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Color Correction
Hi, I’m trying to color correct an entire timeline in Avid Media Composer 4. I know there is a way to make a new video track and add the color correction to that so every video track below is effected. However, when I try to do this, I get the following error message: ‘Only CC Effect Correction can be applied to filler’.
How can I make this work?
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Hi.
Colour correct the first clip. Drag the effect icon into a bin. Select all clips in segment mode. Double click the effect icon in the and it will apply to all selected clips.
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Ah, I see. Thanks.
I guess there is no way of creating a new track and color correcting on to that? -
From MC5 Help:
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 adjustment 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 Avid editing 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.
In most situations, do not use this technique to make automatic color corrections, because your Avid editing application bases the color correction for the entire sequence on its analysis of the single frame that is active when you make the correction. This does 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 Correcting Color Automatically Using the Color Correction Effect.To apply a color correction effect to an entire sequence:
1. In Source/Record mode (editing mode on NewsCutter systems), add a new video track to the sequence.For more information, see Adding and Deleting Tracks.
2. Enter Color Correction mode, for example, by selecting Toolsets > Color Correction.3. Ensure that the Record Track button for the topmost video track is selected.
4. Make one or more color adjustments in the Color Correction tool.
Filler material and a Color Correction effect appear in the topmost video track.
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