Re: [Avid-L2] FCP-X grading question

Needing to keyframe is relatively rare in color correction, but everybody wants their cc app or NLE to have the ability. The method in Symphony is not really intuitive, so, because I rarely use it, it's faster to add the keyframes. My point was that Jeff had only used Symphony so long ago that he wasn't aware of the keyframing ability, so I was merely pointing it out. I have only used the keyframing ability in order to teach it, not during any actual color correction I've done in a real project, which just shows how rare it is, at least in my work.

Steve Hullfish
contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"

On Jul 23, 2012, at 12:24 AM, johnrobmoore wrote:

> Color Correction can be keyframed in mc and symphony but I've never bothered with it and don't know anybody that does. Not all the parameters are keyframable, like curves IIRC, and it's still faster to add an edit and switch one side to src segment and use a dissolve. I'd be interested in hearing when someone has found it really beneficial and faster to use keyframes in the CC on avid. Not to mention I've heard that it is because of this keyframing feature they broke the master clip relational color correction. I've also heard that the keyframing CC was a step in the direction of better keyframable masking like power window but so far that has not materialized.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Steve Hullfish <steve4lists@...> wrote:
> >
> > Also, not sure how long ago you were doing cc in Symphony, but CC in Symphony is now keyframable, without the need to resort to adding edits and dissolves.
> >
> > Good tips on FCP-X Oliver. Thanks.
> >
> >
> > Steve Hullfish
> > contributor: www.provideocoalition.com
> > author: "The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction"
> >
> > On Jul 22, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Jeff Kreines wrote:
> >
> > > Oliver:
> > >
> > > Thanks! Worked perfectly. I have been bouncing between MC6, Premiere Pro, AE 6, and FCP-X and am getting paradigm overload. The dissolves should solve the keyframe problem, though not perfectly elegantly -- but workably.
> > >
> > > Deeply appreciated!
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > On Jul 22, 2012, at 7:38 PM, oliverpetersvidy wrote:
> > >
> > > >> Jeff Kreines wrote:
> > > >> the shots do not remain in sync during the dissolve!
> > > >
> > > > I do this, too. They should be in sync, so maybe you are inadvertently moving or trimming them thanks to the magnetic timeline. Cut your clips in the Position mode (P key), then select the cut and cmd-T for a default dissolve.
> > > >
> > > >> I searched for a keyframable effect for color correction
> > > >
> > > > I'm not sure about keyframes, but you might look at Yanobox Moods (part of FxFactory) or Irudis Tonalizer.
> > > >
> > > >> (In trim, why can't you just drag the head or tail marker, rather than counter-intuitively slide the film strip in relation to it?)
> > > >
> > > > Forget the Precision Trimmer. Use the Trim mode (T key).
> >
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