Hi, I've been putting together a 'stills' movie, and there are a few pan & zooms in it. When I come to do colour corrections, because the pan & zoom function works after an 'additional import' (however best termed) of the original JPEG, I was wondering how colour correction works in this case? Am I cc'ing the first or the second import, or is this question not quite valid, etc.?
Just colour correct what you have in the timeline, you'll probably have to re-render.
Thank you for answering. I haven't rendered anything yet, would prefer to avoid that for clogging up disk space (instead, just do video mixdowns to view all the trickey stuff, then delete). It's just a technical question, really. If I do a pan & zoom then I have to reimport the JPEG first, so what exactly am I then colour correcting - the first or second import?
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Thanks, though I'm still not getting it. Why do a 2nd import especially for pan & zoom? So what is being cc'd, the 1st or 2nd import? (I'm trying to learn how the system works.)
It depends on how the Pan & Zoom is being done.
If you are using the P&Z effect you normally impor the still as a place holder on the timeline. Apply the P&Z effect and then in that effect link to the external original image.
You can then apply a color correction to the top of that effect if required.
If you AMA link the still and use Frame Flex again you can just color correct the clip in the timeline.
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These are the steps:
1. Put something in the timeline to act as filler (I think this might be what you're calling "1st import").
2. Add P&Z effect.
3. Point P&Z effect to actual high-res picture.
4. Adjust P&Z so it moves like you want.
5. Color correct.
The color correction will work on the image you select in step 3. Whatever you use for step 1 is not important (and doesn't even have to be the same image).
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