FCP to colour correction work flow.

[Stace Carter]

Media manager will do the ProRes conversion for you and allow you to use handles on the copied, truncated media.

Cheers,
Stace

Apple Certified Trainer

[Stephen Vilas]

Thanks, Stace.

so after the Media Manager export, i simply export an EDL from the final edit and we’re good to go? anything else to keep in mind?

[Stace Carter]

Seems right – but check with your post house to be sure. Will they be doing the conform for you as well?

Cheers,
Stace

Apple Certified Trainer

[David Roth weiss]

[Stephen Vilas] “Next week we are taking this project to a professional studio for final colour correction and mastering to HDCAM tape.
the studio has asked to deliver everything in Apple Pro Res.
“

First, you didn’t tell us, are you delivering your project to them as a FCP project on a hard drive, or are your delivering an exported QT file? That’s very important information. What app is the facility using to do the color correction?

If they are using Color or doing the CC in FCP, there’s no need to media manage or recapture anything. If you’ve already sorted out any framerate issues, all you have to do is change the compressor to ProRes in Sequence>>Settings and then re-render.

[Stephen Vilas] “at first we thought to export everything in FCP to Apple Pro Res using the media manager so only the clips that are necessary are being exported. but then realised that we have used some crossfades and dip to colour transitions. taking these into the colour grading doesnt seem logical. “

This sounds as if your idea is to deliver as a single QT file, and you are right to be concerned about that. That can be a nightmare for color correction nowadays, and yes the transitions will be a problem. Working at a facility that uses Apple Color or even one that CCs in FCP using the 3-way CC and/or Colorista avoids the problems altogether.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

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[Stephen Vilas]

[David Roth Weiss] “First, you didn’t tell us, are you delivering your project to them as a FCP project on a hard drive, or are your delivering an exported QT file? That’s very important information. What app is the facility using to do the color correction?

If they are using Color or doing the CC in FCP, there’s no need to media manage or recapture anything. If you’ve already sorted out any framerate issues, all you have to do is change the compressor to ProRes in Sequence>>Settings and then re-render.”

No, I wont be delivering an FCP project to the facility.
they don’t use FCP nor Color. they use Coloris HD.
The plan was to deliver exported QT files (not a single file, but all the shots after being processed through Media manager)

thanks for the help!

[David Roth weiss]

Well, I’m sure your CC will be excellent, it’s just that any workflow that takes you out of Final Cut Studio is very time-consuming and filled with many extra steps along the way. If you’re charging by the hour then more power to you, but personally, I’m all about maximizing both quality and efficiency whenever possible.

David Roth Weiss
Director/Editor/Colorist
David Weiss Productions, Inc.
Los Angeles

POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY ™

A forum host of Creative COW’s Apple Final Cut Pro, Business & Marketing, Indie Film & Documentary, and Film History & Appreciations forums.