Avid Symphony Nitris 1.7 User guide

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Conform and Finishing Guide
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Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Avid Training Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Section 1 Conforming and Mastering
Chapter 1 Conforming and Transferring Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Compatibility Between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Conforming Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Preparing for the Online Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Delivery Requirements for Final Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Offline Formats for HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
File Transfer for the Online Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
System Compatibility for the Online Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing Graphics for the Online Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Preparing Effects for the Online Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Preparing Titles for the Online Session. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Preparing Audio for the Online Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Step 1: Transfer Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transferring Project Information Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Transferring Project Files and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Step 2: Open the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Step 3: Measure the Video Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Step 4: Recapture Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Step 5: Import and Lay in the Final Audio Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Step 6: Batch Import Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Step 7: Re-create Title Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Redefining a Font Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Step 8: Refine Effects and Perform Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Step 9: Render Effects as Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Step 10: Create the Final Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conforming an HDV Sequence on Symphony Nitris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Conforming Sequences with Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Conforming Color Correction Sequences with
Symphony Meridien Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Conforming Color Correction Sequences with Media Composer or
Avid Xpress Pro Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Transferring Color Corrections with Color Correction Templates . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Transferring Project and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Transferring Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Transferring Sound Designer II Audio Files from
Macintosh Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Working with Sound Designer II Audio Files on
Macintosh Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring a Project Using Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring Project Files and Media Files Using Nonshared Storage . . . . . . . 49
Devices and Methods for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transferring Files Between Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Transferring Files Between Macintosh and Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . 53
Nonshared Storage Issues for Cross-Platform Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Transferring Media Files from Media Composer Version 7.2 or
Avid Xpress Version 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Chapter 2 Working with HD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
High-Definition Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
HDTV Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Film-Based Television Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Video-Based Television Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Broadcast Graphics Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Editing in HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Changing the Project Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Modifying the Format of a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Converting a 24p NTSC Sequence to 1080p/23.976. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Converting a 23.976p NTSC Sequence to 720p/23.976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Mixing SD and HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Displaying Formats in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Editing at 60 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Working with True 24 FPS Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Transcoding HD Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using HD Universal Mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Converting Audio for HD Universal Mastering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Performing a Digital Cut with HD Universal Mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Video Color Space for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Section 2 Finishing Tools
Chapter 3 Motion Tracking and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Understanding Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Understanding the Tracking Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Uses of Motion Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Motion Tracking and Footage Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Workflow for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Effects and Effect Parameters That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Understanding the Tracking Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tracking Controls in the Effect Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tracking Controls in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
The Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting Up an Effect for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Understanding Video Layers and Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Applying an Effect for Motion Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Making Non-Tracking Parameter Adjustments to an Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Preparing to Generate Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Enabling Tracking in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Creating and Mapping Trackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Understanding Tracker Selectors and Tracker Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Creating and Mapping Trackers Manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Enabling, Disabling, and Deleting Trackers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting Up Tracking in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Displaying Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Adjusting Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Guidelines for Positioning Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Guidelines for Resizing Tracking Boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting Up Tracking in the Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Choosing a Tracking Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Choosing Background or Foreground Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Understanding Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Generating Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Offset Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Understanding Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Adding and Deleting Tracker Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Moving to a Tracking Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Performing Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Understanding Generated Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tracking Data in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tracking Data in the Tracker Timelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Customizing Tracking Data Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Setting the Reference Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Using SteadyGlide or Smoothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Modifying Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Finding a Specific Tracker Data Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Selecting Tracker Data Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Deleting Tracking Data From Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Moving Tracker Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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Moving Tracker Data Points Outside the Frame Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Stretching a Range of Tracker Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Limiting the Effect of Position Tracking Data to a Single Axis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Playback of Effects Using Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Understanding Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Stabilizing an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Guidelines for Using Multiple Trackers When Stabilizing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Using the Region Stabilize Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Stabilizing an Image with the Region Stabilize Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Making Adjustments to the Region Stabilize Region of Interest. . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Editing Segments That Use Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Segment Mode Editing with Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Trimming Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Adding Transition Effects to Tracked Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reusing Existing Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
When to Reuse Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Copying and Pasting Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Conforming Symphony Meridien Sequences with Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Examples of Effects Using Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Example 1: Replacing the License Plate on a Moving Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Example 2: Special Effects Using Targets for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Chapter 4 Understanding Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The Composer Window in Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Activating Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Displaying Tracking Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Displaying Images in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Understanding Default Monitor Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Configuring Image Display in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Working with Reference Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Splitting the Image Display in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Hiding the Video in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Displaying 16:9 Video in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Using the Play Loop Button in Color Correction Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Reviewing Color-Corrected Clips with the Edit Review Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Controlling Frame Display in the Composer Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
The Color Correction Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Working with Correction Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Understanding Relationship Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Using the Source Clip Name Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Converting Relationship Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Working with the Group and Subdividing Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Displaying a Group Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Displaying a Subdividing Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Associating Group and Subdividing Tabs with Tab Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . 151
Understanding Interaction Between Color Correction Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Working with the Enable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Turning Controls On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Resetting Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Understanding Interaction Between Enable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Using the Color Correction Tool Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Customizing Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
How Color Correction Handles Color Space and Bit Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Adding Comments to Color Correction Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Working with Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Understanding How Color Correction Effect Templates Save Settings. . . . . . 163
Using Automatic Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Saving a Color Correction Effect Template to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Saving a Color Correction Effect Template to a Bucket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Clearing Color Correction Effect Templates from Buckets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Applying Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Color Correction Effect Templates and Relationship Type Selections . . . . . . 168
Working with Color Correction Effect Templates in the Effect Palette. . . . . . . 169
Displaying Color Correction Information in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
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Chapter 5 Performing Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
General Workflow for Making Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Using Automatic Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Understanding Automatic Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Setting AutoCorrect Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Adjusting Contrast and Balance Automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Using the Remove Color Cast Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Considerations When Using Automatic Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Making a Correction with the Color Match Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Selecting Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Understanding NaturalMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Color Match Example Using NaturalMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Saving Custom Colors to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Getting RGB Information Using the Color Match Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
The HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Working with the Controls Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Making Corrections Using the Controls Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Using the HSL Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Controls Tab Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Working with the Hue Offsets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Understanding ChromaWheel Color Wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Making Corrections Using the Hue Offsets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Examples of Hue Offsets Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Working with the Luma Ranges Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Understanding the Luma Ranges Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adjusting Luminance Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Manipulating Luminance Range Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Examples of Three-Tone Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
The Channels Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Making Corrections Using the Channels Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Using the Channel Blending Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
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Considerations When Working with Color Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Examples of Channel Blending Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
The Levels Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Understanding Input and Output Levels Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Examples of Black Point Input and Output Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Examples of Gray Point Input and Output Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Making Corrections Using the Levels Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Working with the Levels Tab Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Understanding Histograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Using the Histogram Controls. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Using the Text Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Understanding ChromaCurve Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Using the ChromaCurve Graph in the Levels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Working with the Composite and Luma Tabs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Examples of Levels Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The Curves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Making Corrections Using the Curves Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Adjusting Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Curves and the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Examples of Curve Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
The Secondary Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Understanding Secondary Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Secondary Color Correction Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Understanding Secondary Color Correction Vectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Standard and Custom Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Vector Display in Color Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Customizing a Vector Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Understanding the Selected Vectors Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Selecting Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Enabling and Disabling Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Resetting Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
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Adjusting Input Vector Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Repositioning Vectors in the Color Wheel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Using the Input Vector Sliders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Locking Vectors While Adjusting an Input Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Examples of Softness Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Using the Color Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Defining a Vector with the Syringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Refining a Vector Definition with the Add to Selection and
Subtract from Selection Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Isolating the Selected Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Adjusting Output Vector Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Using the Color Match Control for Secondary Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Making a Secondary Correction with the
Color Match Control and the Syringe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Making a Secondary Color Correction with the
Color Match Control Only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Inverting a Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Examples of Inverted and Isolated Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Understanding How Multiple Vectors Interact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Working with the Waveform Monitors and the Vectorscope Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Using the Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Using the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
When to Use the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Applying a Color Correction Effect from the Color Correction Tool . . . . . . . . . 276
Chapter 6 Managing Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Updating Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Merging Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Using the Merge Correction Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Color Correction Merging Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Flattening Color-Corrected Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Removing Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
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Chapter 7 Color Correction Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Guiding Principles for Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Goals of Color Correction: Restoration and Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Restoring the Original Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Adapting the Original Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Stages of Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Correcting Tonal Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Neutralizing Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Achieving Shot-to-Shot Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Achieving a Final Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Examples of Color Correction Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Example 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chapter 8 Spot Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Making Corrections Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Using Paint Effect Modes for Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Chapter 9 Safe Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Overview of Safe Color Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Understanding Safe Color Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Understanding Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Safe Color Warnings in the Color Match Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Making Adjustments to Achieve Safe Color Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Working with the Safe Color Limiter Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Understanding the Safe Color Limiter Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Applying the Safe Color Limiter Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Adjusting the Safe Color Limiter Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Using the Safe Color Limiter Analysis Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
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Tables
Offline Formats for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Graphics Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Default Folder and File Locations (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Default Folder and File Locations (Macintosh) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Options for Transferring Files Between Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Options for Transferring Files Between Macintosh and Windows Systems . . . . . . . 53
Offline Formats for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Choices for Modifying Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
HD Universal Mastering Frame Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Effects and Effect Parameters for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Tracking Window Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Options for Enabling Tracking in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Multiple Tracker Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tracker Timeline Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tracking Data Point Range Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Source Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Relationship Color Correction Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Correction Mode Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
AutoCorrect Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Automatic Color Correction Buttons in the Curves Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
HSL Group (Controls Tab) Match Type Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
HSL Group (Hue Offsets Tab) Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Channels Tab Match Type Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Levels Tab Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Curves Tab Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Secondary Tab Match Type Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Brightness Subdividing Tabs for the HSL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Controls Tab Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
ChromaWheel Crosshair Pointers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Component Type Options in the Channels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Secondary Color Correction Vector Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Input Vector Sliders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
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Waveform and Vectorscope Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Safe Color Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Safe Color Limits in Waveform Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Using This Guide
Congratulations on your purchase of an Avid
®
editing application. You can use your
application to create broadcast-quality output incorporating every possible production
element from full-speed, high-resolution footage, to multimedia artwork and animation, to
computer-generated effects and titling.
This guide contains the task-oriented instructions, conceptual information, and reference
material you need to use the conform and finishing features of your Avid Symphony
Nitris
®
system. These features include project transfer, HD support, tracking and
stabilization parameters, and Symphony Nitris color correction.
This guide is intended for all users who need information for the conform and finishing
processes.
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system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in
the documentation.
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Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when
handling electrical equipment.
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order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the
File menu and then select the Import command.
Using This Guide
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If You Need Help
If you are having trouble using Symphony Nitris:
1. Retry the action, carefully following the instructions given for that task in this guide. It
is especially important to check each step of your workflow.
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documentation was published:
- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as printed release notes,
they ship with your application and are also available online.
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supplied on your Avid application CD or DVD as a PDF document
(README_AvidSymphony.pdf) and is also available online.
You should always check online for the most up-to-date release notes or ReadMe
because the online version is updated whenever new information becomes
available. To view these online versions, select ReadMe from the Help menu. or visit
the Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/readme.
3. Check the documentation that came with your Avid application or your hardware for
maintenance or hardware-related issues.
4. Visit the online Knowledge Base at www.avid.com/onlinesupport. Online services are
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answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates,
and to read or join online message-board discussions.
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