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Color correction of entire sequence
I’m trying to apply a color correction filter to an entire sequence. This particular sequence is a sequence of a sequence (customizing tv spots for various elements).
I am thinking that perhaps the only way to do this is to make a Quicktime movie of the entire sequence. Right or wrong?
related question: It probably wouldn’t do any good in this case, but I tried to go back to the original video clips, and copy a filter from one clip to another. “Paste attributes” is available, but when I click it, the P.A. window doesn’t show up.
Thanks.
— Bob C
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6 Replies
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Nest it. Apply the filter to the nest.
Jerry
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Not sure I understand your problem here – you copy the clip with the CC in (assuming it contains no other filters – if so delete them temporarily or copy them elsewhere for the moment) then highlight every other clip in the sequence, then command click and select paste attributes > filters.
It sounds like you know all this – so what’s the hitch?
Ben
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[Bob Cole] “I am thinking that perhaps the only way to do this is to make a Quicktime movie of the entire sequence. Right or wrong?”
What Jerry said. Nest the Sequence, Apply the filter to the Sequence.
I’m assuming the entire sequence is all similar shots? Applying one Color Correction filter to an entire sequence is usually not the way to work with those filters. You want to CC each shot individually.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[walter biscardi] “What Jerry said. Nest the Sequence, Apply the filter to the Sequence.
I’m assuming the entire sequence is all similar shots? Applying one Color Correction filter to an entire sequence is usually not the way to work with those filters. You want to CC each shot individually.”
That’s why I suggested Paste Attributes rather than nesting – you can go through the clips individually afterwards to tweak. Works well if the shots are all from same camera/shoot and need similar treatment.
Ben
Editec Broadcast Editing Ltd
EVS & FCP specialists for live OB operations. FCP systems just used on Sky Sports coverage of the Ryder Cup – live from the K Club.
“The Supercar Run” now available for international distribution from http://www.electricsky.com
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TWO WAYS:
Load the sequence;
select all of the tracks
nest items (You will see it turn in to one solid video track)
right click the sequence and open it in the viewer
Apply 3 way CC
OTHER WAY
Apply 3 way cc to first shot
Double click in the clip in the timeline to load in to the viewer
do the color correction you want.
Now select the shot in the timeline and use APPLE key C to copy.
Select all other clips in the timeline
right click PASTE attributes Check filters.
Viola. It is done every day.
David
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Thank you all. I think I understand a little better why I couldn’t get Paste Attributes to work, but would appreciate confirmation.
1. I was attempting to Paste Attributes to clips in the Browser. I am guessing this is not possible. While “Paste Attributes” was available as a menu option, when I tried to PA onto clips in the Browser, the PA window did not appear, and no attributes were pasted.
2. My inability to Paste Attributes may be due to the way I structured my project, as a sequence of sequences. (The project consists of three basic TV spots, each of which is customized with various different supers, and different background music. I did the customization in After Effects, laid the AE video over the original video, then dragged that sequence into another timeline.) Video filters seem to be applicable only to clips.
3. Editing a Sequence into another Sequences vs. Nesting Sequences. What’s the difference? When do you do one, vs. the other?
I tried nesting, as suggested by Jerry and David, but I got an error regarding Audio. I have not researched Nesting, so I don’t deserve an answer from you busy folks (yet), but if you know a good resource on this, I would appreciate it.
Thank you so much for your kind assistance. I wound up adjusting each of about 100 clips one by one, just to get through the job. But I definitely want to learn how to avoid this in future.
The reason I needed to do this in the first place is that in After Effects I over-enhanced the chroma on my clips. They look fine in component, but when I played back the Beta tape in composite they looked too saturated, so I simply wanted to back off the Saturation in the Color Correction filter. Next time I will do the color correction in FCP!
— Bob C.
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