QuickStart! - Apple Color Tutorials


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Apple’s Color application places high-end color grading and correction in the hands – and within the budget – of any filmmaker or video producer with a copy of Final Cut Studio installed. Viewers of this QuickStart! course will get a start-to-finish tour of the Final Cut/Color workflow. Upon completion, viewers will be to apply sophisticated color grades to their video projects, replicating the picture qualities of their favorite motion pictures. To get started, simply click on one of the QuickStart! - Apple Color movie links. * VTC QuickStart! courses are available only to registered VTC Online University members.

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Getting Started with Color
	Intro & Overview	(05:52)
Basic Grading
	The Color Interface	(06:09)
	Using the Primary Room	(05:22)
	Auto Balance Control	(06:44)
	Color Balance Controls	(06:30)
	Color Grade Curves	(03:54)
	Additional Controls	(03:53)
Secondary Grading
	Types of Secondary Grading	(04:40)
	Key Based Secondaries	(06:05)
	Vignette Secondaries	(05:19)
	Secondary Curves	(04:32)
	Use Multiple Secondaries	(05:17)
	Custom Mask Shapes	(07:03)
Cool Looks & Easy Implementation
	Saving & Reusing Color Grades	(04:16)
	Using Color FX	(08:13)
	Apply a 'Look'	(06:25)
	Just Like the Movies pt. 1	(05:47)
	Just Like the Movies pt. 2	(05:20)
Rendering & Output
	Final Tweaks	(04:11)
	Adjust Black Levels	(03:47)
	Adjust Chroma Levels	(06:19)
	Rendering Color Projects pt. 1	(03:33)
	Rendering Color Projects pt. 2	(03:42)
	The Headache Saver	(03:17)
Conclusion
	Wrap Up / Credits	(02:32)

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