Operation Manual

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Workspace
Last updated 11/30/2015
Only two outputs at a time can be used in parallel. The SDI card is routed through the Quadro GPU and thus takes one
DVI or DP output. The other output can be used for the workspace display. The additional DisplayPort is not active in
parallel.
Tip: Combining local footage display with a projection setup
To give the operator an accurate local display in parallel to another display or projection system, a signal split on the
SDI output is recommended. This is the recommended way to monitor a signal through external waveform and
vectorscope devices.
Direct-Link workflow between Premiere Pro and
SpeedGrade
About Direct Link
The Direct-Link workflow is an integrated edit-and-grade workflow between Premiere Pro CC and SpeedGrade CC.
Earlier, to use SpeedGrade to color grade your footage from Premiere Pro, you rendered and exported your sequences
to SpeedGrade either as DPX still image sequences or edit decision lists (EDLs). After completing color grading in
SpeedGrade, you exported the projects as stand-alone video files back into Premiere Pro for more editing.
Direct Link offers a fast and efficient alternative to this workflow. Leveraging the power of the Mercury Playback
Engine, Direct Link lets you send or open Premiere Pro projects directly in SpeedGrade. You can color grade Premiere
Pro sequences in SpeedGrade and send it back to Premiere Pro in a few clicks.
To achieve optimal performance when using Direct Link, use a NVIDIA CUDA graphics card with GPU acceleration
on Windows. For more information about Adobe-certified NVIDIA graphics cards, see the Tech specs.
Edit and grade Premiere Pro sequences with Direct Link
The Direct-Link workflow lets you roundtrip Premiere Pro projects between editing and grading without time-
consuming or complex tasks like rendering and conforming.
When you send a project, which you had color-corrected using Premiere Pro, to Speedgrade using Direct Link,
Speedgrade presents you with the custom Lumetri Color layer. This layer reflects all the color changes that you had
made to your project in one layer without any custom controls. You can toggle on/off this feature as needed.