Thaxter Clavemarlton
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[chris] “If there’s no red, there’s no red. White/black balance is not going to fix that.”
Well, no, not “fix” it.
If that is the case (zero red) there’s not much to help it.But the 3W CC will be tghe best “hope” within FCP to try.
Interesting to note:
Back in the early days of color movie film in Hollywood, “Technicolor” was just a 2-color process (instead of 3, as it ultimately evolved).So maybe, with enough color compensation, this 2-color video import (in the olriginal question on this thread) can look like a 1920’s color film. 😉
Unfortunately, the 2-colors that this early film process USED were GREEN (or bluish-green) and RED.
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What kind of “stills”?
Are they imported images or video freeze-frames?
If they are imported images, you might need to “soften” the image for video by adding the “gaussian blur” filter set to a low (0.25- 1.0) amount.
If they are freeze-frames grabbed from moving video, as suggested, you should add the “de-interlace” filter (or the “flicker filter”).
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[Bret Williams] “Aren’t those to set the contrast and gamma?”
What “those” are you asking about?
The eye-droppers (next to the 3 “color wheels) are for setting white, mid and black levels to “neutral” (like a camera’s auto white-balance”).
I use them all the time and they work in an instant. -
[Kevin Monahan] “Just make the footage black and white. Call it a “stylized” piece. ;-)”
Or, there’s always THAT.
😉
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The 3 Way Color Corrector HAS built-in “magic wands” (eye-droppers, actually).
Open the control panel (tab) that has the 3 Color Wheels.
Next to each (White, Mid, Black) you’ll find an “eye-dropper”.Touch the White’s eye-dropper to an area on the image that is “supposed to be” white.
Touch the Black’s eye-dropper to an area on the image that is “supposed to be” black.
Touch the Mid’s eye-dropper to an area on the image that is “supposed to be” grey(ish).
That’s it, with some tweaking you should be able to make it look as “good as possible”.
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What KIND of CD?
Where will he PLAY the CD?
What it the purpose?
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a. Create a new video track directly ABOVE the clips you want to mask (I’ll call it V2).
b. Apply the “Slug” (or a black Matte Color) on V2.
c. Apply “Mask Shape” Filter: (Video Filters > Matte > Mask Shape) on V2.
d. Set up the Mask Shape Filter in the Motion Tab: First click “Invert”. Then adjust the sliders to create the exact mask size you want.
f. Now you can move the V1 clips any direction you want and the mask will stay “fixed” of V2. -
Use iTunes to convert AIFF to mp3.
I do this all the time.iTunes (menu) > Prerences… > Importing > “Import Using:” > MP3 Encoder “Setting:” > (choose “High” or “Higher” for best quality) > “OK” (closes preferences).
Drop your AIFF clip into an iTunes open window, click once on your clip to select it, and choose:
Advanced (menu) > Convert Selection to MP3.Works VERY fast and stores new MP3 file in the iTunes library.
You can do a “search” (apple f) to locate the new MP3 file on the hard drive and then just drop it into an email.
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[Graeme Nattress] “As long as you’re calibrated you’re fine. It’s not as if you make and master an NTSC TV show in Japan, it suddenly looks wrong in North America because we still, stupidly, add setup on our analogue signals. As long as you’re calibrated, you’re calibrated!
HD uses no setup. Digital video uses no setup.”
Thank goodness.
I’ve been shooting digital and using NTSC monitors for years.
Never needed to “add setup” just for the MONITOR.
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[MitchJi] “If you are viewing Digital footage via an analog connection it DOES need to add setup.”
Sorry, no.
I use NTSC monitors feeding directly from the analog outputs of DV camcorders in the field for Framing Monitors.
The image coming from the camera does not have set-up applied.
The playback of the tape is, of course, identical in black-level.The playback of this footage from FCP is identical as well.
SMPTE Bars on the FCP timeline read the black “plunge” just fine without adding setup to the monitor feed.