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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 remain
available to you for further adjustment of the image.
The RED Tab
When native RED QuickTime media is sent to or imported into Color, a RED tab appears
in the Primary In room, next to the Basic and Advanced tabs. There is no corresponding
RED tab in the Primary Out room.
Important: This tab only appears if you’ve installed the appropriate RED supporting
software for Final Cut Studio.
The RED camera writes raw, linear light image data to the R3D files that are recorded. The
controls found in the RED camera’s Audio/Video menus in no way alter the way the image
data is written within each R3D file. Instead, whatever settings were chosen at the time
are stored within each recorded clip as metadata (similar to a LUT) that determines how
these media files are displayed by compatible software. This metadata can be overridden
during the Log and Transfer process in Final Cut Pro.
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