The top bar

The top bar of the Color tab carries project-level controls — the place you reach for to switch what's on screen, A/B against the source, set the output color space, save, or export. Each control is covered below, left to right.

Project name and back-out

The leftmost element of the top bar shows the name of the current project. Clicking it exits the project and returns you to the project selection screen, where you can pick a different project or create a new one.

Tab switcher

Beside the project name is the tab switcher. Click to flip between:

• References — the full References tab.
• Clips — the full Clips tab.
• Color — the working surface for grading; where you are now.
• Analysis — coming soon in beta.

The Analysis view

When the Analysis button is on, Colourlab Ai 4 shows you the four analytical readouts that are most useful while grading, side-by-side:

• The clip in its current graded state.
• The source of the clip — what the clip looked like before any grade was applied.
• The reference the clip is matched against.
• The match result.

It's the fastest way to see exactly what changed and why during a match. (Coming soon in beta.)

Bypass

The Bypass button toggles the current grade on and off, so you can A/B the graded clip against the source. It's the same control you used in the Quick Start — quick, obvious, and available any time you're parked on a graded clip.

Output color space (oNode)

To the right of Bypass is the output color space dropdown — your oNode (coming soon). This is the color space your finished grade is delivered in. Rec. 709 is the standard setting and the right choice for most deliverables, but if you're outputting for a different display target you can pick it here.

Settings

The Settings button opens the project settings panel — frame rate, resolution, aspect ratio, and the rest of the project-level options. Settings is treated as its own area inside the application; the full breakdown lives in Settings.

Save

The Save button forces a write of the current project state to the database. Colourlab Ai 4 saves continuously in the background, so you should never need to press Save to avoid losing work — it's here for the times when you want explicit confirmation, for example before stepping away from a long session.

Export

The Export button opens the export panel where you render and write the timeline to disk. Like Settings, Export is treated as its own area in the application; the full flow — codecs, ranges, presets, where files land — is covered in Export.