Presented: March 20, 2024

Several times each month, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video webinar presenting issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 65:59
Download file size: 1.9 GB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1600 x 900)

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SESSION DESCRIPTION

The color capability of Apple Final Cut Pro continues to expand with new color tools added to an already powerful tool set. Join Larry Jordan as he starts at the beginning then, step-by-step, illustrates all the major color tools in Final Cut, how they work and what you need to know to make the most of them.

There is also a special section on LUTs: what they are and how to use them.

This session includes:

• How to read video scopes
• How to use the Color Board and Color Wheels
• Quick color fixes when you are in a hurry
• How to accurately set skin tones
• How to remove color casts and improve image quality
• How to create specific “looks”
• How to use the latest color tools
• How to find, create and use LUTs
• Plus several techniques Larry has never demoed before

NOTE: This session doesn’t cover grading HDR media in an HDR timeline.

Color grading is a vast subject. Final Cut has powerful tools to help you take your images to the next level. This session shows you how they work.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This intermediate-level session benefits from knowledge of how FCP works, but we’ll teach you what you need to know about color.

CHAPTER MARKERS

To help you quickly find the information you need, we included chapter markers in the QuickTime download  to simplify navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

• Welcome!
• – Agenda
• – Grayscale ranges
• – Grayscale drives emotion
• – Define: Color space
• – Define: Color grading terms
• Quick Fix Color Trick
• – Remove color cast
• Read Video Scopes
• – Define: Video Scopes
• – Analyze clips first
• – How to evaluate images
• DEMOS
• – Waveform Monitor
• – Vectorscope
• – Analyze skin tone
• – Skin tone table
• – Scope keyboard shortcuts
• Color Tools
• – Three Rules of Color Correction
• – Color grading thoughts
• – SDR Color correction steps
• DEMOS
• – Set a color tool preference
• – Simple color correction
• – Match Color
• – Comparison View
• – Keyframe color settings
• – Secondary corrections
• – Shape mask
• – Color mask
• – Shape mask tracking
• – Broadcast Safe effect
• – Color Presets
• LUTs
• – Define: LUTs
• DEMOS
• – Apply a LUT
• – Color Conform
• Summary