Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 44)

Reconforming Online Media in a Tapeless Digital Video Workflow
If a program uses a tapeless video format, the steps are similar to those described in A
Tape-Based Workflow ; however, they likely involve multiple sets of QuickTime files: the
original media at online resolution and perhaps a second set of media files that have
been downconverted to an offline resolution for ease of editing. After the offline edit,
the online conform involves relinking to the original source media, prior to going through
the Final Cut Pro–to–Color roundtrip.
Final Cut Pro
XML
Online
Media
XML
New Color
Corrected
Media
Offline Duplicates
Final Cut Pro Color
Send to
Color
Render
Send to
Final Cut Pro
Final
Effects and
Output
Source Media
Media Data
Online
Reconform
Offline
Edit
Color
Correction
Output
Final Master
Here's a more detailed explanation of the offline-to-online portion of this workflow.
Stage 1: Shooting and Backing Up All Source Media
Shoot the project using whichever tapeless format you've chosen. As you shoot, make
sure that you're keeping backups of all your media, in case anything happens to your
primary media storage device.
Stage 2: Creating Offline Resolution Duplicates and Archiving Original-Resolution
Media
If necessary, create offline resolution duplicates of the source media in whatever format
is most suitable for your system. Then, archive the original source media as safely as
possible.
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