Re: [FCP-L] Question about color correction

Hey Rieni, try the RGB Balance filter.

On Nov 24, 2009, at 6:17 AM, Rieni wrote:

> I have a lot of footage shot with a Canon HDV camcorder XH A1 which
> has a dirty, greenish color (partly because most was shot with
> fluorescent lights, some camcorder chips seem to have a problem with
> this). When I export a still and import in Photoshop and use a blue
> colored photo filter with 25% opacity, the image looks much better.
>
> Now I want to duplicate this in FCP to improve the video image.
> Should I export the blue filter from Photoshop and import that into
> the FCP project and add as a layer on top of the videoclips in the
> sequence, give 25% opacity, of would this not make any sense at all,
> or are there FCP built-in filters which achieve the same result?
>
> I don't want to make the image more blue, because that is not what a
> Photoshop photo filter does, it rather changes the balance between
> the red, green and blue.
>
> Any suggestions about books or DVDs for color correction self
> studying are very welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rieni
>
>
>

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