Joe Barta iv
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MP3 files can cause weird things in the audio tracks of FCP, if that’s your case convert the file to another format like aiff.
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Banding is an ongoing battle when dealing with soft gradient backgrounds. Here is a solution I’ve found when recently working with some backgrounds. It may add a bit too much texture for what you need or you may like it.
In FCP got to Effects/Video Filters/Stylize/Add Noise
Use the settings as shown in the image. You are not adding much and are only doing a 50% mix of the effect.
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Look for the Too Much Too Soon free “Flashframe” plugin. It has adjustments for blur and brightness.
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Keylight is excellent and works as a plugin in FCP. Plus, there are many free online tutorials to help you get the most out of it.
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Check the Opacity in the Motion Tab. Sometimes when you are adjusting audio levels in the timeline using the rubber-bands you can accidentally pull down the opacity of a video clip. It then becomes completely transparent and would show up as black if there are no other clips under it.
Joe
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Thanks for the update info.
Joe
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Surround the monitors with strips of infrared LEDs. To the naked eye it will just look like trim, to the cameras the LEDs will be glaringly bright and, depending on the strength of the IR LEDs, obscure the recording of what’s on the LCDs. It will take some experimentation to get the effect you need.
To see a small example; look at the end of a TV remote, push the buttons, you see nothing. Point the remote at a camera/phone, push the buttons, you see the IR LED. Most small cameras do not filter out IR.
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Look at the good green on a vector scope, mark where it shows up on the scope. Then, on your bad green, apply the Limit Effect in the 3-Way Color Corrector. Select the green background and then use the color controls to match the greens on the scope. With the Limit Effect you will only be changing the green and not applying any effect to your subject. This works best if you can set up a split screen so that both greens show up on the scope at the same time, then you can match them easily.
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Use Bias Sound Soap, it is the best tool for filtering our background noise. It installs as a plugin for Soundtrack Studio, it will also show up as a plugin for FCP, but don’t attempt to use it there, too many headaches.
https://www.bias-inc.com/products/soundSoap2/
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In the lower left corner of the timeline there is a small speaker icon, next to it is another icon with two horizontal lines on it. This is the Toggle Clip Keyframes button to change the view, or use Option(ALT) T.
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