Get it In—Color, That Is
Tuesday, January 01, 2008 Filed in: Weekly Tip
We love Color!
Finally, we have a professional-level color
correction and grading tool.
It is important to know, however, that when you send a sequence to Color, there
are limitations. And depending on your project, some of these limitations can be
important.
Like this tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.
It is important to know, however, that when you send a sequence to Color, there
are limitations. And depending on your project, some of these limitations can be
important.
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Most filters that
you have applied in Final Cut Pro will not be
previewed or rendered by Color. Once you have
rendered and sent your project back to Final
Cut Pro from Color, the filters you’ve applied
will once again take effect. This is especially
important for Color Correction or Image Control
filters (with the exception of the Color
Corrector 3-way which is translated as a
correction in the Primary Room in Color). Prior
to sending to Color, it’s a good idea to remove
those filters, as you might get weird results
when your project has returned to Final Cut Pro
and those filters are again active. In general,
you want to choose either Color or Final Cut
Pro to do your color correction and grading
work, and not mix the two.
- Track layering will be maintained in Color, however Opacity and composite modes will not be previewed or rendered out of Color. Instead, this information is maintained and rendered in Final Cut Pro.
- Like filters, transitions are not previewed or rendered by Color, instead, the transitions are rendered when the project returns to Final Cut Pro.
- Speed effects are maintained and previewed by Color (although variable speed effects do not play properly in Color). They aren’t, however, rendered by Color; instead, Final Cut Pro renders them.
- Generators like text and shapes, still frames, Motion and LiveType Project files that are in your sequence are ignored by Color and will not be previewed. Their position on the Timeline is maintained and when the project is sent back to Final Cut Pro, they will relink and be displayed again.
- If you do need to color correct or grade generators or graphics material, you will need to render them out of Final Cut Pro as self-contained QuickTime files and reedit them back into your sequence.
Like this tip? It comes from the book
Final Cut Studio On the Spot from Focal Press.