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Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Chapter 1: Introduction
Artist Color is a slim, beautifully-designed, easily-portable color grading media controller that integrates with Apple Color as well
as color applications from Avid
®
and other manufacturers. With high-resolution trackballs, trackwheels, touch-sensitive Soft
Knobs, and programmable Soft Keys, Artist Color provides unprecedented control over the entire color editing process.
Artist Color can be used as a standalone color grader or with other Artist Series media controllers to form a larger control surface.
Artist Series media controllers include Artist Color, Artist Control, Artist Mix, and Artist Transport.
Artist Color has the following major features:
• Three optical Trackballs to modify color parameters and vignettes
• Three optical Trackwheels to control brightness, vignettes and pan/scan
• Six touch-sensitive Soft Knobs to adjust parameters
• Nine programmable Soft Keys for context-sensitive functionality
• Four dedicated copy/paste Grade keys
• Six high-resolution displays for parameter names and values
• Comprehensive transport and navigation controls
EUCON Ethernet Protocol and EuControl Software
Artist Series media controllers communicate with audio/video applications running on a workstation computer over a 100 Mb/s
Ethernet EUCON™ connection. EUCON is a proprietary, high-speed communication protocol that enables control of virtually ev-
ery application feature.
The EuControl software application finds, links, and communicates information from your computer and your audio or video ap-
plication to all Artist Series controllers on the network. EuControl software must be installed on the workstation computer that runs
the applications before using the Artist media controllers.