Color 1.5. Seamless Integration with Final Cut Pro 7.

You’ve finished the edit. Now it’s time to give your project a memorable look. Send your sequence to Color with a single click, perform sophisticated color grading, then send your graded files back to Final Cut Pro at top quality.

Working with Final Cut Pro

Round-trip clips or full projects with confidence.

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Start in Final Cut Pro, finish in Color

Send entire sequences from Final Cut Pro to Color with a click. Multiple layers of video stay separate in Color, and you can view and grade speed effects brought over from Final Cut Pro. When you’ve completed your color grade, just click to send the project back to Final Cut Pro for finishing and output.

Nondestructive round-tripping

All of the Final Cut Pro XML metadata from your edit is preserved when you send your project round trip between Final Cut Pro and Color. The metadata used by Color points to your original media; after you finish your color grade, render out, and send the project back to Final Cut Pro, the sequences automatically point to the new color-graded media, leaving your original files intact.

No preparation required for most sequences

Send almost any sequence — including scenes with still graphics, speed effects, multicam, and a variety of advanced functions — directly to Color from Final Cut Pro, with no preparation required. If your sequence includes speed effects, enjoy faster rendering speeds when you send your graded sequence back to Final Cut Pro.

Grade on location or on the set

Take the guesswork out of shooting when you need to create a specific look. Show the director exactly what the finished piece will look like by instantly grading footage on a MacBook Pro. Rapid grading tests help ensure that the lighting and other aspects of the production design will support the final look.

Working with RED RAW Files

Grade and output 4K files at pristine quality.

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Digital cinema workflows

Digital cinema workflows are used for productions that are shot on film and scanned to a high-resolution 4:4:4 2K or 4K data format. The project is edited digitally for output to film, a file for digital cinema mastering, or high-definition video. Some studios skip the film original by shooting with high-quality digital cameras that produce HD or 4K files.

Final Cut Studio is ideal for digital cinema workflows. Edit in Final Cut Pro using ProRes, then send your project to Color for color grading using the original 2K or 4K DPX media or RED RAW files. When you’re done, use Color to render DPX files for film outs or for mastering to digital cinema — all with full 4:4:4 2K or 4K quality. For broadcast or video release, you can output ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes 4444, or uncompressed HD.