Re: [FCP-L] Question about color correction

But you SHOULD buy it, it is a very good book - plus the author gives freely on the boards.

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On Nov 24, 2009, at 7:36 PM, Steve Hullfish wrote:

> In FCP, look at the scopes - internal if you have to - and spread the
> tonal range (black to white) so that your blacks go all the way down
> to 0 and your whites go all the way to 100. Then, with the color wheel
> in either the regular color corrector filter or the 3 way color
> corrector, slowly push the center of the scope towards magenta (up and
> to the right, about 2 or 3 o'clock on a clock face). Problem solved.
> Now you don't have to buy my book.
>
> Do NOT use a blue filter.
>
> On Nov 24, 2009, at 6:11 PM, Multimediac wrote:
>
>> If this is a balance problem throughout (like poor white balance) it
>> should be easily remedied with the 3 way color correction tool.
>>
>> Read both of Steve Hullfish's books, especially the second one, "The
>> Art of Digital Ciolor Correction" Its an incredible educational tool
>> on the subject and I highly recommend it.
>>
>> George
>>
>> --- On Tue, 11/24/09, Rieni <polderien@orange.fr> wrote:
>>
>> From: Rieni <polderien@orange.fr>
>> Subject: [FCP-L] Question about color correction
>> To: FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com
>> Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2009, 3:17 AM
>>
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>>
>> 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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