Courses: Lustre
This class is ideal for anyone wishing to learn Autodesk Lustre
Next Classes: tba
Duration: 3 days
Cost: tba
Agenda:
- DAY ONE
- Introduction
- Familiarisation
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Examine pre-prepared grade, examine and modify grade setups, basic transport and navigation, adjust primaries, modify basic selectives and output primaries
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- ADSK Control Surface
- Recap on how ACS was used in previous session, Identify zones, modes, modifying ACS setup and saving to User files
- User interface
- Identify menus and views, UI conventions, instrumentation, keyboard shortcuts, examine relationship between UI and ACS, customizing the UI
- Project Management
- Create User and Project, set up and manage project directories, basic linux GUI file management. Perform data conform, examine / modify cut, check cut against offline, trimming and shot replacement. Basic primary, basic selective, save and recall grade versions, render and examine render directory structure.
- Library Management andI/O
- Video i/o, Image file/ compressed media/ RED workflows, Networked storage workflows, flame/smoke interoperability
- Processing pipeline
- Identify the order in which processes are applied, Log vs Lin colourspace, Input LUTs, CDL, Input, selective and output grading, output colourspace and LUTs, Viewing LUTs
- Familiarisation
- DAY TWO
- Tools and Menus
- Colour correction tools
- Logarithmic & Linear primaries, RGB and Hue Curves, colour analysis with picker/instrumentation/curves, auto-match, auto-balance
- Selectives
- Creating, modifying and combining geometries, Schematic linking, Tracking HLS and Diamond Keyer, Importing alpha channels from VFX, matte combine and adjustment tools
- Animation
- Creating Keyframes from ACS, GUI and Autokey, Modifying animation curves
- Effects
- Plugin types, using plugins, masking plugins with selectives, Workflowers plugins
- Editing
- Browsing, Shot Bin, conforming, reconforming and versioning in detail, change cut workflow, Editing timeline, editing tools, multitrack timeline, timeline sort modes, wiretap workflow for smoke/flame interoperability
- Image processing
- Reposition, stabilization, dustbusting, noise reduction, resize, stereo workflow Layer and Key mixer nodes
- Colour correction tools
- DAYTHREE - Practical
- Grade management and Utilities
- Grade bin, presets, copy/ paste techniques, selections, groups and gang grading, notes, flags, multiview modes, preview modes
- Practical
- 4-6 hour ‘client session’ with trainer acting as ‘client’, involving Project setup, data conform, version, primary grading, complex secondary grading and effects, interaction with editorial and VFX, rendering and deliverables.
- Tips, Tricks and Looks
- Discussion around typical challenges faced in the grading suite in the context of lustre toolset, popular looks and how to achieve them. Colour correction tools
- Grade management and Utilities
Certificates
All students receive an intermediate or advanced ICA certificate, with a blackmagicdesign endorsement
Location
Open classes in USA, Europe and Australia or on-site worldwide by request.
Instructors
Dan Harvey, Jeff Olm
Please request further details and a quote from info@icolorist.com