Color - Introduction to FCP Color

1 day
DATES & PRICES ▾

Course Description:

This one-day, hands-on course teaches the powerful workflow in Final Cut Pro. This class is designed to help students learn the color workflow, using Final Cut’s tools to balance and grade footage.

Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Set up and customize the Final Cut Pro workspace for use with the color tools
  • Balance clips using Final Cut’s automatic balancing tools and balancing clips manually
  • Use each of Final Cut’s color tools, the Color Board, Color Wheels, Color Curves, Hue/Saturation Curves and Color Adjustments, to balance and grade footage.
  • Make secondary corrections
  • Use Final Cut’s color effects and creating their own effects to apply to clips
  • Work with LUTs
  • Understand how to use HDR footage in an SDR timeline and SDR footage in an HDR timeline.

Who Should Attend:

This class is designed for anyone looking to learn color in Final Cut Pro.

Prerequisites:

Students should have the following knowledge prior to attending the course:

  • Basic understanding of the Final Cut Pro interface and workflow
  • Knowledge of MacOS and computer navigation
  • Basic knowledge of editing terminology is highly recommended

Course Outline:

Note: the curricula below comprise activities typically covered in a class at this skill level. The instructor may, at his/her discretion, adjust the lesson plan to meet the needs of the class.

Lesson 1: Getting started with color

  • Overview of the interface
  • Understanding the scopes
    • Reading the waveform editor
    • Understanding the lumascope in a rec. 709 workflow
    • Reading the RGB Parade
    • Looking at the Vectorscope

Lesson 2: The Color Inspector

  • Reading and using the Color Board
  • Manipulating the Color Wheels
  • Learning how to use the Color Curves
  • How to use Color Adjustments

Lesson 3: Viewers in Final Cut

  • Using the Comparison Viewer to match shots
  • A review of Color keyboard shortcuts

Lesson 4: Balancing an Image

  • Methods of adjusting and fixing white balance
  • Manually balancing color
  • Understanding exposure
  • Adjusting saturation and using the HSL curves
  • Color matching and copying effects
  • Adjustment Layers, Auditions and Compound Clips

Lesson 5: Working with Curves

  • Reading the curves
  • Understanding a S-curve
  • Working with color curves
  • More with HSL curves

Lesson 6: Secondary corrections

  • Balancing vs. grading
  • Working with parts of an image
  • Working with masks and vignettes
  • Combining effects with masks
  • Being creative

Lesson 7: HDR and SDR footage

  • HDR Tools
  • Automatic Color Conform

Lesson 8: Working with LUTs

  • Adding, adjusting and applying LUTs to clips

RELATED TRAINING