PowerUP Webinar 175: Color Correction in Final Cut Pro X

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Duration: 63:50

Presented: September 16, 2015

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DESCRIPTION

There’s nothing worse than returning from a shoot to discover that all your images are blue… or green. Or the frustration of trying to create a compelling look for your story without knowing how all the different color tools work.

In this week’s presentation, host Larry Jordan explains how to make your images look great using the Color Corrector effect and video scopes of Final Cut Pro X. During this presentation, Larry covers:

• How to display, adjust and read video scopes
• How to use the Color Board to color correct images
• How to fix color problems
• How to create unique looks
• The advanced masking features in the Color Corrector effect
• How and when to use the Broadcast Safe effect

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This intermediate-level course is designed for editors with basic knowledge of Final Cut Pro X. Color correction experience is not required. All you need to watch this session is a web browser.

CONTENT OUTLINE
DEFINITIONS

• Define key terms
• Explain gray-scale ranges
• Explain how gray-scale values affect emotions
• Steps to color-grade a clip
• Most used keyboard shortcuts
• Key color-grading settings

DEMOS

• DEMO: How to display and modify the video scopes
• DEMO: How to analyze images using the video scopes
• DEMO: Using the Color Board
• DEMO: Basic gray-scale color correction
• DEMO: Correcting a washed out image
• DEMO: Removing a color cast
• DEMO: Using Color and Shape Masks
• DEMO: Apply the Broadcast Safe filter
• DEMO: How effect order changes results
• Questions and Answers