Apple Final Cut Pro 7 - Manual (Page 1345)

This chapter covers the following:
• Color Correction Features in Final Cut Pro (p. 1345)
• Using Scopes Versus Looking at an External Monitor (p. 1346)
• Window Layouts for Color Correction in Final Cut Pro (p. 1347)
Final Cut Pro includes powerful color correction features that let you analyze clips in your
project and perform color correction on them.
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 “Using an External Video
Monitor While You Edit.”
• 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
“Displaying Excess Luma and Chroma Levels in the Viewer and
Canvas.”
Window Layouts and Keyboard Shortcuts
• Window layouts: Final Cut Pro includes several window layouts designed for color
correction. See “Window Layouts for Color Correction in Final Cut Pro.”
• Keyboard shortcuts: Several keyboard shortcuts speed up navigation between clips to
make matching color between adjacent shots easier. See “Finding and Selecting Content
in the Timeline.”
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