Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 65)

Digital Intermediate Workflows Using DPX/Cineon Media
Color supports grading for 2K and 4K digital intermediate workflows. Simply put, the term
digital intermediate (DI) describes the process of performing all effects and color correction
using high-resolution digital versions of the original camera negative. Color can work
with 2K and 4K 10-bit log image sequences produced by datacine scanners, processing
the image data with extremely high quality and rendering the result as an image sequence
suitable for film output.
The following sections describe different 2K and 4K workflows that you can follow and
show you how to keep track of your image data from stage to stage.
• For more information on tapeless online/offline DI workflows, see A Tapeless DI
Workflow .
• For more information about DI workflows involving telecined offline media, see A Digital
Intermediate Workflow Using Telecined Media .
• For more information about how Color reconforms media in DI workflows, see Using
EDLs, Timecode, and Frame Numbers to Conform Projects .
A Tapeless DI Workflow
The easiest digital intermediate (DI) workflow is one where you scan all footage necessary
for the offline edit and then create a duplicate set of offline media to edit your project
with. Upon completion of the offline edit, you then relink the program to the original 2K
or 4K source frames in Color.
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