Adobe SpeedGrade CC Online Course

Course Overview
The art of Color Grading is not just about correcting problems but about shaping the emotional impact of your work in such a way as to enhance your audience's experience and engagement as they watch your productions.

In this Adobe SpeedGrade CC series you will learn the power of this somewhat neglected application in the Adobe CC suite which will put into your hands a great deal of power and control over your video content such that you can quickly and efficiently manipulate the content of your timeline to control and direct the impact of and engagement with your work.

Once you've worked through this series and used these tools on the sample clips and your own material you will be comfortable with the UI changes and know where to find the various tools you will need for the different grading functions you wish to use. You will know how to use the new Premiere Pro direct-link workflow as well as how to set up for color grading and use tools to speed up your work. You will learn several methods to get your timelines into SpeedGrade, the basics of grading - both primary and secondary, how to copy grades from one clip to another, how to use clip matching tools, how to use masks to enhance grades as well as how to export from SpeedGrade both for complete timelines as well as exporting individual clips which can then be used in your NLE for future editing.

Example Video

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION & RECENT IMPROVEMENTS (29 min)

    Premiere Pro to SpeedGrade CC Direct-Link
    CinemaDNG in Premiere Pro CC & SpeedGrade CC
    File Formats & Using Prelude for Ingest
    The User Interface & Keyboard Shortcuts

Chapter 2: SETTING UP FOR GRADING (21 min)

    The Importance of the Grading Environment
    Broadcast Monitors – Do I Need One?
    Control Surfaces – Do I Need One? (Introduction to Tangent Elements Panels)

Chapter 3: GETTING STARTED (19 min)

    Media Tab & Media Layers
    The Timeline & Clip Tabs & Working with Multiple Playheads

Chapter 4: IMPORTING EDITED SEQUENCES (14 min)

    Importing Sequences
    Automatic Scene Detection

Chapter 5: BASIC COLOR CORRECTION TOOLS (59 min)

    Playback & Pause Resolutions
    The Analysis Tools - Scopes
    Getting Started in the Look Tab
    Color Wheels Controls - Offset, Gamma, Gain
    Alternatives to Using the Color Wheels
    Selecting Specific Ranges

Chapter 6: MATCHING/COPYING GRADES (25 min)

    Tools for Shot Matching
    Grading Layers – Direct, Extracted & New
    Applying Grades from Other Shots
    Snapshot Browser

Chapter 7: SECONDARY ADJUSTMENTS (23 min)

    Making the Selection
    An Example

Chapter 8: GRADING LAYER OPTIONS (15 min)

    Layer Effects
    Creating Custom .Look Files to Apply Directly in Premiere Pro

Chapter 9: THE POWER OF MASKS (28 min)

    Creating Your Masks
    Tracking Objects & Keyframing Masks
    Using Masks Creatively

Chapter 10: ADDITIONAL TOOLS (23 min)

    Stereoscopic 3D
    Keyframing Grades
    Pan & Scan Layers
    Annotations

Chapter 11: RENDERING (12 min)

    The Render Tab
    Rendering Rushes & Exporting Clips as Individual Files from Your Timeline

Chapter 12: TANGENT ELEMENT & SPEEDGRADE WORKFLOW (37 min)

    Bt & Kb Panels 1 – Look
    Bt & Kb Panels 2 – Mask
    Bt & Kb Panels 3 – Stereo 3D
    Tk Panel – Grading, Masks and Pan & Scan
    Mf Panel – Timeline, Grade Ranges & Keyframes
    Mf Panel – Audio Layers (no panel use) and Pan & Scan Layers

Learn anytime, anywhere, at home or on the go.
Length of Subscription: 12 Months Online On-Demand Access
Running Time: 5 Hours
Platform: Windows & MAC OS
Level: Beginner to Intermediate
Project Files: Included