Color "Making the Grade"


This one-day specialist Color grading course gives established editors, with a limited knowledge of online and finishing techniques, the opportunity to learn key techniques to improve ʻthe lookʼ and output quality of their programs and VTs ready for transmission. In a quick turnaround environment, editors are under increased pressure to understand grading, graphic design and sound. This course offers a template of easy to follow solutions to achieve beautifully finished images on screen. The trainer will navigate editors through the essential tools in Final Cut Pro and Color used to repair, improve and stylize images to give a professional look and feel for a variety of productions.

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colour making the grade training course

Pre Requisites:

Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS and editing terminology is required Level one Color End User certification is required. Ideally students will have attended a Color 101 course.

What you will learn:

Color Grading in FCP 7 Key techniques to improve the look Essential tools in FCP and Color used to correct, improve and stylize images to give a professional look How to use secondaries Vignettes and Shapes

Certification:

There is no Apple Pro Certification available with this course.

Agenda Details

Grading in FCP 7

Quick tips for top 5 filters, get a feel for basic colour correction theory.

Introduction to Color

Quick overview of MC Control. Sending sequences to Color and making a new Color project.

Grading a Sequence

This lesson will show how to correct a series of 3-shots with different raw values, to create a consistent look throughout the piece.

Understanding Secondaries

Hue, Saturation, Luma and Selective colour correction

Vignettes and Shapes in Secondaries room

Applying vignettes, Affecting inside and outside your vignette range, using multiple secondaries in one clip.

Using Primary, Secondary and Color FX

using the vectorscopes, First pass grade, Selective colour correction to add glamour, Using Node based Color FX and building Node Trees, Using Color FX

Working with RED material & Managing grades

How to utilise the extra RED tab in Color, Quicktime self-contained files when grading RED footage, Accessing R3d Metadata for more advanced options in Color.

Making your own grade. Rendering and Output

Broadcast Safe, Viewing & sending to FCP for playout, different tolerance for legal luminance and chrominance.