Colorista?

[Walter Biscardi]

Go to the Silicon Color Forum and you’ll see a post where I wrote up a full report. Well worth $199 as I’m able to achieve looks very similar to my $5,000 Final Touch HD. The colors and controls are better than the FCP 3 Way CC, which I also use all the times, and we’re using the masks all the time.

Basically it’s a much improved version of the FCP 3 Way CC.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Shane Ross]

Besides the fact that you can have better controls over the colors (they don’t go neon on you like the 3-way does at times when you adjust the lows), it also allows for POWER WINDOWS, masking and making changes to specific areas.

Look at this comparison:

https://prolost.blogspot.com/2007/02/colorista-in-fcp.html

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Max Frank]

Walter, thanks for getting back to me — read your thread at the Silicone room – very informative.

Shane, thanks for the link – it really helped me to be able to see the power of Colorista in action. [Why the Magic Bullet guys didn’t show a demo like that one instead of the lame videos that show very little on their site is beyond me].

Another question:
Often I’ll want to change or enhance just one particular color in a scene and I’d use the ‘Limit Effect’ tool for that. Does Colorista handle this kind of task any better the FCPs native tools?

Thanks again,

Wayne

osx 10.4.8 G5 2.0DP, 3.5GB RAM, FCP 5.1.2

[Shane Ross]

No Limit Effect in this version. I asked for it too…

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Walter Biscardi]

[Shane Ross] ”

No Limit Effect in this version. I asked for it too…”

hopefully coming soon along with some other nice stuff too. Hopefully we’ll see some new additions by NAB if we’re lucky.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Max Frank]

Thanks gents.

Just as an added note to our friends on the COW, if anyone is looking for a *similar* albeit much limited plug-in that is *similar* to the mask feature in Colorista [where you can, for instance, increase the exposure on just a subjects face] – then I want to highly recommend the FREE plug-in called ‘Face Light’ from: https://www.haiku.com.au/

As I mentioned, it’s free and works really well to isolate an area and change the exposure – is stunning on women’s faces in interview situations.

Remember to always feather the edges for ‘invisible’ results.

Wayne

osx 10.4.8 G5 2.0DP, 3.5GB RAM, FCP 5.1.2

[Zack Hill]

Thanks for the tip on the haiku plugin! Right on the money for interviews when the face of the victim is dark! Cool filter, thanks again for posting that.
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