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Marlowe Northcott · September 9th, 2007, 03:19 PM

I am trying to figure out how to attain the following colour effects in Final Cut Pro. If any one can help out it would be greatly appreciated. I have attached the original image as well as examples of the two effects I am trying to achieve.

Glenn Chan · September 9th, 2007, 03:34 PM

Add the 3-Way CC.

Drop saturation to something like halfway.
Drag the middle color wheel in the direction of the tint you want to add.
Do the same for the highlights/right color wheel. The distance should be greater than the middle color wheel. The hue/angle can be slightly different... this tends to look better.

If you want to blow the image out (I dislike this), you can drag the highlight slider to the right and the shadow slider to the left.

Giroud Francois · September 9th, 2007, 04:11 PM

if you made these two samples, what is the problem ?

Marlowe Northcott · September 9th, 2007, 06:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Giroud Francois

if you made these two samples, what is the problem ?

The samples were produced from stills in Adobe Light Room.

Thanks Glenn.

Jim Fields · September 12th, 2007, 01:39 AM

Looks like Bleach Bypass and Sepia. Should be filters in your bin for that, at least the sepia, Joe's Filter or G2 might have the Bleach Bypass.

Or, if you have Final Cut Studio 2 you can use Color to apply those filters with the easy settings they have.

John Cash · September 12th, 2007, 09:50 AM

And along the same line can anyone recommend a good book for learning Color? Or is it too new? What I would like to do is leave everything Black and white except one image...like one individual in a shot of many individuals

Jim Fields · September 12th, 2007, 10:41 AM

John,
On-the last Final Cut Studio DVD in the box, the learning disc, inside that is a folder that is called "drag this to itunes" inside that are some promo videos and some training videos. Watch all 4 Color videos, after that you will have a fairly good idea of how color works. I was amazed. There is a work flow to using color, and after watching those videos, it made so much more sense to me.

September 9th, 2007, 03:19 PM	#1
Marlowe Northcott New Boot Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia Posts: 5	Video Colour Effects I am trying to figure out how to attain the following colour effects in Final Cut Pro. If any one can help out it would be greatly appreciated. I have attached the original image as well as examples of the two effects I am trying to achieve. Attached Thumbnails

September 9th, 2007, 03:34 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Add the 3-Way CC. Drop saturation to something like halfway. Drag the middle color wheel in the direction of the tint you want to add. Do the same for the highlights/right color wheel. The distance should be greater than the middle color wheel. The hue/angle can be slightly different... this tends to look better. If you want to blow the image out (I dislike this), you can drag the highlight slider to the right and the shadow slider to the left.

September 9th, 2007, 04:11 PM	#3
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	if you made these two samples, what is the problem ?

September 12th, 2007, 01:39 AM	#5
Jim Fields Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Worth Texas Posts: 247	Looks like Bleach Bypass and Sepia. Should be filters in your bin for that, at least the sepia, Joe's Filter or G2 might have the Bleach Bypass. Or, if you have Final Cut Studio 2 you can use Color to apply those filters with the easy settings they have.

September 12th, 2007, 09:50 AM	#6
John Cash Major Player Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 253	And along the same line can anyone recommend a good book for learning Color? Or is it too new? What I would like to do is leave everything Black and white except one image...like one individual in a shot of many individuals

September 12th, 2007, 10:41 AM	#7
Jim Fields Major Player Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Fort Worth Texas Posts: 247	John, On-the last Final Cut Studio DVD in the box, the learning disc, inside that is a folder that is called "drag this to itunes" inside that are some promo videos and some training videos. Watch all 4 Color videos, after that you will have a fairly good idea of how color works. I was amazed. There is a work flow to using color, and after watching those videos, it made so much more sense to me.