Can you apply a grade to stills?

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hannahbickle

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Can you apply a grade to stills?

PostWed May 19, 2021 9:49 pm

Typically stills are used to apply a grade. But what if I have taken a series of stills for members of a production to view and the look ends up changing? I dont want to have to re-take all of those stills so that they have the correct look. I want to apply that look to the 50 stills so that I dont lose the frames I meticulously captured.

Is this doable? It would save a lot of time!
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Re: Can you apply a grade to stills?

PostThu May 20, 2021 3:10 pm

I think you'll need to re-grab the stills.
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Re: Can you apply a grade to stills?

PostFri May 21, 2021 7:56 pm

That is so tedious when there are hundreds of stills to be taken D:

There must be a better way
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Re: Can you apply a grade to stills?

PostSat May 22, 2021 3:13 am

hannahbickle wrote:That is so tedious when there are hundreds of stills to be taken D: There must be a better way

Life is hard. Tell them to make up their minds! :)

One thing you could do: highlight each thumbnail in the timeline that you need to change (or have changed). Then, under the Clips menu on the GUI, pull down the "Selected Clips" option. Now, only the changed clips will be on the timeline. Create a new Gallery still bin, then right-click in the Gallery viewer and "Grab All Stills", and now you'll have a bin full of just the changed stills. Select all those and export them as JPEGs and send them to the client.

These Clip sorting options are extremely useful. All covered in the manual.
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