Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 99)

Important: If you’re recapturing or transcoding video clips that were originally recorded
with a Y
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format, be sure that the codec you use to recapture, export, or transcode
your media doesn’t clamp super-white and overly high chroma components from the
original, uncorrected media. It’s usually better to correct out-of-gamut values within Color
than it is to clamp these levels in advance, potentially losing valuable image data.
Check All Transitions and Effects If You Plan to Render 2K or 4K Image Sequences
for Film Out
When rendering out 2K or 4K DPX or Cineon image sequences, all video transitions are
rendered as linear dissolves when you use the Gather Rendered Media command to
consolidate the finally rendered frames of your project in preparation for film output. This
feature is only intended to support film out workflows. Any other type of transition (such
as a wipe or iris) will be rendered as a dissolve instead, so it’s a good idea to go through
your project and change the type and timing of your transitions as necessary before
sending your project to Color.
Furthermore, effects that would ordinarily reappear in a sequence that is sent back to
Final Cut Pro, such as speed effects, superimpositions, composites, video filters, motion
settings that don’t translate into Pan & Scan parameters, generators, and Motion projects,
will not be rendered if you render 2K or 4K DPX or Cineon image sequences for film output.
In this case, it’s best to export all such clips as self-contained QuickTime files with which
to replace the original effects, before you send the sequence to Color.
Using the Send To Color Command in Final Cut Pro
Once you’ve prepared your sequence, you can use the Send To Color command in
Final Cut Pro to automatically move your sequence into Color (as long as Final Cut Pro
and Color are installed on the same computer).
You can only send whole sequences to Color. It’s not possible to send individual clips or
groups of clips from a sequence unless you first nest them inside a sequence.
To send a sequence from Final Cut Pro to Color
1 Open the project in Final Cut Pro.
2 Select a sequence in the Browser.
3 Do one of the following:
• Choose File > Send To > Color.
• Control-click the selection, then choose Send To > Color from the shortcut menu.
4 Choose a name for the project to be created in Color, then click OK.
A new Color project is automatically created in the default project directory specified in
User Preferences. The shots that appear in the Timeline should match the original
Final Cut Pro sequence that was sent.
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