Lesson 1. Color Correcting Basics: Controlling Contrast in Final Cut Pro

Lesson Files

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Media

Dance Correction Example

Time

This lesson takes approximately 60 minutes to complete.

Goals

Break down a video image into its components

Incorporate video scopes in the grading process

Use the Color Corrector 3-way filter

Modify the contrast of an image

Understand contrast, blacks, mids, whites, highlights, and grayscale

In the world of film and television, the tasks of editing, sound design, and special effects are fairly well understood, and even casual fans know that those jobs are necessary parts of the process. But the colorist still dwells largely in the realm of voodoo or magic.

Welcome to voodoo-land. ...

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