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In Final Cut Pro X, you adjust brightness values in the Exposure pane of the Color Board. However, the basic idea is that a good starting point is to work on the overall brightness or luminance of a shot first, and then adjust its color components, which consist of hue and saturation. To really understand color correction, you need some knowledge of color theory, which is beyond the scope of this article. The Waveform illustrates the brightness values of the image from left to right. Setting up the Waveform scope to appear beneath the image. You are now all set to start correcting the image. Then click it again and select the Vertical Layout option, which places the Waveform beneath the image in the Viewer. Click the Settings menu at the top right of the window, and select the Waveform. The Scopes provide brightness and color information about the current frame of video, and you have many options for configuring them. The Video Scopes window appears next to the Viewer. As you can see, Final Cut Pro X often gives you several ways to accomplish tasks. Click the tiny light-switch icon at the top right of the Viewer and choose Show Video Scopes, choose Window > Viewer Display > Show Video Scopes, or press Command-7. Note how the uncorrected shot of the grapes looks washed out.īefore you get to work in the Color Board, it can be helpful to have the Video Scopes open. The Color Board, with the Exposure pane selected. To do so, click the right-facing Show Correction arrow to reveal the Color Board. It’s enabled by default (as the blue box indicates), but it has no impact on the image until we adjust it. The third tool, Correction, is what we are interested in, as it gives us the most creative control. Both of these tools are simple and useful, but they are also one-trick ponies-either they work or they don’t. All you need to do is click the Choose button and then click a clip you want to match to. The next tool, Match Color, is great for matching one shot to another. To try it, just click the box to the left to enable it. The first, Balance, attempts to fix the brightness and color values of a clip automatically. The Color section contains three tools for adjusting the color of a clip. With the playhead over a clip in your project that you want to correct, open the Inspector (press Command-4 or click the Inspector button in the toolbar) and select the Video pane if necessary. The primary tool for correcting video in Final Cut Pro X is called the Color Board. Let’s get familiar with them as we explore the basics of color correction.
Regardless of your goal, Final Cut Pro X includes powerful tools for grading your video. Creating a particular look or style to support a mood, such as making a scene appear bright, warm, and cheery, or dark, cold, and foreboding.