[Steve Schoenbaum]

Right! Thanks! That’s helpful…

[Steve Schoenbaum]

Thanks, Robert. I just like to have the control, not Apple. If I want to use a part of a long clip in one section and color it incorporating the LUT but then use another section of that clip somewhere else with a different color scheme without the LUT, it ain’t gonna work. Got that.

I’d also like to bring in s-log footage without the LUT attached at all, but I don’t think I can do that either. Not a big deal; just a few extra steps.

[Steve Schoenbaum]

First, I’d rather not have the lut at all. I prefer bringing in s-log footage, doing my own color correction and then applying that. However, I don’t see an option for NOT bring in the lut. So, the lut is there and, of course, I can turn it off in the inspector. But, turn it off, turn it on; it seems to get applied to the entire clip regardless of how I might have cut the longer clip into smaller segments.

[Steve Schoenbaum]

And, more information…

This seems to be all about the LUT. When I use the blade, yes, I can do whatever I want to the different segments without affecting the others parts. BUT, it seems the LUT is either on or off for ALL parts of the clip regardless of blading them into separate parts. Thoughts?

[Steve Schoenbaum]

I take it back! Still not working the way I’d expect. Using the blade on a single clip, nothing above or below but can’t apply or delete the LUT without it affecting every part of the segmented clip.

[Steve Schoenbaum]

Thanks, Jeff. I’ve bladed clips a thousand times as well without this issue. But since you responded it made me think it may be how I bladed (although it never happened before) and I tried the “blade all” and that seemed to work. Don’t know why…just moving on…thanks!

[Steve Schoenbaum]

Thanks, Don. You know, I tried that before and it didn’t work but just realized that I also needed to de-select the transition out. Anyway, thanks and. although I’d like this choice to be embedded in the inspector in FC, I feel like I’ve gained a small measure of control back from Apple (even if it is on their terms!).

FCP X 10.2.2
MacBook Pro 10.10.5

[Steve Schoenbaum]

I guess what irks me is that beyond text, some some transition effects grab all layers below and some don’t. If I have compound clip of, let’s say a group of stills, layered over a couple of layers of background and I want to transition only that compound clip off with a flip effect or a reflection effect, it does not simply work on the compound clip but all layers. It forces me to find something else instead of what I want. Why isn’t that control there? I understand some editors want all effects to apply to all layers but that’s not always what we want and we don’t have the choice. Needless to say I could be missing something here. Some have also mentioned that effects can be modified to do what you want in Motion, but I don’t see an answer to this in Motion.

FCP X 10.2.2
MacBook Pro 10.10.5

[Steve Schoenbaum]

Thanks again, Bret. Trying to remember back…feel like in FCP7 I could apply any effect or transition to a specific layer and it would only effect that layer. You could copy and paste that effect/ transition to other layers if you wanted, but you had a choice and the control.

FCP X 10.2.2
MacBook Pro 10.10.5

[Steve Schoenbaum]

Bret – then the question is: some transitions will work on the top layer only while others will effect all layers below? Why some and not others? How can you tell? What layer would one look to add or subtract in Motion to make a transition or effect work only on the layer you assign it to? So many questions…

FCP X 10.2.2
MacBook Pro 10.10.5