Course outline
Controlling ContrastUnderstanding Contrast • Controlling Contrast with the colour Corrector 3-Way Filter • Setting the Mood with the Mids and Creating Artificially High Contrast
Controlling Colour
Understanding colour Balance • Using Primary colour Correction • Understanding the colour Balance Controls • Identifying and Correcting colour Casts • and Manipulating colour Directly in the Blacks • Mids and Whites
Colour Correcting for Scene Continuity
Achieving Visual Harmony • Comparing Two Clips • Setting Up for Scene-by-Scene colour Correction • colour Correcting a Complete Scene and Project Tasks
Working with the colour Interface
Setting Up a Project • Understanding the Eight Rooms • colour's Task-Based Workflow • Exploring the Setup Room • Applying Basic Grades • Viewing Your Images • Performing Secondary Grades • Employing colour FX • Applying Final Touches • Panning and Scanning • Utilizing Still Stores • Correcting the Sequence and The Render Queue Room
Basic Grading
Exploring the Primary Room • Using the Auto Balance Control • Grading with the colour Balance Controls • Grading with Curves and Understanding Additional Controls
Basic Secondary Grading
Three Types of Secondaries • Performing Key-Based Secondaries • Keying with HSL Qualifiers • Performing Vignette-Based Secondaries • Creating a Look and Secondary Curves
Advanced Secondary Grading
Using Multiple Secondaries • Combining a Key and a Vignette • Using Multiple Keys • Creating Custom Mask Shapes • Combining Vignettes and Incorporating Curve Effects
Color Effects
Overview of the Color FX Room • Applying Nodes • Building Color Effects • Controlling Node Order • Monitoring Inactive Nodes • Adding Nodes to Existing Trees • Saving and Reapplying Effects as Presents and Working with Preset Color Effects
Grade Management
Managing Grades on a Single Shot • Switching Between Grades • Adding and Deleting Grades • Duplicating a Grade • Setting the Beauty Grade • Saving Corrections and Grades • Deleting Saved Corrections • Organizing Corrections • Saving Secondary Corrections • Saving Grades • Moving Grades from Clip to Clip • Dragging Individual Corrections • Grouping Shots • Applying Grades to Groups and Working with Multiple Grades
Keyframing Effects
Animating Effects in Color • Manipulating Keyframes • Navigating to Keyframes • Deleting Keyframes • Keyframing Other Rooms • Changing Interpolation Settings • Animating User Shapes • Adding Intermediary Keyframes and Keyframing Color Effects
Recomposing and Tracking
Using the Geometry Room • Recomposing Shots • Animating Pan and Scan Effects • Tracking Objects • Applying Tracking Data to Corrections • Offsetting the Vignette and Manual Tracking Techniques
Primary Out and Rendering
Global Changes and Final Tweaks • Modifying and Replacing Primary Out Room Settings • Creating a Stylized Look • Applying Stylized Primary Out Corrections to Grouped Clips • Manually Controlling Broadcast Safe Output • Adjusting Black Levels • Limiting Black Level Adjustments • Manually Adjusting White and Black Levels • Manually Adjusting Chroma Levels • Rendering Color Projects • Adding Clips to the Render Queue • Rendering Shots and Sending to Final Cut Pro and Using Color's Archive Feature
