Graphics, Color, and Export
Graphics and titles
Essential Graphics is the hub for titles, shapes, and Motion Graphics templates. Understand responsive design controls-position, anchor point, and responsive text-which keep graphics aligned when a template is resized. Text layers, shape layers, and masks have their own properties; masks on a graphic are not the same as masks on a clip. Legacy titles and MOGRTs behave differently, and missing fonts break templates. Safe margins matter for broadcast, and titles should stay inside action-safe and title-safe guides.
Color and export
Color management starts with matching sequence color space, display color management, and scopes. Lumetri’s Basic Correction handles white balance, exposure, contrast, highlights, shadows, and saturation; Creative adds looks and LUTs; Curves offers precise tonal control; HSL Secondary isolates ranges; Vignette adds edge shading. Scopes-Waveform, Vectorscope, and RGB Parade-reveal clipping and casts that the monitor may hide. Export settings must match delivery: frame size, frame rate, color space, and codec. H.264 is common for web; ProRes or DNxHD for mastering. Bitrate, VBR versus CBR, and “Use Previews” affect quality and speed.
Worked example: For a 1080p 29.97 YouTube upload, export H.264, match source frame size and rate, choose VBR 2-pass around 16 Mbps target, and AAC audio at 320 kbps. Do not export at 23.976 just because source clips are 23.976 if the sequence is 29.97. Rule of thumb: export settings follow the sequence and delivery spec, not the source clip.