Assimilate Scratch Course November 2013. Color correction for DIT and finishing

We open a new edition of our color correction course for DIT and finishing with Assimilate Scratch.

One of the most widely used color correction systems worldwide is Scratch. It is famous both in its Lab variant used on set by digital image technicians (DITs) and in postproduction.

In this Assimilate Scratch course you will see the color correction tools of the full version in two different workflows: dailies creation and set work, the work carried out by the DITs and “traditional” conforming and color correction at the end of the post-production process. In addition, there will be an introduction to the compositing tools that Scratch contains.

TEACHER: Javier Urosas

He studied photography in Madrid, showing a special interest in the nature of shadow and the laboratory. For ten years he worked at Tele 5, going through all the post-production processes (editing, montage and composition) while combining this activity with advertising and fashion photography. Shortly after, he entered the world of 3D, working as a technical director on various continuity projects, such as those of Tele 5 and, above all, Canal +. His move into filmmaking arose from his need to tell stories and once again provided him with a link to photography. He has won awards at different festivals (El Sol, Laus, C de C, Fiap…) and is developing different fiction projects for the USA and Latin America.

You can see his reel here and his website here.

DURATION: 12 hours

PRICE: 320€ (272€ if you book before October 23rd). You can get up to 20% discount if you sign up for several courses. Discounts are not cumulative.

WHEN: November 23rd and 24th, 2013. Saturday from 16 to 20h and Sunday from 10 to 14h and from 15:30 to 19:30h (may vary slightly).

WHERE: Campus Audiovisual Ces. See in Google Maps If you need any kind of information you can contact 709 MR by email or phone (668840783).

COURSE CODE: SCH93-231113

EQUIPMENT USED: Assimilate Scratch on Apple or HP Professional Workstations (one per student)

AIMED AT: Colorists, DITs, editors, directors of photography, image technicians, producers, filmmakers, etc.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: Familiarity with the concepts of SD and HD video signal. Basic photographic knowledge. Basic knowledge of post-production and color. This course does not teach the theory of color correction or its processes. It is a course in Assimilate Scratch software.

CONTENTS:

DAY 1

• Course objectives
• Hardware and software; system requirements and architecture
• Introduction to Scratch; File system. Log files. Sconfig file
• Users and configuration
• Projects; CONstruct
• CONstruct; explanation and general interface. Swiping menus.
• CONstruct; administration (rename, move, edit)
• CONstruct; Output
• Media
• Importing clips (per shot, per layer)
• Media browser
• Initializing the Player
• Player
• Introduction to Player
• Introduction to Process
• Introduction to Edit
• Introduction to Matrix
• Output
• Introduction.
• Node system; adding different Outputs.
• Plugins (Burn-ins, quicktime, subtitling, etc)
• Saving node configurations

DAY 2

• Dailies Workflow
• Import media and create CONstruct
• Reformat at different resolution
• Burn-in. Variables per clip
• Exports; quicktime, MXF
• Rendering; needs

• Finishing Workflow
• EDL conformation. Media Browser.
• Dual View testing
• Publisher; varispeed, cuts and dissolves
• LUT; Utilization.
• Color grade; primaries.
• Color grade; secondary
• Qualifer – Selective color correction (keying)
• Canvas – Mattes and masks
• Tracker
• Composition – Fetch
• Output; Settings and image file formats (dpx, tiff)

For any information you can send an e-mail to info@709mediaroom.com