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> Applying Color Corrections to an Entire Sequence |
Applying Color Corrections to an Entire Sequence
You can apply a single color correction to an entire sequence by adding a video track above all other video tracks and selecting the Record Track button for that track. This is a simple and flexible way to make a final color adjusment to an entire program. For example, you might want to brighten all of your material slightly, or increase saturation a little to create a warmer look, or tint your whole program.
Once you make a color adjustment, your application fills the entire length of the empty track with filler material and applies a Color Correction effect. The filler in this case is not opaque material but simply a container for the Color Correction effect. The result is that you see the color adjustment applied to whatever combination of images and effects exists in the lower video tracks.
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In most situations, you should not use this technique to make automatic
color corrections, since Avid Color Correction bases the color correction
for the entire sequence on its analysis of the single frame that is active
when you make the correction. This will not result in a good correction for
the whole sequence unless all of the segments in it have very similar color
characteristics. A better method for applying automatic color corrections
to the entire sequence is to select every segment and then apply a Color
Correction effect from the Effect Palette. For more information, see
Applying Automatic Color Corrections from the Effect Palette.
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To apply a color correction effect to an entire sequence:
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In editing mode, add a new video track to the sequence.
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Enter Color Correction mode by doing one of the following:
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Select Toolsets > Color Correction.
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Press Shift+F8.
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Click the Color Correction button.
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Make sure that the Record Track button for the topmost video track is
selected.
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Make one or more color adjustments in the Color Correction tool.
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Filler material and a Color Correction effect appears in the topmost
video track.
