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The definitive video on Color Correction in Final Cut Pro. Cinematographer and Editor Andrew Balis will help you see your next project through the eyes of a colorist. In a short time you will be confidently evaluating your images, adjusting contrast and color balance and if you've done your job correctly, enhancing the emotional impact of your story.
Color correction is the art and process of enhancing the video image. Sometimes called finishing or color grading, it's the last and arguably the most important step in the post production workflow. Color correction enhances or creates the overall "look" of your film or video. In other cases it is used to fix exposure and lighting problems on the set. In either case, the recipe for success is entirely dependent on the skills of the color correction artist or colorist.
In this streaming video, Cinematographer and Editor Andrew Balis will help you see your next project through the eyes of a colorist. In a short time you will be confidently evaluating your images, adjusting contrast and color balance and if you've done your job correctly, enhancing the emotional impact of your story.
Color Correction in Final Cut Pro is presented in 10 easy-to-follow lessons covering the entire color correction workflow. For full descriptions of each lesson, see the table of contents below.
Andrew Balis is a cinematographer, editor, post production consultant and Apple certified instructor teaching classes in Final Cut Pro to industry professionals at Moviola Education and UCLA. He is co-author and producer of the Final Cut Pro Advanced Techniques DVD-ROM.
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