1.5
Table Of Contents
- Color User Manual
- Contents
- Welcome to Color
- Color Correction Basics
- Color Correction Workflows
- An Overview of the Color Workflow
- Limitations in Color
- Video Finishing Workflows Using Final Cut Pro
- Importing Projects from Other Video Editing Applications
- Digital Cinema Workflows Using Apple ProRes 4444
- Finishing Projects Using RED Media
- Digital Intermediate Workflows Using DPX/Cineon Media
- Using EDLs, Timecode, and Frame Numbers to Conform Projects
- Using the Color Interface
- Importing and Managing Projects and Media
- Creating and Opening Projects
- Saving Projects
- Saving and Opening Archives
- Moving Projects from Final Cut Pro to Color
- Before You Export Your Final Cut Pro Project
- Move Clips That Aren’t Being Composited to Track V1 in the Timeline
- Remove Unnecessary Video Filters
- Organize All Color Corrector 3-Way Filters
- Divide Long Projects into Reels
- Export Self-Contained QuickTime Files for Effects Clips You Need to Color Correct
- Use Uncompressed or Lightly Compressed Still Image Formats
- Make Sure All Freeze Frame Effects Are on Track V1
- Make Sure All Clips Have the Same Frame Rate
- Media Manage Your Project, If Necessary
- Recapture Offline Media at Online Quality, If Necessary
- Check All Transitions and Effects If You Plan to Render 2K or 4K Image Sequences for Film Out
- Using the Send To Color Command in Final Cut Pro
- Importing an XML File into Color
- Before You Export Your Final Cut Pro Project
- Importing EDLs
- EDL Import Settings
- Relinking Media
- Importing Media Directly into the Timeline
- Compatible Media Formats
- Moving Projects from Color to Final Cut Pro
- Exporting EDLs
- Reconforming Projects
- Converting Cineon and DPX Image Sequences to QuickTime
- Importing Color Corrections
- Exporting JPEG Images
- Configuring the Setup Room
- The File Browser
- Using the Shots Browser
- The Grades Bin
- The Project Settings Tab
- The Messages Tab
- The User Preferences Tab
- Monitoring Your Project
- Timeline Playback, Navigation, and Editing
- Basic Timeline Elements
- Customizing the Timeline Interface
- Working with Tracks
- Selecting the Current Shot
- Timeline Playback
- Zooming In and Out of the Timeline
- Timeline Navigation
- Selecting Shots in the Timeline
- Working with Grades in the Timeline
- The Settings 1 Tab
- The Settings 2 Tab
- Editing Controls and Procedures
- Analyzing Signals Using the Video Scopes
- The Primary In Room
- The Secondaries Room
- What Is the Secondaries Room Used For?
- Where to Start in the Secondaries Room?
- The Enabled Button in the Secondaries Room
- Choosing a Region to Correct Using the HSL Qualifiers
- Controls in the Previews Tab
- Isolating a Region Using the Vignette Controls
- Adjusting the Inside and Outside of a Secondary Operation
- The Secondary Curves Explained
- Reset Controls in the Secondaries Room
- The Color FX Room
- The Primary Out Room
- Managing Corrections and Grades
- The Difference Between Corrections and Grades
- Saving and Using Corrections and Grades
- 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
- Managing a Shot’s Corrections Using Multiple Rooms
- Keyframing
- The Geometry Room
- The Still Store
- The Render Queue
- Appendix A: Calibrating Your Monitor
- Appendix B: Keyboard Shortcuts in Color
- Appendix C: Using Multi-Touch Controls in Color
- Appendix D: Setting Up a Control Surface
• Frame Rate: This field displays the frame rate that the project is set to. Your project's
frame rate is set when the project is created, and it can be changed by a pop-up menu
so long as no shots appear in the Timeline. Once one or more shots have been added
to the Timeline, the project's frame rate cannot be changed.
• Resolution Presets pop-up menu: This pop-up menu lists all of the project resolutions
that Color supports, including PAL and NTSC standard definition, high definition, 2K
and 4K frame sizes. The options that are available in this menu are sometimes limited
by the currently selected QuickTime export codec.
If you change the Resolution Preset to a different frame size than the one the project
was originally set to, how that frame size affects the final graded media that is rendered
depends on the source media you’re using, and the Render File Type you’ve chosen:
• If you’re rendering QuickTime media, each shot in your project is rendered at the
same frame size as the original source media. The new Resolution Preset you choose
only affects the resolution of the sequence that is sent back to Final Cut Pro. Pan &
Scan settings are converted to Motion tab settings when the project is sent back to
Final Cut Pro.
• If your project uses 4K native RED QuickTime media, each shot in your project is
rendered at the new resolution you’ve specified. Any Pan & Scan tab adjustments
you’ve made are also rendered into the final media. (2K native RED QuickTime media
is rendered the same as other QuickTime media.)
• If the Render File Type pop-up menu is set to DPX or Cineon, then each shot in your
project is rendered at the new resolution you’ve specified. Any Pan & Scan tab
adjustments you’ve made are also rendered into the final media.
Important: Whenever you change resolutions, a dialog appears asking “Would you like
Color to automatically scale your clips to the new resolution?” Clicking Yes automatically
changes the Scale parameter in the Pan & Scan tab of the Geometry room to conform
each clip to the new resolution, letterboxing or pillarboxing clips as necessary to avoid
cropping. Clicking No leaves the Scale parameter of each clip unchanged, but may
result in the image being cropped if the new resolution is smaller than the previous
resolution.
If the QuickTime export codec allows custom frame sizes, the width and height fields
below can be edited. Otherwise, they remain uneditable. If these fields are set to a
user-specified frame size, the Resolution Presets pop-up menu displays "custom."
• Width: The currently selected width of the frame size
• Height: The currently selected height of the frame size
131Chapter 5 Configuring the Setup Room