2015
Lynda
Nick Harauz
1:45
English

Does the color in your video look inaccurate or flat? Are you looking to enhance the color values of your scene and bring it to life? Final Cut Pro X offers a variety of tools, scopes, and effects for you to grade all of your footage. This course is designed to provide an extensive overview of Final Cut Pro X's color correction workflow so you can manipulate and adjust video with ease. Author Nick Harauz takes you through each step of the process, from evaluating your shot and making primary and secondary corrections to adding filmic looks and effects to make certain shots stand out.

Introduction
Welcome
What you should know before watching this course
Using the exercise files
1. The Color Grading Workflow
An overview of the color correction workflow
The benefits of color correction
Understanding video scopes
Shadows, midtones, and highlights
Evaluating a shot with video scopes and fixing contrast
Adjusting saturation and color
2. Essential Techniques
Analyzing for white balance on import
Applying white balance to analyzed clips
Matching color
Applying look effects
Applying color board presets
Saving color board presets and effect presets
The Broadcast Safe effect
Using auditions to compare effects
Working with compositing modes
Color board keyboard shortcuts and tricks
3. Primary Color Correction
Manually balancing shots
Manually matching color of shots
4. Secondary Color Correction
Adding color masks
Adding shape masks
Working with control points
Working with multiple corrections
5. Finishing Touches
Applying a film look
Creating a bleach bypass look
Creating a day for night effect
Conclusion
Final thoughts

Download File Size:1.99 GB

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