Apple Color Tutorial DVD - Training Video

1. Introduction

• Welcome Demo
• Understanding the technical requirements for Apple Color
• Important information about the exercise files

2. Basics of Color Correction

• Understanding color correction Demo
• Understanding image basics Demo
• Understanding the Color Wheel Demo
• Understanding digital color encoding Demo
• Setting up your physical environment Demo

3. Understanding Color Workflows

• How Color fits into Final Cut Studio Demo
• Deciding whether to color correct with Color or Final Cut Pro Demo
• Realizing Final Cut Pro sequence limitations in Color Demo
• Preparing a Final Cut Pro sequence for Color Demo
• Understanding 2K and Digital Intermediate workflows Demo

4. How Color Thinks

• Approaching the eight rooms in Color in a logical fashion
• Setting essential preferences
• Understanding essential project settings
• Navigating the Timeline
• Importing files and opening projects

5. Using the Scopes

• Understanding scopes
• Evaluating contrast with scopes
• Evaluating color with scopes
• Understanding Broadcast Safe and the scopes

6. Primary In Corrections

• Understanding the Primary In room
• Understanding Color Balance controls and the Tonal Range
• Adjusting underexposed clips with the Color Balance controls
• Adjusting overexposed clips with the Color Balance controls
• Widening the contrast ratio of clips with the Color Balance controls
• Removing color casts with the Color Balance controls
• Using the Basic and Advanced tabs
• Making saturation corrections
• Understanding Primary Curves vs. Color Balance controls
• Using Primary Curves
• Adjusting luma with Primary Curves
• Adjusting color casts with Primary Curves

7. Secondary Corrections

• Understanding the Secondaries room
• Using the HSL Eyedropper
• Using the HSL Qualifiers
• Applying basic vignettes
• Creating custom vignettes with user shapes
• Using the Hue Curve to change a color
• Creating a desaturated look with the Saturation Curve
• Adjusting the luma of a specific color
• Using multiple secondary corrections

8. Color FX

• Understanding the Color FX room
• Building Color effects
• Creating a glowing highlights look
• Smoothing skin tones
• Creating a film look

9. Pan and Scan and Tracking

• Understanding the Geometry room
• Using Pan and Scan creatively
• Using Pan and Scan to frame for 4x3 output
• Using Auto Tracking
• Using Manual Tracking

10. Primary Out

• Using the Primary Out room

11. Grade Management and Scene-to-Scene Color Corrections

• Using multiple grades and corrections
• Copying and moving grades and corrections
• Saving corrections and grades
• Using Groups
• Using the Still Store room

12. Changing Color Over Time

• Basics of Keyframing in Color
• Keyframing an exposure change
• Keyframing for a mood change
• Keyframing a Vignette

13. Rendering and Outputting Files

• Adding clips to the Render queue
• Sending a Color project back to Final Cut Pro
• Making additional changes after rendering

Conclusion

• Goodbye