Using the “send to color” command in finalcutpro – Apple Color 1.0 User Manual
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Chapter 4
Importing and Managing Projects and Media
 Freeze Frames (created from a clip inside of Final Cut Pro)
 Still Image files (such as .tiff, .jpg, or .bmp files)
If you want to grade such clips in Color, you need to export them as self-contained
QuickTime files, and reedit them into the Timeline of your Final Cut Pro sequence to
replace the original effects prior to sending the sequence to Color.
If you don’t need to grade these effects in Color, then you can simply send the project
with these clips as they are, and ignore any gaps that appear in Color in place of these
types of clips. Even though these effects don’t appear in Color, they’re preserved within
the XML of the Color project and they will reappear when you send that project back
to Final Cut Pro.
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Tip: Prior to exporting a project from Final Cut Pro, you can also export a single, self-
contained QuickTime movie of the entire program, then reimport it into your project
and superimpose it over all the other clips in your edited sequence. Then, when you
export the project to Color, you can turn this “reference” version of the program on and
off using track visibility whenever you want to have a look at the offline effects or color
corrections that were created during the offline edit.
Media Manage Your Project
If you’re delivering a Final Cut Pro project to a Color suite at another facility, you may
want to eliminate unused media to save drive space (especially if you’ll be recapturing
uncompressed media), and consolidate all the source media used by your project into a
single directory for easy transport and relinking. This is a good step to take prior to
recapturing your media.
Recapture Offline Media At Online Quality
If the project was edited at an offline resolution, you need to recapture all the source
media at the highest available quality. Be sure you choose a high-quality codec, either
using the native codec that the source footage was recorded with or using one of the
supported uncompressed codecs. For more information on which codecs are
supported by Color, see “
Important:
If you’re recapturing video clips that were originally recorded with a Y´C
B
C
R
format, be sure that the codec you use to recapture, and the export methods you use
to export or consolidate your media, don’t clamp super-white and high-chroma
components in the original, uncorrected media. It’s usually better to correct such clips
within Color than it is to clamp these levels in advance, potentially losing valuable
image data.
Using the “Send to Color” Command in Final Cut Pro
If you have Final Cut Pro and Color installed on the same computer, you can use the
“Send to Color” command in Final Cut Pro to automatically move your sequence into
Color.