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Color Correction with Multiclip
What is the best workflow for color correction using multiclip? Before making multiclip, can I drag each angle into the timeline, color correct then move back to browser?
Thanks,
JShelton -
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That should work OK…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
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This is a hge problem when dealing with multiclip. It’s just not pratical often to color correct before editing. I just finsihed an 8 camera concert film , and will be using the XML program Traffic to add custom filter settings to specific camera angles.
To Bad FCP doesnt have a feature where you can highlight all shots from a particular camera in the timline, then just drag the CC filter to all at once.
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YOU CAN! Just do your CC on the first of your clip angles then “Apple C” with the clip highlited. Then you select all the other clips from the same angle or whichever ones you would like to apply the CC to and then go “Edit>paste attributes (or Option V) >check filters box>OK. The same CC will now be applied to all the clips.
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You also can color correct a clip in the Viewer… i.e. you don’t have to put it in the timeline at all for this. If CC is the same throughout the clip, every instance of this clip will be color corrected as you put it in the timeline window.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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Jerry would this have to be done before you cut any segments of that clip into the timeline? In other words if you have already edited a sequence and you then want to CC a certain angle (which is usually the case) can you go back to the master clip in the viewer and CC that and have it apply to all the clips from that master or would you have to copy and paste attributes as I suggested?
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Yes it would. When you put a clip or part of a clip in the sequence a NEW reference file is created, and if the source clip had a filter so would the new instance of this file in the timeline… but if you add a filter to the sequence clip (one in the timeline), it will not be added to the original clip in the Browser… so it only works one way as it were.
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D
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