Importing and notching preedited program masters – Apple Color 1.0 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Color Correction Workflows
Step 2:
Capture media at online resolution
You’ll need to recapture the sequence created when importing the EDL using the
highest quality QuickTime format that you can accommodate on your computer (such
as Apple ProRes 422 or Apple Uncompressed).
Step 3:
Pre-render effects, send the sequence to Color, and grade
At this point, the workflow is identical to step 7 in “
Importing and Notching Preedited Program Masters
Another common way of obtaining a program for color correction is to be provided
with an edited master, either on tape or as a QuickTime movie or image sequence, and
an accompanying EDL. You can use the EDL to automatically add edits to the master
media file in Color (called “notching” the media), to make it easier to grade each shot in
the program individually.
Step 1:
Import the project into Final Cut Pro
Import the EDL of the edited project into Final Cut Pro.
Step 2:
Capture the program master (if necessary)
If you were given the program master on tape, you’ll need to capture the entire
program using the highest quality QuickTime format that you can accommodate on
your computer (such as Apple ProRes 422 or Apple Uncompressed). If you’re being
given the program master as a QuickTime file, you should request the same from
whomever is providing you with the media.
For this process to work correctly, it’s good if the timecode of the first frame of media
matches the first frame of timecode in the EDL.
Step 3:
Import the EDL into Color, and relink to the master media file
Either select the EDL from the Projects dialog that appears when you first open Color,
or use the File > Import > EDL command. When the EDL Import Settings dialog
appears, choose the EDL format, project, EDL, and source media frame rates.
Capture
Entire
Program
Final Cut Pro
Online
Media
Tape
Master
Color
Output
Final
Master
XML
New Color
Corrected
Media
Final
Effects and
Output
Final
Cut Pro
Send to
Final Cut Pro
Render
Media
Data
Create Color
Project from
EDL
to “Notch”
Online Media
Color
Correction