Color: Updating two Color FX room presets

  • Last Modified: April 21, 2008
  • Article: HT1736

Summary

The Highlight_Glow and Cold_Hi preset looks in the Color FX bin of the Color FX room were improved in Color 1.0.1. However, the improved looks are not installed by default when you upgrade Color. To force these looks to update, follow the procedure outlined below.

Products Affected

Color

  1. Use Software Update to update your Final Cut Studio 2 applications. This will upgrade Color to the latest version.
  2. After Color has been successfully upgraded, open Color, then open the Color FX bin in the Color FX room.
  3. Select the Highlight_Glow preset icon, press the Delete key.
  4. When the "Do you want to delete this file forever?" dialog appears, click Yes.
  5. Follow the same procedure to delete the Cold_Hi preset.
  6. Quit Color.
  7. Open the /Users/username/Library/Preferences/Color folder, then drag the Preferences.prf file to the Trash.

The next time you open Color, new versions of the Highlight_Glow and Cold_Hi Color FX presets will be automatically installed.

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