[Nicholas Hronopoulos]

I still think I’m not explaining myself correctly. Here is perhaps a more clear way to explain via an experiment I just made:

Shot footage on Sony XD Cam. All digital. The material lives on my internal hardrive on my iMac.

When I bring bring the footage into final cut (no processing labs, no printers, no video transfer) the footage immediately looks darker.

If I compare what I see in the canvas of said clip in FCP with the same original clip on my internal drive through quicktime, there is a difference.

In theory there should be no difference between the two in this particular setup.

Here is an image outside FCP:

Here is an image inside FCP:

Thoughts?

[Nicholas Hronopoulos]

Hello.

Thank you for the response.

I’m not sure if I’m explaining myself correctly or fully enough. Apologies.

I’m using an iMac, and do not have a display monitor, so everything is relative on to itself. Any color adjustments were done within FCP.

What I’ve discovered:

The original camera footage appears to be brighter than when I bring it into FCP.

I basically created a new project, brought in a clip and compared it, via the canvas, to the original clip via quicktime.

Something in final cut is making the color darker, lets say. Or perhaps something in quicktime?

So, is there a display setting in FCP that I’m unaware of? Does this sound familiar?

[Nicholas Hronopoulos]

If you can afford the upgrade, then get the larger screen.

I have a large-screen iMac, and I wish I had a separate monitor for logging and bin purposes.

I recommend the larger screen, for sure.

[Nicholas Hronopoulos]

You need to basically choose between shortcuts for FCP or Finder in general.

For example, I need the FCP shortcuts more than the keyboard volume control, so I set it up so that the Function (fn) button allows me to navigate those keys without interfering with FCP.