Apple Color – Basic Training

Two Day Course

 

COURSE CONTENT

 

Day One

Introduction

• What is Apple Color
• When to use Color

 

Creating the Correct Workflow

Preparing your timeline in Final Cut Pro

Prepping additional footage

Importing XML files

Workflows for film-based media vs. video-based media

Useable file formats

 

 

Colour Theory Basics

• Defining colours & using colour spaces
• Bit-depths & colour sampling
• Additive vs. Subtractive colour modes

 

First Steps in Color

• Starting your project
• Setting up the UI & adjusting preferences
• Reading scopes

 

Room 1 – Primary In

• Primary colour correction
• Fixing exposure issues
• Balancing shots

 

 

Room 2 – Introducing Secondary Colour Correction

• Vignette corrections
• Defining areas using the keyer

 

 

Further Secondary Correction

• Designing a grade
• Copying grades to different shots
• Saving and trading grades

 

Correcting a Sequence

• Workflow techniques

 

 

Day Two

 

Room 3 – ColorFX

• Introducing the Node Tree
• Building a tree
• Viewing part of an effect
• Thinking outside the box
• Color FX gotchas
• Interlaced footage
• Copying nodes
• The Output Node

 

Geometrics

• Advanced Secondary correction
• Motion tracking
• Creating custom shapes
• Geometrics gotchas

 

Animating the Grade

• Keyframing vignettes
• Compensating for changes in the footage

 

Adding the Final Touch

• Primary Out
• Steering the Render Queue

 

Getting Inspiration

• Evolving high-impact looks
• Looking to the past
• Pushing the limits

 

Wrap-up & Pleasant Surprise