User Manual

Conforming Sequences with Color Correction
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Your Media Composer editing application offers you a range of output formats you can use for
your final master. The output formats that are available depend on the format of your source
footage.
• You can use the Reformat effect or the Pan and Scan effect to create 4:3, 14:9, and 16:9
versions of the sequence. In addition, the Digital Cut tool includes the option to
automatically output titles as 4:3 or 16:9 to match your sequence. If your source footage is
23.976p, 24p or 25p, you can also output versions for special purposes, such as NTSC 24,
for recording audio at the film rate.
For more information, see Selecting Output and Timecode Formats for 23.976p, 24p, and
25p Projects.
• If your source footage is HD, you can use the Video Output Tool to crossconvert to a
compatible HD format, and downconvert to an NTSC or PAL format. For more information,
see “Preparing for Converting HD Formats” on page 1050.
• All formats let you use the Export tool to output in popular file formats, including
QuickTime and Windows Media. Avid codecs for QuickTime let you input and output files
quickly, and you can install the codecs on graphics workstations for the most efficient input
and output. For more information, see “Exporting Frames, Clips, or Sequences” on
page 1005.
• You can use FilmScribe
™
to create cut lists and change lists, and EDL Manager to create an
EDL. For more information, see Using FilmScribe and Using EDL Manager.
Conforming Sequences with Color Correction
The following topics explain how sequences with color correction conform as they are moved
between Symphony and certain other Avid editing applications, and how you can transfer color
correction adjustment values from one type of color correction to another in cases where color
corrections do not conform as you want.
Conforming Color Correction Sequences with Media Composer or
Avid Xpress Pro Systems
In Symphony, if you open a sequence created on a Media Composer or Avid Xpress Pro system,
all existing Color Correction effects conform. You can view and play the Color Correction
effects in the Timeline, and you can make further adjustments to the Color Correction effects in
the Color Correction tool.
If you want to convert existing Color Correction effects to relationship color corrections, you can
do so using color correction templates, as described in “Transferring Color Corrections with
Color Correction Templates” on page 1123.