Keeping just one color and desaturating the rest

[Thaxter Clavemarlton]

This is commonly called the “Pleasantville” effect, named after the film.

(Am I the only person in America that disliked this film?
It was very cynical with a distasteful amoral message… but I digress.)

This is a common question with many answers. Here are a few links.

https://www.geniusdv.com/bw-tutorial.php

https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/basic_pleasantville_look.html

https://www.lafcpug.org/tutorials/basic_pleasantville_print.html

[Drarsky]

thanks! This time I printed the toutorials to put in my binder for the next time I forget! 🙂

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[drarsky] “This time I printed the toutorials to put in my binder for the next time I forget!”

Or (like me) you could just keep the link info in a Word Processor file called, “Pleasantville Effect” 😉

[Kevin Monahan]

OR you could just buy my book! 😉

Kevin Monahan
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro
fcpworld.com

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[Kevin Monahan] “OR you could just buy my book!”

Or, maybe you could just SEND me one… ’cause I’m just a poor ol’ COWhand!

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