or .cfx file that contains the actual grade information, together.
If you reorganize saved grades and corrections in the Finder while Color is open, you’ll
need to manually refresh the contents of the Grades and corrections bins you changed
so that they correctly display the current contents.
To update the contents of the currently displayed correction bin:
m Click the Home button.
The contents of the correction bin update to show the current state of the Finder.