{"id":3813,"date":"2021-12-16T03:32:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T03:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/?p=3813"},"modified":"2021-12-16T04:06:03","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T04:06:03","slug":"mc-color-correction-animate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/mc-color-correction-animate\/","title":{"rendered":"MC Color Correction &#8211; Animate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>One of the great features of Avid Media Composer is the ability to create animated masks.  <br><br>Click on this link for a  <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MP8Vbez1Ekk?list=PL4835D73257A7480A\">YouTube Tutorial on how to create a quick mask by duplicating a clip segment within Media Composer.<\/a>  <br><br>Or, read the text\/image based tutorial below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Media Composer Mattes For Color Correction\" width=\"474\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MP8Vbez1Ekk?list=PL4835D73257A7480A\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Animate Effect in Avid Media Composer Tutorial<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Start by duplicating a clip segment layer by holding down the option\/alt key and pressing the UP ARROW key.  That will duplicate the clip segment on V1 onto V2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"805\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate-Segment.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate-Segment.png 805w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate-Segment-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Duplicate-Segment-768x266.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 805px) 100vw, 805px\" \/><figcaption>Duplicate Clip Segment &#8211; Avid Media Composer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, command click on the V2 Monitor Icon to Solo the Layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"312\" height=\"232\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Solo-V2-Layer-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Solo-V2-Layer-1.png 312w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Solo-V2-Layer-1-300x223.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 312px) 100vw, 312px\" \/><figcaption>Command Click on Monitor Icon to Solo the Track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drag the Animate Effect from the Effect Palette onto the V2 Clip Segment<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"209\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/MC-Animate-Effect-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3820\"\/><figcaption>Media Composer Effect Palette &#8211; Animate Effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then enter into Effects Mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"359\" height=\"180\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Enter-into-Effects-Mode-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Enter-into-Effects-Mode-1.png 359w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Enter-into-Effects-Mode-1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><figcaption>Media Composer Effects Mode<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next, click on the Reduce Icon to zoom out of the visible area within the Record Side of the Composer Window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"429\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zoom-Out-Composer-Window.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zoom-Out-Composer-Window.png 429w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Zoom-Out-Composer-Window-300x285.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><figcaption>Zoom Out of Visible Area of Composer Window &#8211; Record Side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the Rectangle Tool within the Effect Editor Window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rectangle-Tool.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rectangle-Tool.png 528w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rectangle-Tool-300x166.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><figcaption>Rectangle Tool within Effect Editor Window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Draw a Rectangle Mask around the water area and adjust the vertical feathering to hid the hard edge of the masked area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"709\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Draw-Mask-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Draw-Mask-2.png 709w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Draw-Mask-2-300x90.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 100vw, 709px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Double click on the Animate Effect located on the Clip Segment within the timeline.  The Timeline will expand with 2 additional tracks.  This is called expanded nesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Expanded-Nesting.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3834\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the Effect Palette, navigate to the Image Category and look for the Color Effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"206\" height=\"133\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Color-Effect.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3835\"\/><figcaption>Color Effect within Avid MC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Drag the Color Effect onto the V1.2 track which is nested within the V1 track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"243\" height=\"149\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Add-Color-Effect-to-V1.2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3836\"\/><figcaption>Nest Color Effect into Animate Effect<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, adjust the blue parameter within the Color Gain category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"701\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Adjust-Blue-Gain.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Adjust-Blue-Gain.png 701w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Adjust-Blue-Gain-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 701px) 100vw, 701px\" \/><figcaption>Adjust Color Gain for Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now umute the V2 track and place the monitor icon icon the V1 track.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Monitor-V1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3839\"\/><figcaption>Monitor V1 Track<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s it!,  now you have an isolated matte (mask) where you can adjust the color of the shape independently from the rest of the video segment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"306\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Final-CC-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Final-CC-1.png 337w, https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Final-CC-1-300x272.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><figcaption>Final Result of Color Correction Mask<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\">If you enjoyed this tutorial, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/GDVTutorials\">please subscribe to our YouTube Channel,<\/a> or consider taking an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/video-editing-training\/avid-training\/\">Avid Certified Media Composer Course.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the great features of Avid Media Composer is the ability to create animated masks. Click on this link for a YouTube Tutorial on how to create a quick mask by duplicating a clip segment within Media Composer. Or, read the text\/image based tutorial below. Start by duplicating a clip segment layer by holding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/mc-color-correction-animate\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">MC Color Correction &#8211; Animate<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geniusdv_tutorials","category-avid-media-composer-training"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3813"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3852,"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3813\/revisions\/3852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geniusdv.com\/tutorials\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}