Avid Symphony Nitris 1.0 User guide

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Conform and Finishing Guide
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Avid Symphony Nitris Conform and Finishing Guide • 0130-07235-01 • November 2005
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Contents
Using This Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Symbols and Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
If You Need Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Related Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Accessing the Online Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
How to Order Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Avid Educational Services. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Section 1 Conforming and Mastering
Chapter 1 Conforming and Transferring Projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Compatibility Between Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Conforming Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Preparing for the Online Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Delivery Requirements for Final Masters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Offline Formats for HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
File Transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
System Compatibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Preparing Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Preparing Effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Preparing Titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Preparing Audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Step 1: Transfer Files. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transferring Project Information Only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Transferring Project Files and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Step 2: Open the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Step 3: Measure the Video Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Step 4: Recapture Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Step 5: Import and Lay in the Final Audio Mix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Step 6: Batch Import Graphics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Step 7: Re-create Title Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Redefining a Font Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Step 8: Refine Effects and Perform Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Step 9: Render Effects as Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Step 10: Create the Final Masters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Conforming Sequences Created with HDV Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Conforming Sequences with Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Conforming with Symphony Meridien Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Conforming with Adrenaline or Avid Mojo Systems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Transferring Color Corrections with Color Correction Templates . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Transferring Project and Media Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Transferring Audio Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Transferring Sound Designer II Audio Files from Macintosh Systems . . . . 44
Transferring a Project Using Shared Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Transferring Project Files and Media Files Using Nonshared Storage . . . . . . . 45
Devices and Methods for Transferring Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Transferring Files Between Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Transferring Files Between Macintosh and Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . 49
Nonshared Storage Issues for Cross-Platform Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Transferring Media Files from Media Composer Version 7.2 or Avid Xpress
Version 2.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 2 Working with HD Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
High-Definition Television. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
HDTV Workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Film-Based Television Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Video-Based Television Workflow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Broadcast Graphics Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Editing in HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Changing the Project Format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Modifying the Format of a Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Converting a 24p NTSC Sequence to 1080p/23.976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Converting a 23.976p NTSC Sequence to 720p/23.976 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Mixing SD and HD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
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Displaying Formats in a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Editing at 60 fps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Working with True 24 FPS Timecode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Transcoding HD Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Video Color Space for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Section 2 Finishing Tools
Chapter 3 Motion Tracking and Stabilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Understanding Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Understanding the Tracking Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Uses of Motion Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Motion Tracking and Footage Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Workflow for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Effects and Effect Parameters That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Understanding the Tracking Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tracking Controls in the Effect Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tracking Controls in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
The Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Setting Up an Effect for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Understanding Video Layers and Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Applying an Effect for Motion Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Making Non-Tracking Parameter Adjustments to an Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Preparing to Generate Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Enabling Tracking in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Creating and Mapping Trackers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Understanding Tracker Selectors and Tracker Function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Creating and Mapping Trackers Manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Enabling, Disabling, and Deleting Trackers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Setting Up Tracking in the Effect Preview Monitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Displaying Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Adjusting Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Guidelines for Positioning Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Guidelines for Resizing Tracking Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
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Setting Up Tracking in the Tracking Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Choosing a Tracking Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Choosing Background or Foreground Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Generating Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Offset Tracking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Understanding Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Adding and Deleting Tracker Regions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Moving to a Tracking Region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Performing Offset Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Understanding Generated Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tracking Data in the Effect Preview Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tracking Data in the Tracker Timelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Customizing Tracking Data Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Setting the Reference Frame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Using SteadyGlide and Smoothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Modifying Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Finding a Specific Tracker Data Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Selecting Tracker Data Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Deleting Tracking Data From Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Moving Tracker Data Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Moving Tracker Data Points Outside the Frame Boundary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Stretching a Range of Tracker Data Points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Limiting the Effect of Position Tracking Data to a Single Axis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Playback of Effects Using Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Stabilizing an Image. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Guidelines for Using Multiple Trackers When Stabilizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using the Region Stabilize Effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Stabilizing an Image with the Region Stabilize Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Making Adjustments to the Region Stabilize Region of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Editing Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Segment Mode Editing with Segments That Use Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . 117
Trimming Segments That Use Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Adding Transition Effects to Tracked Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
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Reusing Existing Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
When to Reuse Tracking Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Copying and Pasting Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Conforming Symphony Meridien Sequences with Tracking Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Examples of Effects Using Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Example 1: Replacing the License Plate on a Moving Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Example 2: Special Effects Using Targets for Motion Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Chapter 4 Understanding Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
The Composer Window in Color Correction Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Activating Monitors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Displaying Tracking Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Displaying Images in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Understanding Default Monitor Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Configuring Image Display in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Working with Reference Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Splitting the Image Display in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Hiding the Video in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Displaying 16:9 Video in Monitors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Using the Play Loop Button in Color Correction Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Reviewing Color-Corrected Clips with the Edit Review Button . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Controlling Frame Display in the Composer Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
The Color Correction Tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Working with Correction Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Understanding Relationship Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the Source Clip Name Relationship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Converting Relationship Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Working with the Group and Subdividing Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Displaying a Group Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Displaying a Subdividing Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Associating Group and Subdividing Tabs with Tab Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Understanding Interaction Between Color Correction Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
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Working with the Enable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Turning Controls On or Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Resetting Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Understanding Interaction Between Enable Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Using the Color Correction Tool Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Customizing Color Correction Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
How Color Correction Handles Color Space and Bit Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Adding Comments to Color Correction Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Working with Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Understanding How Color Correction Effect Templates Save Settings. . . . . . 155
Using Automatic Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Saving a Color Correction Effect Template to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Saving a Color Correction Effect Template to a Bucket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Clearing Color Correction Effect Templates from Buckets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Applying Color Correction Effect Templates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Working with Color Correction Effect Templates in the Effect Palette. . . . . . . 160
Displaying Color Correction Information in the Timeline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Chapter 5 Performing Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
General Workflow for Making Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Using Automatic Color Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Understanding Automatic Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Setting AutoCorrect Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Adjusting Contrast and Balance Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Using the Remove Color Cast Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Considerations When Using Automatic Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Making a Correction with the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Selecting Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Understanding NaturalMatch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Color Match Example Using NaturalMatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Saving Custom Colors to a Bin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Getting RGB Information Using the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
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The HSL (Hue, Saturation, Luminance) Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Working with the Controls Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Making Corrections Using the Controls Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Using the HSL Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Controls Tab Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Working with the Hue Offsets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Understanding ChromaWheel Color Wheels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Making Corrections Using the Hue Offsets Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Examples of Hue Offsets Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Working with the Luma Ranges Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Understanding the Luma Ranges Graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adjusting Luminance Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Manipulating Luminance Range Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Examples of Three-Tone Previews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
The Channels Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Making Corrections Using the Channels Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Using the Channel Blending Pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Considerations When Working with Color Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Examples of Channel Blending Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
The Levels Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Understanding Input and Output Levels Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Examples of Black Point Input and Output Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Examples of Gray Point Input and Output Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Making Corrections Using the Levels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Working with the Levels Tab Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Understanding Histograms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Using the Histogram Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Using the Text Boxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Understanding ChromaCurve Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Using the ChromaCurve Graph in the Levels Tab. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Working with the Composite and Luma Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Examples of Levels Adjustments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
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The Curves Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Making Corrections Using the Curves Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Adjusting Curves . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Curves and the Color Match Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Examples of Curve Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
The Secondary Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Understanding Secondary Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Secondary Color Correction Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Understanding Secondary Color Correction Vectors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Standard and Custom Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Vector Display in Color Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Customizing a Vector Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Understanding the Selected Vectors Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Selecting Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Enabling and Disabling Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Resetting Vectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Adjusting Input Vector Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Repositioning Vectors in the Color Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Using the Input Vector Sliders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Locking Vectors While Adjusting an Input Vector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Examples of Softness Adjustments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Using the Color Selection Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Defining a Vector with the Syringe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Refining a Vector Definition with the Add to Selection and
Subtract from Selection Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Isolating the Selected Vector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Adjusting Output Vector Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Using the Color Match Control for Secondary Corrections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Making a Secondary Correction with the Color Match Control and the Syringe
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Making a Secondary Color Correction with the Color Match Control Only 253
Inverting a Vector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Examples of Inverted and Isolated Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Understanding How Multiple Vectors Interact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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Working with the Waveform Monitors and the Vectorscope Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Using the Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Using the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
When to Use the Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Applying a Color Correction Effect from the Color Correction Tool . . . . . . . . . 268
Chapter 6 Managing Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Updating Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Merging Color-Corrected Sequences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Using the Merge Correction Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Color Correction Merging Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Flattening Color-Corrected Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Removing Color Corrections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Chapter 7 Color Correction Techniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Guiding Principles for Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Goals of Color Correction: Restoration and Adaptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Restoring the Original Look. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Adapting the Original Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Stages of Color Correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Correcting Tonal Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Neutralizing Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Achieving Shot-to-Shot Consistency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Achieving a Final Look . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Examples of Color Correction Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Example 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Example 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Example 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Chapter 8 Spot Color Correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Making Corrections Using the Spot Color Correction Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Using Paint Effect Modes for Color Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
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Chapter 9 Safe Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Overview of Safe Color Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Understanding Safe Color Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Understanding Safe Color Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Safe Color Warnings in the Color Match Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Making Adjustments to Achieve Safe Color Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
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Tables
Offline Formats for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Graphics Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Media Composer Adrenaline Default Folder and File Locations (Windows). . . . . . . 46
Media Composer Adrenaline Default Folder and File Locations (Macintosh) . . . . . . 46
Symphony Nitris Default Folder and File Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Options for Transferring Files Between Windows Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Options for Transferring Files Between Macintosh and Windows Systems . . . . . . . 49
Offline Formats for HD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Choices for Modifying Sequences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Effects and Effect Parameters for Tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tracking Window Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Options for Enabling Tracking in the Effect Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Multiple Tracker Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Tracker Timeline Display. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tracking Data Point Range Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Source Menu Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Relationship Color Correction Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Correction Mode Settings Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
AutoCorrect Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Automatic Color Correction Buttons in the Curves Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
HSL Group (Controls Tab) Match Type Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
HSL Group (Hue Offsets Tab) Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Channels Tab Match Type Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Levels Tab Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Curves Tab Match Type Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Secondary Tab Match Type Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Brightness Subdividing Tabs for the HSL Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Controls Tab Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
ChromaWheel Crosshair Pointers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Component Type Options in the Channels Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Secondary Color Correction Vector Display Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Input Vector Sliders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
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Waveform and Vectorscope Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Safe Color Settings Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Safe Color Limits in Waveform Displays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
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.
n
The documentation describes the features and hardware of all models. Therefore, your
system might not contain certain features and hardware that are covered in
the documentation.
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Symbols and Conventions
Avid documentation uses the following symbols and conventions:
Symbol or Convention Meaning or Action
n
A note provides important related information, reminders,
recommendations, and strong suggestions.
c
A caution means that a specific action you take could cause harm to
your computer or cause you to lose data.
w
A warning describes an action that could cause you physical harm.
Follow the guidelines in this document or on the unit itself when
handling electrical equipment.
> This symbol indicates menu commands (and subcommands) in the
order you select them. For example, File > Import means to open the
File menu and then select the Import command.
t
This symbol indicates a single-step procedure. Multiple arrows in a
list indicate that you perform one of the actions listed.
Italic font Italic font is used to emphasize certain words and to indicate variables.
Courier Bold font
Courier Bold font identifies text that you type.
Ctrl+key or mouse action Press and hold the first key while you press the last key or perform the
mouse action. For example, Ctrl+drag.
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If You Need Help
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.
2. Check for the latest information that might have become available after the
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.
- If the latest information for your Avid product is provided as a ReadMe file, it is
supplied in your Avid application folder as a PDF document (ReadMe.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
available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Search this online Knowledge Base to find
answers, to view error messages, to access troubleshooting tips, to download updates,
and to read or join online message-board discussions.
Related Information
The following documents provide more information about Symphony Nitris:
Avid Symphony Basics Guide
Avid Symphony Nitris Advanced Guide
Avid Symphony Nitris Advanced Effects Guide
Using the Avid Nitris
These documents are available in PDF form on the Avid Symphony Nitris Online Library
CD-ROM. The Online Library includes a Master Glossary of all specialized terminology
used in the documentation for Avid products.
n
For the latest product information, see the Avid Knowledge Base: www.avid.com/support
All product information is included in the Help system, which you can access from the
Symphony Nitris application’s Help menu.
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Accessing the Online Library
The Avid Symphony Nitris Online Library CD-ROM contains multimedia presentations and
all the product documentation in PDF format. You can access the tutorial and the library
from the Online Library CD-ROM or from the Help menu.
n
You will need Adobe
®
Acrobat
®
Reader
®
to view the documentation online. You can
download the latest version from the Adobe web site. The effects guide requires the Apple
®
QuickTime
®
application to view the QuickTime movies. You can download the latest version
of QuickTime from the Apple Web site.
To access the online library from the Online Library CD-ROM:
1. Insert the Online Library CD-ROM into the drive.
2. Double-click the Mainmenu file.
To access the online library from the Help:
1. Insert the Online Library CD-ROM into the drive.
2. In your Avid application, select Help > Online Library.
How to Order Documentation
To order additional copies of this documentation from within the United States, call Avid
Sales at 800-949-AVID (800-949-2843). If you are placing an order from outside the United
States, contact your local Avid representative.
Avid Educational Services
For information on courses/schedules, training centers, certifications, courseware, and
books, please visit www.avid.com/training or call Avid Sales at 800-949-AVID
(800-949-2843).
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