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Chapter 27
Color Correction
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Color Correction in Final Cut Pro
With as much control as they afford, telecine sessions tend to be expensive, especially
for longer projects. Tape-to-tape color correction can also be expensive, but in both
cases you’re paying to work with a professional colorist who has years of experience.
Color correction requires a practiced eye and careful attention to detail, because it is
this final step that really differentiates the look of low-budget video programs from
professional broadcast TV.
With Final Cut Pro, you have professional color correction tools at your disposal.
Controls that allow automatic adjustments of blacks and whites give even the beginner
a basic starting point from which to proceed. With patience and practice, you can learn
to work with these tools to achieve sophisticated color correction right on your
desktop. With a fast enough computer or a third-party capture card with real-time
processing, Final Cut Pro color correction filters can even operate in real time,
eliminating the need to render every color-corrected clip.
Color Correction Features in Final Cut Pro
You can use the following features in Final Cut Pro to help color correct your footage
and maintain proper video levels.
Measurement and Evaluation Tools
These tools are used for subjective and objective measurements of your video signal.
 External video monitoring: Viewing video on an external monitor is critical for
evaluating the visual quality of your footage during color correction. See Volume I,
Chapter 14, “External Video Monitoring.”
 Video Scopes tab: The Video Scopes tab in the Tool Bench window can help you spot
illegal levels and level differences between clips so you can make precise level
adjustments. See “
Measuring Video Levels with the Final Cut Pro Video Scopes
 Range-checking tools: Range-checking options available in the View menu allow you
to quickly spot illegal luma and chroma levels in your clips so you can fix them prior
to tape output. See “