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How are grades and corrections saved – Apple Color 1.0 User Manual

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Chapter 3

Using the Color Interface

 Go Up: Moves to and displays the contents of the parent directory.
 Go Home: Navigates to the appropriate home directory for that browser or bin. This

is not your Mac OS X user home directory:

 File browser: The home button takes you to the currently specified Color media

directory.

 Primary In, Secondaries, Color FX, and Primary Out: Home takes you to the

appropriate subdirectory within the /Users/username/Library/Application Support/
Color directory. Each room has its own corresponding subdirectory, within which
are stored all the corrections you’ve saved for future use.

 Still Store: Home takes you to the StillStore directory inside the current project

directory structure.

File Controls

The file browser and Grades and Corrections bins also have directory creation and
navigation controls at the bottom.

 File field: Displays the file path of the currently viewed directory.
 Directory pop-up menu: This pop-up menu gives you a fast way to traverse up and

down the current directory hierarchy or to go to the default Color directory for that
room.

 New Directory button: Lets you create a new directory within the currently specified

path. You can create as many directories as you like to organize the grades and
corrections for that room.

 Save button: This button saves the grade or correction settings of the shot at the

current position of the playhead in the directory specified in the above text fields.

 Load button: Applies the selected grade or correction to the shot that’s at the current

position of the playhead (if no other shots are selected), or to multiple selected shots
(ignoring the shot at the playhead if it’s not selected). As with any Color bin, items
displayed can be dragged and dropped from the bin into the Timeline.

How Are Grades and Corrections Saved?

Grades and corrections that you save using the grade and correction bins in Color are
saved within the Color preferences directory in your /Users/username/Library/
Application Support/Color directory.

Saved grades and corrections in these bins are available to every project you open.

Saved correction category

Location on disk

Grades

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Color/Grades/

Primary corrections

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Color/Primary/

Secondary corrections

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Color/Secondary/

Color FX corrections

/Users/username/Library/Application Support/Color/Effects/