User Manual

Working with Color Spaces in HD Projects
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Changing the Project Color Space for an HD Project
The Color Space setting determines the color coordinate system to be used for interpreting color
values in your media and transforming them to the selected color space for the editing
application.The RGB color space is only available in full HD projects. 720p and NTSC/PAL
projects can only use the YCbCr color space.
The project color space can be changed at any time. All color transformations are applied on the
media during playback.
Changing the project color space does not affect the rendering of titles and effects or change the
color space of imported media. Your Avid editing application controls these according to their
Media Creation Settings. For more information, see “Media Creation Settings” on page 1424.
To change the project color space:
1. Click the Format tab in the Project window.
2. Click the Color Space menu, and select either RGB 709 or YCbCr 709, depending on the
color space you want to use.
Color Space menu in the Format tab of the Project window
Your Avid editing application now displays video and processes real-time effects in the new
color space. The final output is also in the new space.