Lesson 13. Making Isolated Color Adjustments

Lesson Files

APTS FCP X ADV Part 3 > Lesson_13

Time

This lesson takes approximately 90 minutes to complete.

Goals

Understand the purpose of secondary corrections

Use the color mask controls to isolate colors

Use shape masks to adjust different parts of the picture

Apply combinations of color and shape masks to create specific corrections

Use keyframe shape masks to create animated corrections

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to make secondary corrections to bring some finesse to your grades. Secondary color corrections are targeted adjustments to specific elements within a scene and have literally hundreds of uses. They allow you to:

• Adjust the color of the sky

• Fix troublesome skin tones

• Brighten ...

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