Apple Color 101: Introduction to Color ‘Rookie’

Dates: TBC
Time: TBC
Venue: Screen Academy Scotland, 2A Merchiston Ave, Edinburgh EH10 4NU
Price: £500/ £400 concessions - including book and exam

Apple Color 101 is a two-day hands-on training course designed to familiarise students with Apple’s masterful new Color grading and finishing software.

Part of the Final Cut Studio collection, Color 101 is a course that has been created by Apple to gain an industry recognised certification in Apple Color. The class will start with the basics of Color balancing and correction moving on to train on the fine points of secondary grading including scene matching including using vignettes to isolate and track regions, creating advanced Color effects and looks, skin tone adjustments, adjusting the composition and framing of a shot.

What you will learn:

*Correcting Contrast and Color Balance
*Navigating the Color Rooms
*Understanding Waveform and Vectorscopes
*Using Trackers
*Working with Vignettes
*Creating Color Effects

Who is this course for?
This course is designed for existing Final Cut Pro users who want to learn more about the Color correction and grading capabilities of Final Cut Studio. The course is designed for those who prefer hands-on and interactive instruction to best explore the functionality.Assumed Knowledge Students should ideally meet the following pre-requisite knowledge prior to attending the course: 

• Basic knowledge of the Macintosh OS
• Knowledge of Color correction terminology is helpful
• Basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro 7 is required.
• Ideally, students will have attended a Final Cut Pro 101 Apple Certified Course