Color correction

[Editproblems]

hahaha ok nevermind i figured it out….

Thanks

[Annaël Beauchemin]

what solution have you found?

did you find a way to CC a clip on top of another without having to step in?

[Michael Hancock]

The original poster said that their color correction was changing the color of their title and the underlying video–I’m assuming they only wanted to change the color of their video.

If that’s the case, they probably (originally) applied their color correction to a filler track above both, which would in turn affect both. To do only the video clip they had to apply their color correction to the video clip only–which I assume they did, since they figured it out.

Mike.

[Annaël Beauchemin]

as odd as it may seem, applying a color correction effect on a clip above another results in both clips being affected by the color correction.

For example, if you add a 3d warp the the top layer, crop it and then add a CC, It seems that the CC doesn’t get the new “mask” created by the 3d warp and applies the CC as if it were an effect on the filler. It makes CC a bit hard when you work with picture-in-pictures.

This is on MCA and symphony… not sure about Xpress.

[Geraint Pari huws]

step in to the clip!
apply cc at the lowest level

[Michael Hancock]

Avid effects work top-down, and if an effect is not the only effect on a clip or is not a nested effect it affects all the layers below it. If you’re familiar with After Effects, it’s kind of like each layer can act as an adustment layer–great sometimes, and royal pain in the neck other times.

As far as color correcting a clip, Amheus is right, though, just step into your effect and apply your CC effect (oddly enough, double clicking it in segment mode to expand the track won’t allow you to add a CC effect–it gives an error message–you have to step in for a CC effect).

Mike.