Color Correction for Avid Xpress DV 3.5 (Avid Educational Series) - Softcover

Avid Technology Inc.

9780321170002: Color Correction for Avid Xpress DV 3.5 (Avid Educational Series)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321170008 ISBN 13: 9780321170002

Publisher: Peachpit Press, 2002

As a serious filmmaker, you need to ensure that the color and lighting in each frame of your movie looks consistent and achieves the mood you want to convey. If you�re using Avid Xpress DV 3.5 to edit your footage, but you�ve yet to master the software�s color correction features, you need Color Correction for Avid Xpress DV 3.5.

Based on the one-day course taught by Avid�s own Authorized Education Centers, this official step-by-step guide shows you how to color correct video frames in Avid Xpress DV 3.5 by taking you through the three stages of color correction: restoring the original look of each shot, achieving shot-to-shot consistency, and creating a final look. In the process, you�ll learn how to use video scopes�which graphically display color information about individual frames in a sequence�to achieve brightness and color levels that are within safe limits for broadcast, attain a good level of contrast, correct color casts, and match brightness and color in consecutive shots in a program. By the end of this short course, you�ll be able to analyze an image for color correction problems using scopes, color correct segments in a program, adjust color for an entire program, and check that levels are within broadcast limits. A companion CD-ROM (Windows XP and Mac OS X compatible) includes the project and media files used in the book so you can get started using your new skills immediately.

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Synopsis:

Color Correction for Avid Xpress DV 3.5 is the official color correction guide for serious filmmakers starting out on the consumer version of Avid's industry-standard film production software, Avid Xpress DV 3.5 ($1,699). Based on the one-day course taught by Avid's own Authorized Education Centers, this official step-by-step guide shows beginning to intermediate editors how to color correct video frames in Avid Xpress DV 3.5. Color Correction for Avid Xpress DV 3.5 takes readers through the three stages of color correction: restoring the original look of each shot, achieving shot-to-shot consistency, and creating a final look. Readers learn to use video scopes--which graphically display color information about individual frames in a sequence--to achieve brightness and color levels that are within safe limits for broadcast, attain a good level of contrast, correct color casts, and match brightness and color in consecutive shots in a program. By the end of this short course, readers will be able to analyze an image for color correction problems using scopes, color correct segments in a program, adjust color for an entire program, and check that levels are within broadcast limits.A companion CD-ROM (Windows XP and Mac OS X compatible) includes the project and media files used in the book to get readers started using their skills immediately.

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Avid Technology's award-winning team of Education Specialists is a highly trained group of instructors with extensive knowledge in all aspects of postproduction. Avid combines the team's in-house expertise with a CD-ROM containing all of the project and media files used in the book to create a full-featured training course in every title.

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