User's Manual

Generally, the first thing you’ll want do is optimize the shadows, mid tones and highlights in your
clips. In other words adjust the ‘lift’, ‘gamma’ and ‘gain’ settings. This will help get your pictures
looking their brightest and best with a clean, uniform starting point from where you can begin
grading the ‘look’ of your film.
Using Scopes
Most colorists make creative color choices by focusing on the emotion and the look they want
their program to have and then simply work using the monitor to achieve that look. You can look
at everyday objects and how different types of light interact with them to generate ideas on
what you can do with your images and a little practice.
The parade scope helps you optimize
highlights, mid tones and shadows
The ‘lift, ‘gamma’, ‘gain’ and ‘offset’ color wheels give
youtotalcontrol over the color and tonal balance of your clips.
Tomake auniform adjustment to all colors for each tonal region,
drag thedial underneath the color wheels back and forth
Another way to color grade is to use the built in scopes to help you balance shots. You can
open a single video scope by clicking the ‘scope’ button, which is the second from the right on
the palette toolbar. You can choose to display a waveform, parade, vectorscope and histogram.
Using these scopes you can monitor your tonal balance, check the levels of your video to avoid
crushing your blacks and clipping the highlights, plus monitor any color cast in your clips.
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