making footage lighter ?

[Tom Meegan]

1. In the timeline, select the clip whose color and tone you would like to change.

2. Go Effects > Video Filters > Color Correction > Color Corrector 3-Way.

3. Double click the selected clip in the time line – this will “load” it into the viewer.

4. Place your timeline playhead within the clip you are going to change – this is so you can see the changes you make by looking at the Canvas.

5. In the viewer, click the Color Correction 3-Way tab.

6. Play with the sliders and knobs to change the look of your footage. The controls on the left will adjust the darkest areas of you image, the controls in the middle will adjust the grays (or gammas) of you image, and the controls on the right will adjust the whites.

If you are only adjusting the relative brightness/darkness of the image stick to the sliders below the circles.

I highly recommend going Help > Final Cut Pro User Manual then searching for “color corrector 3-way.” Read to learn.

As you make changes to the footage make sure you constantly compare your footage to the footage you are matching.

Unless you have an external monitor, resist the urge to be creative in your color treatment – just match a known good.

This is because the Canvas does not show you what the footage will look like ANYWHERE else. It is a confidence monitor, not a quality control monitor.

If you want to do precise color correction, set you system up with an external monitor.

Best,

Tom M

Best,

Tom Meegan
Woven Pixels, LLC

[Brendan Tyler]

hello Tom

thank you so very much for that walk through answer

i will follow it & fingers crossed it will save my movie

kind regards

bb