Avid Color Correction works with video material once it has been edited into a sequence. You make color adjustments in Color Correction mode by selecting segments within a sequence and then altering their color values. The system applies a Color Correction effect to each segment that you correct in a sequence and you can view the correction as you play back the sequence, within the normal limits for effects playback for your application.

Your ability to preview color correction effects in real-time in the Composer monitor or in a Client monitor depends on the model of your Avid application, your hardware configuration, and the complexity of the sequence to which you have applied the color correction effects. As with other effects, you might need to render at least some of your color correction effects before you can export your sequence or perform a digital cut. For more information, see Main Topics: Playing, Previewing, and Rendering Effects.

The color corrections that you make with Avid Color Correction do not cause any permanent change to clips in bins or to their associated media files. If you make a color adjustment to a clip in one sequence, that adjustment does not apply to the same clip in a different sequence.