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Final Cut Pro Color Correction
I’m working on a project that includes about 18-20 talking head interviews that were shot in the same studio under the same lights. All the interviews were shot with the same Prosumer Sony Mini DV camera. Most of the interviews look great, others look greenish or pinkish. I’m posting in FCP 4.1 and I have a couple of questions about color correction. What is the theory about correcting color with FCP? What is the best practices procedure for color correction with this version of FCP? At my experience level I deserve to be spanked for not setting my white balance for each interview, so have at it if you feel like you need to. Thanks!
dfc
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3 Replies
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SPANK!
Use your Color Correction window setup in your Windows menu… should open up two viewers and options to show current and past clips… etc.
I’d work to reset your color with the color correction — NOT 3-way just yet. Use the eye droppers to try and match whites. If it gets too ugly… use the 3-way.
If you want to post two stills I’d be happy to show you some steps on how it should work.
Here’s another spank…
The manual has a GREAT — really… GREAT section on color correction. Start on your own, but have the online pdf up and running too.
Good luck,
CaptM
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Thanks for the spank…I have a little time to investigate the manual so I’ll try that first. If I post stills, do you want a good example (what I’d like it to look like) and a bad example?
dfc
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Yeah — one from what you want to match and the bad one.
I’d like to do a mini-tutorial on setting up windows and offering solutions to matching shots.
Here — also take a look at this thread (sounded exactly like you… so if it is, well… your question might be answered):
https://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=880342&tstart=25
It might just answer your question…
Good luck,
CaptM
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