Manhattan Edit Workshop Color 101

Color 101 Course, 2 Day <b>Lesson 1: Controlling Contrast</b>
- Understanding Contrast.
- Controlling Contrast with the Color Corrector 3-Way Filter.
- Setting the Mood with the Mids.
- Creating Artificially High Contrast.

<b>Lesson 2: Controlling Color</b>
- Understanding Color Balance.
- Using Primary Color Correction.
- Understanding the Color Balance Controls.
- Identifying and Correcting Color Casts.
- Manipulating Color Directly in the Blacks.
- Mids and Whites.

<b>Lesson 3: Color Correcting for Scene Continuity</b>
- Achieving Visual Harmony.
- Comparing Two Clips.
- Setting Up for Scene-by-Scene Color Correction.
- Color Correcting a Complete Scene.
- Project Tasks.

<b>Lesson 4: Working with the Color Interface</b>
- Setting Up a Project.
- Understanding the Eight Rooms.
- Color’s Task-Based Workflow.
- Exploring the Setup Room.
- Applying Basic Grades.
- Viewing Your Images.
- Performing Secondary Grades.
- Employing Color FX.
- Applying Final Touches.
- Panning and Scanning.
- Utilizing Still Stores.
- Correcting the Sequence.
- The Render Queue Room.

<b>Lesson 5: Basic Grading</b>
- Exploring the Primary Room.
- Using the Auto Balance Control.
- Grading with the Color Balance Controls.
- Grading with Curves.
- Understanding Additional Controls.

<b>Lesson 6: Basic Secondary Grading</b>
- Three Types of Secondaries.
- Performing Key-Based Secondaries.
- Keying with HSL Qualifiers.
- Performing Vignette-Based Secondaries.
- Creating a Look and Secondary Curves.

<b>Lesson 7: Advanced Secondary Grading</b>
- Using Multiple Secondaries.
- Combining a Key and a Vignette.
- Using Multiple Keys.
- Creating Custom Mask Shapes.
- Combining Vignettes.
- Incorporating Curve Effects.

<b>Lesson 8: Color Effects</b>
- Overview of the Color FX Room.
- Applying Nodes.
- Building Color Effects.
- Controlling Node Order.
- Monitoring Inactive Nodes.
- Adding Nodes to Existing Trees.
- Saving and Reapplying Effects as Presents.
- Working with Preset Color Effects.

<b>Lesson 9: Grade Management</b>
- Managing Grades on a Single Shot.
- Switching Between Grades.
- Adding and Deleting Grades.
- Duplicating a Grade.
- Setting the Beauty Grade.
- Saving Corrections and Grades.
- Deleting Saved Corrections.
- Organizing Corrections.
- Saving Secondary Corrections.
- Saving Grades.
- Moving Grades from Clip to Clip.
- Dragging Individual Corrections.
- Grouping Shots.
- Applying Grades to Groups.
- Working with Multiple Grades.

<b>Lesson 10: Keyframing Effects</b>
- Animating Effects in Color.
- Manipulating Keyframes.
- Navigating to Keyframes.
- Deleting Keyframes.
- Keyframing Other Rooms.
- Changing Interpolation Settings.
- Animating User Shapes.
- Adding Intermediary Keyframes.
- Keyframing Color Effects.

<b>Lesson 11: Recomposing and Tracking</b>
- Using the Geometry Room.
- Recomposing Shots.
- Animating Pan and Scan Effects.
- Tracking Objects.
- Applying Tracking Data to Corrections.
- Offsetting the Vignette.
- Manual Tracking Techniques.

<b>Lesson 12: Primary Out and Rendering</b>
- Global Changes and Final Tweaks.
- Modifying and Replacing Primary Out Room Settings.
- Creating a Stylized Look.
- Applying Stylized Primary Out Corrections to Grouped Clips.
- Manually Controlling Broadcast Safe Output.
- Adjusting Black Levels.
- Limiting Black Level Adjustments.
- Manually Adjusting White and Black Levels.
- Manually Adjusting Chroma Levels.
- Rendering Color Projects.
- Adding Clips to the Render Queue.
- Rendering Shots and Sending to Final Cut Pro.
- Using Color’s Archive Feature.