Reconnect Render files in Color?

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Cryptik Fox Author

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Reconnect Render files in Color?

So, im having trouble trying to figure how to reconnect rendered media back into a Color project I'm working on.

Here's essentially what happened but put into simpler terms.

Say I have two clips in the timeline.

I edit my color grade to clip 1, render it, and close color.

I come back later, open it back up, but I clear the Render Que (bad move).

Now it says clip 1 is unrendered, but I indeed have.

How can I go about reconnecting this file?

Since i have MANY clips, itd be a TOTAL pain to import them manually into FCP and rearrange them.

Final Cut Pro 7

Posted on Feb 12, 2012 8:36 PM

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Shane Ross

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Feb 12, 2012 8:53 PM in response to Cryptik Fox

I'm a bit lost at what you are describing. Here's the Color/FCP workflow.

-Edit in FCP...send to Color.

-Color correct in Color...render. Then Send to FCP.

-A new sequence will appear in FCP. That is the one that is linked to the color renders.

If you close Color, and then re-open, you won't see anything in the Render Cue...you won't see that the files indicate they are rendered. It will look normal, but have grades under the clips. If you make a change to the color correction, you then render that one clip again, and FCP will link the the new render. Because the new render is given the same name as the old...say g_47...and the old clip is given a new name, g_47 old.

So...what exactly are you trying to do?

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