Weird Artifact in Footage – FCPX

[Robin S. kurz]

Sounds to me like the LUT Utility may need an update. Have you asked Color Grading Central about it? That would seem to be the first place to go. Especially since they have a “100% Satisfaction Guarantee”. 🙂

What kind of footage is it? What’s the original format and what are you editing? Optimised? Proxy?

– RK

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[Vincent Simoneau]

Hey RK,

I actually didn’t think of sending CGC an e-mail but I am now in the process. I just wasn’t sure if this was a FCPX issue or a plugin issue.

I should have mentioned for detailed specifications. I’m editing footage in 1080P Apple ProRes 422 HQ, using LUT Utility Osiris M31 to Log. FCPX 10.1.1. I am seeing these unwanted frame overlays in both the timeline and the exported file.

[Robin S. kurz]

I would update to 10.1.3 first and foremost actually. Even though you’re in mid-project. But there were several changes that may well help fix the problem AND it’s noticeably faster. I haven’t heard of any issues with that small of a jump either.

Alternately you could consider applying the LUT elsewhere e.g. in Resolve after you’ve locked picture. But I’d assume it’s an issue with the LUT Utility, yes. Seems most likely. There are also other options for getting the same effect also that may or may not work better. For example https://www.vision-color.com/osiris/

– RK

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[Vincent Simoneau]

Thanks Robin.

I’ve been scared to update my FCP since it’s been back to back projects and currently editing the feature. I wanted to wait right after I was done this one. Plus I just upgraded my storage to make sure everything was backed-up before hand. I’ll also see if there is an update from LUT Utility. I’ll see what they have to say as well.

I also have Resolve when I got my BlackMagic cam, however I can’t even seem to look at footage in my library. Apparently my iMac 27 i5 w/16gb ram is too slow to run it which sucks big time. I’m not too familiar with the software but I tried even editing in 480p and still the library footage doesn’t even come up or while scrubbing through the footage, I simply get static.

As for your other suggestion of getting the same effect another way, which way would that be? I thought Vision Color was the one who made it for LUT Utility? How else would I be able to go about this?

[Jeremy Garchow]

First, I would simply download and install the latest version of LUT Utility.

It’s very easy to do. The latest version is v1.44. If you open your sys prefs and choose LUT Utility, what version is listed?

Jeremy

[Robin S. kurz]

[Vincent Simoneau] “I thought Vision Color was the one who made it for LUT Utility?”

Ah, my bad. I assumed you were using Color Grading Central’s utility. https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/lututility

Like I said in the first post, first thing to check is VERSION i.e. if it’s up to date.

– RK

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[Jeremy Garchow]

[Vincent Simoneau] “I thought Vision Color was the one who made it for LUT Utility? How else would I be able to go about this?”

Vision supplies the Osiris LUTs. LUT Utility, the actual LUT engine, is made by Color Grading Central.

You can get both from either company, but it’s sold by Color Grading Central: https://www.vision-color.com/osiris-fcpx/

or

https://www.colorgradingcentral.com/lututility

Jeremy

[Vincent Simoneau]

Alright guys, after updating everything and speaking with Color Grading Central, they couldn’t figure it out either. Here’s what they responded:

My developer advises to work with images of a smaller resolution.

This is likely a bug in FCPX or OpenGL drivers as Apple never placed
any limitation on the size of an image processed in FxPlug.

What I’ve tried as mentioned above is that if I delete the affected frame and click undo, the image comes back to normal. However, when I did that with all the affected frames on my 3 mins clip and exported, the footage developed more issues than before.

I don’t mind trying out with the above suggestion: working in a lower resolution, however how does that work? Can I work in a 720p timeline and still export 1080p ProRes 422 HQ without loss?

Any suggestions? I really need to finish this film.

[Jeremy Garchow]

What is your source footage?

[Vincent Simoneau]

I’m using ProRes 422 HQ from Blackmagic Cinema Camera. I have to check tonight, but I’m pretty sure I clicked on Proxy Media in FCPX.