Apple Color 1.0 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Color Correction Workflows
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 The pull list specifies which shots were used in the final version of the edit (this is
usually a subset of the total amount of footage that was originally shot). Ideally, you
should export a pull list that also contains the timecode In and Out points
corresponding to each clip in the edited project. This way, the timecode data can be
written to each frame that’s scanned during the datacine transfer to facilitate
conforming in Color.
 The EDL moves the project’s edit data to Color, and contains the timecode data
necessary to conform the scanned image sequence frames into the correct order.
Step 6:
Do a datacine transfer of the selected shots from negative to DPX
Using the pull list generated by Cinema Tools, have a datacine transfer done of every
shot used in the project.
During the datacine transfer, specify that the timecode of each frame of negative be
converted to frames and used to generate the filenames for each scanned DPX file, and
that the timecode also be written into the DPX header of each shot. The names of the
resulting image sequence should take the following form:
reel_number.0632368.dpx
Each image sequence from the film scanner should be placed into a directory that is
named after the roll of camera negative from which it was scanned. It’s a good idea to
have a separate directory for each roll of camera negative that’s scanned.
Step 7:
Import the EDL into Color, and relink to the original DPX media
Use the File > Import > EDL command to import the EDL. In the Import EDL dialog, you
also specify the directory where the original high-resolution source media is located, so
that the EDL is imported and the source media is relinked in one step.
Step 8:
Grade your program in Color
Grade your program in Color as you would any other.
Important:
When grading scanned film frames, it’s essential to systematically use
carefully profiled LUTs for monitor calibration and to emulate the ultimate look of the
project when printed out to film while you make adjustments in Color. For more
information, see “
Step 9:
Conform transitions, effects, and titles, render media, and gather rendered
media
At this point, the process is the same as in “