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highlight/shadow balance?
Hi guys. Is there a generic way to help raise shadows in FCP X? I suppose the contrast would be the least I could do. I was hoping that someone had made a free-of-charge highlight/shadow balance filter, like the one I had in FCP 7.
Thanks!
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The exposure controls on the Color Board don’t help?
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Hi Jeremy. I’m a noob who’s only done several days of FCP X training videos, so I haven’t gotten to a color correction howto yet. I was hoping for this! -> https://www.lyric.com/fcp-plugins/#shadow
Hopefully, Lyric will port their collection!
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Before you look further, hit command-6 on any clip to bring up the color board, then click on the “Exposure” tab.
There you will find pucks that control shadow, midtones, and highlights as well as a global level.
Jeremy
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Oh gosh. I think I see why nobody’s made a free filter like that. Sorry, I hadn’t looked in detail and I didn’t realize that there *is* a shadow component! I have a shot which was taken underneath a shadowy spot, with a bright day’s sky behind. I think I fixed it in about one minute, using the built-in tools. Thanks for the nudge!
I look forward to getting into a dedicated training video on color correction at some point.
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Free FCP X Color Grading Tutorials and Presets
https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/final-cut-pro-x-color-grading-table-of-contents
You can literally do those 10 or so tutorials in an hour or two and you’ll know more about color grading than many many many professional editors do.
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