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color grading in AE workflow question
I have a 3 minute video i have cut in final cut pro. I would now like to give it a look and color it in AE. There are lots of shots in the video. Would you export each clip from FCP and deal with them separately in AE? or would you output one big video from FCP? would you then bring each shot back into FCP to piece it all back together? how should i handle this?
Mitch -
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if you do this often, you might look into atomic duck… i haven’t used it (i don’t have much use for it actually) but it sounds like it will bring in fcp projects in to ae much better, maintaining your edit structure and allowing you to effect individual clip within the timeline.
that being said, you can effect your video either way, i don’t think it will effect your quality any differently one way or another. it just comes down to whether you want to work with a bunch of comps, each with and individual clip having and a set of adjustment effects, or one comp with a bunch of adjustment layers, essentiall one for each edit.
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Get your hands on Color. There’s no substitute. Unless you’re talking about Lustre. Even then we’re talking original, not substitute.
Get your finished program in AE. Cmd+Shift+D will split your layer into a separate one. Move to all the cuts in your program (dissolves won’t play so well) and split the layer. Then apply your color work. It’s tedious, but better than FCPs color corrector.
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[moldyboot] “f you do this often, you might look into atomic duck…”
Automatic Duck, no …? 🙂
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yes, that’s the one…
thanks
Kevin Camp
Designer – KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
perfect! this answers my questions. I did just recieve the final cut studio 2 upgrade today. And the color application now included looks amazing! I though i heard someone say apple purchased this from davinci or something like that. The workflow with fcp and color looks perfect for my needs.
Cheers.
Mitch
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