• Apple Final Cut Pro

  color correction and spinning beach ball

  Posted by Craig Alan on May 5, 2013 at 1:04 am

  system 10.7.5
  2.66 quad core
  MacPro 4,1
  28 gigs of ram
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  Quadro 4000
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  I’m attempting some color correction to an interview on a beach scene on a very bright glarry midday shot.

  Making any adjustment to the color, saturation, or exposure will produce a spinning beach ball and a frustrating wait. I don’t mind waiting for something to render but I just want to play with the color setting while watching the scopes and broadcast monitor to get a decent picture and I’m being constantly interrupted.

  the selected clip is about 5 min 30 second long.

  any suggestions?

  Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV30/40, Sony Z7U, VX2000, PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.

  Craig Alan replied 13 years ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Gregor Queck

  May 5, 2013 at 1:11 pm

  I would try to take a little piece of this scene, maybe 5 sec, and work with it.
  Then I would disable background rendering in the playback-settings and put playback quality to better performance.
  If this doesn’t help maybe there is a plugin which kills the performance…

  Hope this helps 🙂
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  Craig Alan

  May 5, 2013 at 3:11 pm

  Thanks Gregor,

  I know i can save the the color grade as a preset to apply to other clips. How do i choose a 5 sec selection of a clip and correct only that section? I thought it was one clip at a time. I could blade it but prefer not to.

  Mac Pro, macbook pro, Imacs (i7); Camcorders: Panasonic AG-HPX170/AG-HPX250P, Canon HV30/40, Sony Z7U, VX2000, PD170; FCP 6 certified; write professionally for a variety of media; teach video production in L.A.

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