22 Setting Up for Color Correction

#22 Setting Up for Color Correction

Color correction works best when you can see all relevant information. Adobe has created a Color Correction workspace in Premiere Pro that does just that. You can access it by choosing Window > Workspace > Color Correction.

Reference Monitor During Color Correction

Using a separate Reference Monitor, usually set to RGB Parade (#28), can prove absolutely essential when performing manual color correction, especially in Multi-Camera projects.

Or you can create your own workspace with reference monitors added by clicking the Program Monitor fly-out menu and choosing New Reference Monitor (Figure 22). This opens a second monitor you can configure with the Output button found in the six-icon panel in the lower-right corner of the Program Monitor.

Figure 22. This fly-out menu allows you to open a Reference Monitor and set video quality.

To set video quality, do one of the following:

• Click the Output button and select Highest Quality Output (selected in Figure 22) to display video at full resolution during preview, which is most accurate but can produce dropped frames, especially when editing HDV video.
  
  
• Select Draft Quality to display video at one-half resolution during preview, which improves frame rate but can make your video look grainy.
  
  

Note that whenever you stop the preview, Premiere Pro always displays a full-resolution still frame.