Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 131)

• Frame Rate: This field displays the frame rate that the project is set to. Your project's
frame rate is set when the project is created, and it can be changed by a pop-up menu
so long as no shots appear in the Timeline. Once one or more shots have been added
to the Timeline, the project's frame rate cannot be changed.
• Resolution Presets pop-up menu: This pop-up menu lists all of the project resolutions
that Color supports, including PAL and NTSC standard definition, high definition, 2K
and 4K frame sizes. The options that are available in this menu are sometimes limited
by the currently selected QuickTime export codec.
If you change the Resolution Preset to a different frame size than the one the project
was originally set to, how that frame size affects the final graded media that is rendered
depends on the source media you’re using, and the Render File Type you’ve chosen:
• If you’re rendering QuickTime media, each shot in your project is rendered at the
same frame size as the original source media. The new Resolution Preset you choose
only affects the resolution of the sequence that is sent back to Final Cut Pro. Pan &
Scan settings are converted to Motion tab settings when the project is sent back to
Final Cut Pro.
• If your project uses 4K native RED QuickTime media, each shot in your project is
rendered at the new resolution you’ve specified. Any Pan & Scan tab adjustments
you’ve made are also rendered into the final media. (2K native RED QuickTime media
is rendered the same as other QuickTime media.)
• If the Render File Type pop-up menu is set to DPX or Cineon, then each shot in your
project is rendered at the new resolution you’ve specified. Any Pan & Scan tab
adjustments you’ve made are also rendered into the final media.
Important: Whenever you change resolutions, a dialog appears asking “Would you like
Color to automatically scale your clips to the new resolution?” Clicking Yes automatically
changes the Scale parameter in the Pan & Scan tab of the Geometry room to conform
each clip to the new resolution, letterboxing or pillarboxing clips as necessary to avoid
cropping. Clicking No leaves the Scale parameter of each clip unchanged, but may
result in the image being cropped if the new resolution is smaller than the previous
resolution.
If the QuickTime export codec allows custom frame sizes, the width and height fields
below can be edited. Otherwise, they remain uneditable. If these fields are set to a
user-specified frame size, the Resolution Presets pop-up menu displays "custom."
• Width: The currently selected width of the frame size
• Height: The currently selected height of the frame size
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