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Course Description
This course explains the fundamental techniques for color correcting shots or enhancing the look of clips and sequences on Avid Media Composer. Lessons are divided between demonstration and hands-on practice.

What You'll Learn
Analyzing footage and video signals
Using the Avid internal video scopes
Color correcting each shot in a sequence
Making sure color and luminance are within safe broadcast limits
Creating a treatment for an entire sequence
Using the Automatic Correction tool

Who Should Attend
Producers, editors, assistant editors, multimedia producers
Prerequisites:
Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X
MC 101/110 class or equivalent experience.
MC 205 class is strongly recommended.

Course Outline:
Note: The curricula below is for Media Composer 5.5. Curricula for Media Composer 6 will be posted once announced by Avid.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Color Correction
Workflow Overview
Introducing Color Correction Mode
Introduction to Scopes
Types of Scopes
Working with the Avid Internal Scopes
Overview of Scopes
Typical Characteristics of DV Footage

Lesson 2: Basic Color Correction with HSL
Workflow for Making Color Corrections in Media Composer
Introduction to the HSL Group
Correcting Tonal Range
Correcting Color Casts with the Chroma Wheel™ Controls
Keyframing Color Corrections

Lesson 3: Using Curves and Color Match
Using the Curves Group
Using the Color Match Control
Using Natural Match

Lesson 4: Using Templates and Safe Colors
Using Color Correction Effect Templates
Rendering Color Correction Effects
Using Safe Color Warnings

Price: $495.00
Duration: 1 day
Time: 10am - 6pm


Contact: Cari Jones, Corporate Account Manager
Email: CariJ@fmctraining.com
Phone: 407-354-4866

FUTURE MEDIA CONCEPTS, INC., the nation's premier digital media training center, provides manufacturer-authorized training in all areas of digital media including digital video and film editing, web design and development, sound design, DVD authoring, 3D animation, motion graphics, desktop publishing, architectural and mechanical design and Mac IT. FMC is an authorized training provider for Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, Avid, Boris FX, Digidesign, NewTek and Softimage. Founded in 1994, FMC has training centers located in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Orlando, Chicago and Dubai. www.fmctraining.com