Event FX and the preview screen

[Terry Esslinger]

Yes, the preview views are only to allow you to see the difference between the affected and unaffected footage. The Fx will be applied to the entire event.

[Edward Troxel]

Click on the button to the LEFT of the drop down arrow to turn it OFF.

Edward Troxel

[Harrell Williams]

I am nearing my final questions…

I have edited the footage.
That which was shot with Night Shot, and was re-baked (by the professional using Final Cut Pro) is now in “black & white.”
But I used some other footage, like digital photos, exterior footage, all which I want to keep as it’s “regular color.”

When I am previewing the “whole” version of my edited works, in the preview section/screen, if I select “Red to Grayscale” it turns “all” of what is previewed into “black & white” footage (same with “Blue to Grayscale”). Not a problem (I’m just not sure what the outcome will be once rendered).

For the footage I want to stay as “regular color”, I put it on a separate track, separate from the footage that is “black & white”, and footage that has the Night Shot/green tint (I separated it all out on separate tracks so I could apply a “track FX, or event FX” where needed, so the effects would not cross each other in any way (meaning, mainly the track FX).

Questions:
When I preview the whole edited version, that which is supposed to be color footage is also black & white. I guess if I have the “preview” feature set to “Red to Grayscale”, it will show the “whole” edited version in “black & white”, not just what I choose to be “B&W”; is that correct? Meaning, when I render it, the color will be color and black & white, black & white (as I’ve selected it to be)?

I’m thinking I’m going to have to spend time rendering, then playing the footage on an Architect DVD a few times in order to see which effects took, if the color footage came out as selected; same for the black & white. There might not be an answer to my issue, but just in case… Thank you. I’ve learned a huge lesson here.