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FCP 7 Advanced Color Correction
Hello: I’ve got a job opportunity that requires advanced knowledge of FCP7 Color correction including secondary corrections using color masks, shape masks, etc. I’ve got basic skills but was looking for tutorials covering more advanced issues. I looked at Lynda.com but they only have a basic tutorial for FCP7 that has a 7 minute segment on CC.
Anybody know of in-depth tutorials on this subject? Thanks for your assistance. Dan.
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FCP 7 doesn’t really have too advanced color correction tools. No masks nor shapes. Just the three-way color corrector and overall corrections. For advanced tools, Apple included COLOR. You send from FCP to Color to get all that advanced color correction. See what Lynda has to offer for COLOR.
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Hello Shane: Thanks for the help. Apparently, the person writing the job description wasn’t familiar with FCP7. They were describing something more like FCPX. I’ll look at Color. Thanks. Dan.
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If they require FCX, you’d better start learning how to use FCX.
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best yet, study up on RESOLVE
it’s a dedicated colour grading application,
like Color, but up to date and much better.nick
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Yes…FCX to Resolve is much better….but know that Resolve is pretty complex too. If you use FCP 7…the FCP 7 to Color round trip is slick.
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Hey: Thanks to all who responded. The possible client has used FCP7 for years and is going to migrate to Premier. I’ve got basic FCP7 navigation skills but come from years using Avid. So, FCP7 3 way CC is very basic.
I do have a simple question you may be able to answer. The adjustments in both graphic and numeric interfaces don’t have much finesse. Is there a way to use the arrow keys or some other keyboard method to bump the values by one number value at a time. I’m trying to see how to make subtle changes to luma and ped levels. Thanks for the help. Dan.
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the level sliders have tiny (very tiny!) arrows on either end,
clicking on them gives you one value bump per click
i found that hovering my mouse over the slider and using my scroll wheel gave me 4 value bumps per wheel click around.
this may well be different for a different mouse.using my mouse wheel is a great way to get close to what i want, value wise.
nick
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Hello Nick: Thanks for the note. I knew there had to be a mechanism for fine adjustments. Thanks for taking time to respond. As I continue to brush up on FCP7 the other area that has limitations is audio tools. The EQ is pretty primitive. Giving that all changes require rendering, I guess that there’s no way to make live dynamic adjustments; e.g. adjust EQ while listening to a loop.
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OK. If I had just looked a bit harder at the manual I would have found the Looping Playback instructions the first time around. I’m sorry I asked a question about something in the manual. Dan.
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Well… I found the Looping Playback instructions but looping stops and I need to render whenever I try to make an adjustment. What am I doing wrong?
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