Re: [Avid-L2] Re: Auto-color balance

I agree with Terence and Steve, the auto settings will get you into a
"ballpark" and truthfully many more expensive grading systems like Lustre
do not have the quick balance tools like Avid.
For television finishing, I could have used it a couple of times when I was
grading on Lustre.
At some point, possibly a number NAB's ago, someone at Avid was touting it
as "set it, forget it, and done". Of course, milk spewed out of nose as I
laughed my ass off.
Auto tools are get you into a color accurate based on math, not based
on aesthetics or taste. Use only as needed.

cheers

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@veralith.com>wrote:

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>
>
> My color correction book has a vivid example of how auto color correction
> can destroy a nice shot.
>
> Terry is correct in that the results for Auto-CC vary depending on which
> tab you're in. How it works depends on the tab. If you do it while in the
> Curves tab, you can see exactly what it's doing because the curves Avid
> creates automatically are displayed right in front of you. In the Hue
> Offset tab, I believe it also does the same thing, but I rarely use it so I
> don't remember.
>
> In Symphony there are also Settings (I think) for how it applies each of
> the corrections because the order that the corrections are applied makes a
> difference in how the correction looks. Check the MC6 settings to see if it
> has them to...I'm not at a machine to check, but there are definitely CC
> Settings.
>
> It is possible for Auto-CC to have excellent results on the right show.
> And as a first step, it's not terrible to do, especially if you're in a
> rush and not great at doing CC manually.
>
> Steve Hullfish
> contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
> > In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Dan McCabe <danlist@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > Anyone know how auto-color balance works in the CC? Saw an Avid CC
> > > correction demo this week and it was never really explained.
>
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