#COLOR BARS AND TONE FINAL CUT PRO PRO#

Most of the time – in fact, in my personal experience, all the time – you’ll want this set to 100%, which means that 100% of the color change is applied to the clip. However, by decreasing this percentage, you can decrease the amount of the color correction applied to a clip. The Mix control determines what percentage of a color correction setting is applied to a clip. This Mix setting is available for the Color Wheels, Curves, and Hue/Sat Curves, but not the Color Board. NOTE: The screen shot above is a composite created in Photoshop, we can’t actually move the numeric controls up next to the color wheel. Brightness actually refers to the luminance setting of a clip. Modifying these settings numerically, you can alter the color of a clip the same as if you were dragging an interface control within a specific color wheel. This allows you to enter precise values – say to match shots between projects – without dragging a slider. The four groups of settings – Master, Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights – display in numbers the settings of each of the color wheels above it. NOTE: As with all controls, the small “hooky-arrow” on the right is the reset control to return all settings to their default. Numeric representations of the four color wheels.These controls fall into three categories: I call these the “Temperature Controls.” If we fully expand the settings, they look like this:

#COLOR BARS AND TONE FINAL CUT PRO PRO#

With the release of Final Cut Pro X v10.4, a new series of controls now appears at the bottom of the Color Wheels.

Color bars and tone final cut pro