Re: [FCP-L] Question about color correction

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
>
>
>
> 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
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
>

[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

------------------------------------

To learn more about the FinalCutPro-L group, please visit
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FinalCutPro-LYahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FinalCutPro-L/

<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FinalCutPro-L/join
(Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
FinalCutPro-L-digest@yahoogroups.com
FinalCutPro-L-fullfeatured@yahoogroups.com

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
FinalCutPro-L-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/