Results tagged “color correction” from Final Cut Studio, Avid, Adobe, and Video Streaming

color-correction.pngYou can find more color correction articles in our Color Correction & Manipulation series index.

I know we just kicked off another series yesterday, but variety is the spice of life: over the coming weeks, I'll be regaling you with a whole lot of how-to's around color correction.  Some will be more general, others -- like this one -- will be software-specific.

To break the ice, let's get acquainted with Final Cut's color correction workflow.  Since I'm not in the office right now with our sample footage, I've grabbed an awesome clip of sumo wrestlers off of Wikimedia Commons.  The clip is crap in more ways than one, but it could sure use a little color correction ...

Get the sample media (1.5M H.264 MOV)
I promise I'll come up with better sample clips next time

...then read on!
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This page will be updated with links to the entire Color Correction/Manipulation series as articles become available.  Stay tuned!

General Color Theory

What is a vectorscope? (coming soon?) - Learn what that clump of light in your vectorscope means, and how it can inform your color correction decisions.

RGB Parades (coming soon?) - Pretty AND functional.

Back to the Basics: Color spaces (coming soon?) - RGB, Y' Cb Cr, HSV, CYMK ... where does it all end?

Cool Grades
Afternoon Sunset (coming soon?) - Warm your ordinary footage up with the lazy glow of late afternoon in the summertime ...

Night for Day (?) -

Final Cut Pro
Using Final Cut's Color Correction Layout (Part 1) (12/12/2008) - Set up your Final Cut workspace to perform efficient color correction.

Using Final Cut's Color Correction Layout (Part 2) (coming soon?) - Basic techniques using the Color Corrector

See Also: Pleasantville Effect for FCP

Adobe After Effects

Adobe Premiere

Final Cut Studio's Color



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