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Sending single clips from Apple Color back to fcp
Hi,
I’ve had to send a clip from a short film into color to take advantage of the vignette function. All graded and happy I render the clip and send to fcp, here fcp opens a new sequence with the clip in it but without the vignette or the grade. How can i bring the clip back into fcp with the changes I have made to it?
Any ideas?
Rob
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6 Replies
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If you rendered it correctly, then you simply “Send to Final Cut Pro” from Color. In the resulting timeline that comes back to FCP, will be the graded version of the clip.
If all you need is a vignette, that can easily be created in FCP using either the shapes and a Luma Key or some of the vignette tools available in FCP and through plug-ins.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
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The object which was the aim of the color separation was too big for the fcp 8 point matte, ive tried to download the paul crisp plugin of the larger mattes by my version of fcp 6.0.5 just doesn’t seem to like the files?
Where could I be going wrong with the render in color? I added the clip to the render list and clicked render, it says its successful and shows up complete in the scopes window but when i go through the send to final cut process its still and ungraded version of my clip?
Rob
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When you check the Item Properties of your clip, it is the correct rendered file name? Something like 1_g1 and not the original file name?
Be sure you’re rendering to your media array. I’ve never had this happen so I’m not sure what could be the issue.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
Biscardi Creative MediaCreative Cow Forum Host:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. -
Rob,
Color wont overwrite the old clip, it creates a new one so you have to drill down into the folder and use the reconnect media function to connect the clip OR you can import the newly rendered clip and place it on a layer above the old one.
THis is also a nice way to create effects between two looks.
David
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[David Battistella] “Color wont overwrite the old clip, it creates a new one so you have to drill down into the folder and use the reconnect media function to connect the clip OR you can import the newly rendered clip and place it on a layer above the old one. “
Not in my experience. If you render Grade 1, then go back to Color and re-render Grade 1, Color overwrites the original Grade 1 clip.
I use this to my advantage all the time when I want to go back and tweak some of my grades. I simply re-render the same Grade and the clips automatically update themselves in FCP.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
Editor, Colorist, Director, Writer, Consultant, Author.
Credits include multiple Emmy, Telly, Aurora and Peabody Awards.
Biscardi Creative MediaCreative Cow Forum Host:
Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Apple Color, AJA Kona, Business & Marketing, Maxx Digital. -
Yeah, like Walter suggested make sure that FCP is connecting back to the right clip. I’ve had problems before w/FCP was connecting to the original media and not to the Color-rendered media. Also, if it’s only a single clip you could just find it in Finder and drag it into FCP.
[walter biscardi] “Not in my experience. If you render Grade 1, then go back to Color and re-render Grade 1, Color overwrites the original Grade 1 clip. “
I’ve experienced Color doing both but I haven’t looked into why.-A
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