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‘Color Replace’ in FCP?
Hi all
I’d like to target a particular colour and replace it with a different colour. Preferably with the option of specifying RGB values.
I’ve read the manual (nothing there) and searched the archives and found how to do the ‘Pleasantville’ effect, i.e. isolate and keep one colour while desaturating the rest of the image, but can’t find how to do the above.
I could do this quite easily in good ‘ol Premiere 4.2 (using ‘Color Replace’ filter) so hoping it is possible in FCP.
I’m using FCP 3, though might consider upgrading to FCP 4.5 if necessary.
Thanks in advance
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7 Replies
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It’s similar to the pleasantville effect you’ve read about.
You use the limiting controls in the 3 way color corrector… they are accessed by clicking on the triangle in the bottom left corner of the visual display of the filter once applied. Pick the color you want to change, and it will limit it’s change to that color.
Jerry
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Hi Jerry
Thanks for the tip. I also found instructions in the FCP pdf manual after all. I’m still baffled however.
I’ve got a plain white area, which I want to change to a very specific color for which I have an RGB value (taken in Photoshop), in this case R-255, G-161, B-72.
I can select the color to be changed and can see how to change it but not how to change it to a specific color using an RGB value.
I’m looking at the 3 Way Color Corrector, and I’ve also had a look at the ‘Numeric’ option, but I’m completely lost. I guess I’m just looking for 3 little boxes where I can type in 255-161-72.. or am I asking too much?
DH
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You can’t see a way to dial it in because there isn’t a way to do it…
You need to zoom in, pick it, then expand the sliders for the luma, hue, and sat sliders watching the matte as you do it.
The matte can be pulled up by clicking on the button in that bottom area of the filter that has a key on it… try that and see if you can’t get to where you want to get to… so get the key down, then change the parameters on the top to dial in a new color.
Jerry
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Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
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Hi again Jerry
If I understand correctly, you are saying that I have to get to the color I want to ‘manually’, i.e. by eye?
The color I want to switch to though doesn’t exist on this clip. By that I mean, I can’t select it with the ‘color picker’ or see it ‘in situ’ to match by eye.
The color I want to switch to is the background color I created in a Photoshop document, to be used as a background menu in DVD Studio Pro.
The clip is effectively a scaled down ‘animation-type graphic’ which nests within that Photoshop document without showing it’s edges (hence the importance of exactly matching the color).
I combine the two in QT pro and it has worked well in the past when I did the ‘color replace’ in Premiere.. but I thought it best to ‘decomission’ Premiere, and learn how to do these kind of things in FCP.. especially since Premiere now frequently crashes on launch, since upgrading my system.
Hope that’s not too much information!
Thanks for the quick response
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heck if it’s a PSD, open it up in Photoshop and change the colour there.
easier than FCP with better results.nick
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Well, yes, you will have to dial in the change with your eyes. There’s not a way to set the color values in RGB with the CC 3 way.
The steps in FCP 3 are
1. pick the color you want to replace, and fine tune it by looking at the Matte you’re creating so that any changes you make above in those three color wheels are only taking place in what’s in the matte.If it were me, I’d use Color for the job…i.e. you should be upgrading to the current suite of software. FCP 3 is pretty old software. 2002 or so?
FCP represents the edit tool you use to edit with, but the other apps in the suite (Color, Motion, Livetype, Soundrack) are what revolve around FCP…
Jerry
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Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
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Actually, the ‘2 way’ color corrector is really good for this. Once you select the target color in the limit controls, you can spin the right color wheel until you get into the general neighborhood of the color you want to replace, then use the left hand wheel to fine tune it.
Arnie
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