I absolutely love that you included how white balance and tint adjustment sliders differ from the color wheels. Just confirming that the only difference is protecting the blacks. I've seen so little in explaining when and why one would choose this. I wonder if using a color chart might more clearly show how each works.
I actually show this in a video using a gradient in my Color Grading Masterclass. I have a shot with black in the bottom corner and it goes to white in the following corner. Using the temp and tint sliders with this shows them perfectly.
Super comprehensive. Other videos didn’t explain things like why color wheel adjustments still didn’t look right. Thank you for the detail in this video!
Perfect stuff. Color correction is something I have only really picked up doing this past year, and this sort of stuff really helps elaborate how its done. Thanks.
Man, You explain that so extremely well! Thanks Dylan John! You´re one of the best FCPX educator on the Web! I recently had the Problem to colorgrade a 14 minutes music festival documentary. All shots had different exposure, Colors, Dark/light etc, So i was forced to colorgrade every single Clip. otherwise one setting didn´t match all other clips. Greetings from Germany.
Been watching your video over a year now. Just purchased the course and hopefully you just saved me from going back to school lol Excited to get started !
Thank so much for this information, this will help me streamline my process for correction and grading. I realized I was working in reverse hence a bit of inconsistency.
Hi Dylan! can you make a tutorial on how to colorgrade like Gawx or emulate the film look in finalcutpro using dehancer or color finale Pro. I would like to see a tutorial from you before purchasing these plugins. Thank you so much!!
Thanks, D. It's too bad Apple's new AI tool doesn't get a better result, but your solution is so easy, you don't even need AI. Thanks again for another great vid!
I’m similar, brother! I like it particularly for the reason that I can jam to music while grading. It’s pretty difficult to do that in other parts of the editing process 😅
Another amazing video, thanks. Could you do a video for uploading to youtube with good quality and yet under the limit of file size? How to preserve quality.
Thanks so much! Unfortunately I do not. Perhaps it might be worth it to get them translated though. Do you know if you’d be able to see Spanish captions on an English video?
Did you happen to watch the whole video? Because I go over that. Often times, it’s not just your subject’s skin that’s off. So using only hue vs hue every time your skin tones are inaccurate will help you to get the skin tones on track, but you’ll be leaving other areas of your shot off as well. Give the video a watch or even better, join The FCP Color Grading Masterclass to learn way more 👊🏼 www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com/
Why would you place the color wheel above the lut? Just to get the footage as close to neutral as possible? Would adding the wheel below the kit not cause the same adjustment?
It would not. Placing the adjustment before the LUT affects the original source footage. Placing it after affects what you're left with after the LUT converts to the Rec 709 color space. There's specific times to do both though. I discuss this in depth in my masterclass 😊 www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
@@dylanjohndickerson right on thank you for the fast reply! I am working on a project now and will give it a go. Guessing there will be less destruction to the original footage? I’ll check out that masterclass, the help is much appreciated!
HI Dylan... thank you for these tips! However when I try to adjust the colour of the skintone, I find the vectorscope lines move up down left right, but DOESNT rotate 360 therefore no matter what I seem to change from the colour wheels or hue's, I can't seem to line the skin colour to the line, nor stretch it further than perhaps 10%/15% of the line length. its always slightly diagonally off the skin tone line. Hope that makes sense! Any tips on this one? :) thanks!
Thant's very odd. I've never come across that. Would you mind sending me a video or pictures of it when you get the chance please? dylan@dylanjohndickerson.com
I only use temperature and tint and I just really try to shoot in camera and do as little in post as possible. Took that theory from Roger Deakins. Also you should grab a bunch of old film stils and see skin tone line is way off and it still looks great. Even Joker is the same. And if there is a red hue cast from curtains, clothing, furniture you kinda want that there as it is natural.
@@dylanjohndickerson I saw that and I did I watched the whole thing. I wasn't necessarily referring to the video, I was just giving everyone my process when it comes to skin tones. Personally I think l temperature affects the hue the most. But whatever works for people is great. But when I started out I got really confused by so many people referring to the skin tone lines to find out soooo many movies don't even have the skin tones on that lines and still look great.
@@artofduke Temperature and tint sliders do affect the hue, yes. But they affect your shot gradually with your black point locked down, which is not always prudent in every situation. Knowing how to use the tools you have for different situations is definitely important. Ya there's definitely a difference between color correction and color grading. Stylized looks, like in films, often have skin swinging off the line, which is fine. However for most commercial work, TH-cam videos, real estate videos, etc, usually accurate skin tones are recommended.
@@dylanjohndickerson Right, like you said it all depends. I wasn't criticizing your video. I was just adding my two cents with my process, and I spend years confused trying to figure it out, I'm still learning, but I'm much less confused these days.
@dylanjohndickerson Thank You for the informative video! Regardless of whether or not I use a specific FCP feature, I do like to see what people are doing with FCP. I shoot Travel Vlogs on my iPhone 14 Pro Max, and I’m happy with the colors in the video. There was only one Time I can think of where the actual color of a surface was different than what the iPhone showed on the screen, but it could be due to Lighting. It was very slight, so not a big deal. I’m not sure if the different color was in the actual video, but could have just looked different on the iPhone screen, I am not sure. Either way, I do not mess with the colors of my videos, while editing. I do not know too much about color grading or color correction. Since I edit to upload to TH-cam, and I am happy with the colors, I do not see the need to mess with the colors. I also don’t want extra work for my videos. I never shoot in Log, and only the normal color profile is used (except when I accidentally shot in HDR, for which I know FCP will automatically fix it on an SDR Timeline). With All of that in mind, I have some concerns. Does FCP only show the exact colors shot by the camera, or is there a chance of FCP changing colors on its own (apparently some people have had issues with this)? Also, is the AI Feature automatic, or does the user have to set the feature? I do not want FCP automatically messing with the colors. Thank You! All the Best!
This is great if your clients are humans! Unfortunately my client is from a galaxy far far away :/ they literally don’t even have skin. It’s all fluff. Maybe consider including that next time you make a video. Stop cutting the fluff.
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One of the best tutorials on how to correct colors in Final Cut Pro
Whoa! Thank you so much 🥹 I greatly appreciate that!
I absolutely love that you included how white balance and tint adjustment sliders differ from the color wheels.
Just confirming that the only difference is protecting the blacks. I've seen so little in explaining when and why one would choose this.
I wonder if using a color chart might more clearly show how each works.
I actually show this in a video using a gradient in my Color Grading Masterclass. I have a shot with black in the bottom corner and it goes to white in the following corner. Using the temp and tint sliders with this shows them perfectly.
Man…I love your skin tone video! They’re super easy to follow and no more fluff! ;) they are the best!
🥹 really appreciate that, amigo!
Super comprehensive. Other videos didn’t explain things like why color wheel adjustments still didn’t look right. Thank you for the detail in this video!
Happy to help! 😊 thanks so much for watching!
Thank you! I never thought of cropping just the skin color to get an accurate reading on the scope. That makes it much easier!
It's my pleasure 😊 If you're wanting to learn way more, check out the FCP Color Grading Masterclass www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
Perfect stuff. Color correction is something I have only really picked up doing this past year, and this sort of stuff really helps elaborate how its done. Thanks.
It’s my pleasure 😊 thanks for watching and give my color grading masterclass a look if you’re keen to learn more 👍
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Fantastic video. Thank you so much we all really appreciate it!
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Love this, we needed an update 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾
Thanks for watching 😊
Man, You explain that so extremely well! Thanks Dylan John! You´re one of the best FCPX educator on the Web! I recently had the Problem to colorgrade a 14 minutes music festival documentary. All shots had different exposure, Colors, Dark/light etc, So i was forced to colorgrade every single Clip. otherwise one setting didn´t match all other clips. Greetings from Germany.
🥹 I really appreciate that. Thanks for the kind words!
This is so expensive knowledge. Just wowwwww. U deserve millions subs. Love your job.
Really appreciate that, Mr Bert! 😊
Been watching your video over a year now. Just purchased the course and hopefully you just saved me from going back to school lol Excited to get started !
Awesome! Thanks so much for joining 😊 I hope you learn a bunch. Let me know if you have any questions.
Love this! This is so helpful. Thank you for sharing...
Thanks for watching 😊
Thank so much for this information, this will help me streamline my process for correction and grading. I realized I was working in reverse hence a bit of inconsistency.
No problem! Happy to help 😊 Give the FCP Color Grading Masterclass a shot:
www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com/
Waiting for your video about the new Color finale pro AI mask tool.
It’ll be a video in the course by the end of this week 😊
Hi Dylan! can you make a tutorial on how to colorgrade like Gawx or emulate the film look in finalcutpro using dehancer or color finale Pro. I would like to see a tutorial from you before purchasing these plugins. Thank you so much!!
Hey! That’s a solid idea. I love Gawx. I’ll put it on my video idea list 😊
You have just earned your self a new subscriber with this video 😊
I really appreciate that 😊 thanks so much for watching.
Cool seeing this perspective. My Flow is draw a mask on the cheek or forehead, adjust the temp then tweak with hue vs hue
Definitely useful is the black point is correct 👍🏼
great video man
Thanks for watching! 😊
Thanks, D. It's too bad Apple's new AI tool doesn't get a better result, but your solution is so easy, you don't even need AI. Thanks again for another great vid!
That’s right! Once you know what’s up, it’s a pretty simple adjustment. Thanks for the support dude 👊🏼
Very useful. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, Richard!
Awesome advice bro! If all I could do is colour, I’d be happy…
I’m similar, brother! I like it particularly for the reason that I can jam to music while grading. It’s pretty difficult to do that in other parts of the editing process 😅
@@dylanjohndickerson oh yes! That is by far my favourite part
great job Dylan. Thank you.
Thanks for watching 😊
Oh man... In certain edits you make, I wonder how do you do that?! Amazing video, super informative as usual!
Just knowledge and practice 👊🏼 thanks a ton for watching, Chad!
Bang on the money and another great video ! Thanks Dylan , loving the color grade course ! 👍
Thanks so much for watching and for joining the course, Denes! 👊🏼
thanks for your videos, helps a lot
Happy to hear that 😊 thanks for watching Lara!
Awesome breakdown!
Thanks for watching 👊🏼😊
Great video :) Whats the wipe that you used at the end? Loved it!
Thank you so much! It's from the plugin pack, mJourney 😊 If you do want to pick it up, you can get 10% off using the code DYLANJOHN geni.us/mJourney
Another amazing video, thanks. Could you do a video for uploading to youtube with good quality and yet under the limit of file size? How to preserve quality.
Thanks for watching! Yup, I have that video: Best Export Settings for TH-cam/Social Media in Final Cut Pro
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@@dylanjohndickerson thanks !
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Perfect explain
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So glad to hear it! Thanks for watching 😊
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Do you have your videos in spanish ? Amazing info ...Thanks
Thanks so much! Unfortunately I do not. Perhaps it might be worth it to get them translated though. Do you know if you’d be able to see Spanish captions on an English video?
What plugin do you use to make this neon square in the subjects?
mReview! It's one of my favorite plugins actually 😊
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i think itˋs the better approach to use hue/sat curves rather than wheels as they easily add color casts in other parts of the image
Did you happen to watch the whole video? Because I go over that. Often times, it’s not just your subject’s skin that’s off. So using only hue vs hue every time your skin tones are inaccurate will help you to get the skin tones on track, but you’ll be leaving other areas of your shot off as well. Give the video a watch or even better, join The FCP Color Grading Masterclass to learn way more 👊🏼 www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com/
Why would you place the color wheel above the lut? Just to get the footage as close to neutral as possible? Would adding the wheel below the kit not cause the same adjustment?
It would not. Placing the adjustment before the LUT affects the original source footage. Placing it after affects what you're left with after the LUT converts to the Rec 709 color space. There's specific times to do both though. I discuss this in depth in my masterclass 😊
www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
@@dylanjohndickerson right on thank you for the fast reply! I am working on a project now and will give it a go. Guessing there will be less destruction to the original footage? I’ll check out that masterclass, the help is much appreciated!
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HI Dylan... thank you for these tips! However when I try to adjust the colour of the skintone, I find the vectorscope lines move up down left right, but DOESNT rotate 360 therefore no matter what I seem to change from the colour wheels or hue's, I can't seem to line the skin colour to the line, nor stretch it further than perhaps 10%/15% of the line length. its always slightly diagonally off the skin tone line. Hope that makes sense! Any tips on this one? :) thanks!
Thant's very odd. I've never come across that. Would you mind sending me a video or pictures of it when you get the chance please? dylan@dylanjohndickerson.com
I only use temperature and tint and I just really try to shoot in camera and do as little in post as possible. Took that theory from Roger Deakins. Also you should grab a bunch of old film stils and see skin tone line is way off and it still looks great. Even Joker is the same. And if there is a red hue cast from curtains, clothing, furniture you kinda want that there as it is natural.
You must have not watched the whole video. I touched on those points.
@@dylanjohndickerson I saw that and I did I watched the whole thing. I wasn't necessarily referring to the video, I was just giving everyone my process when it comes to skin tones. Personally I think l temperature affects the hue the most. But whatever works for people is great. But when I started out I got really confused by so many people referring to the skin tone lines to find out soooo many movies don't even have the skin tones on that lines and still look great.
@@artofduke Temperature and tint sliders do affect the hue, yes. But they affect your shot gradually with your black point locked down, which is not always prudent in every situation. Knowing how to use the tools you have for different situations is definitely important. Ya there's definitely a difference between color correction and color grading. Stylized looks, like in films, often have skin swinging off the line, which is fine. However for most commercial work, TH-cam videos, real estate videos, etc, usually accurate skin tones are recommended.
@@dylanjohndickerson Right, like you said it all depends. I wasn't criticizing your video. I was just adding my two cents with my process, and I spend years confused trying to figure it out, I'm still learning, but I'm much less confused these days.
my veteroscope is not showing that line
Click on view by it and hit ‘show skin tone indicator’
We want more fluff! Give the people what they want!
This is a fluff free zone!
@dylanjohndickerson Thank You for the informative video! Regardless of whether or not I use a specific FCP feature, I do like to see what people are doing with FCP. I shoot Travel Vlogs on my iPhone 14 Pro Max, and I’m happy with the colors in the video. There was only one Time I can think of where the actual color of a surface was different than what the iPhone showed on the screen, but it could be due to Lighting. It was very slight, so not a big deal. I’m not sure if the different color was in the actual video, but could have just looked different on the iPhone screen, I am not sure. Either way, I do not mess with the colors of my videos, while editing. I do not know too much about color grading or color correction. Since I edit to upload to TH-cam, and I am happy with the colors, I do not see the need to mess with the colors. I also don’t want extra work for my videos. I never shoot in Log, and only the normal color profile is used (except when I accidentally shot in HDR, for which I know FCP will automatically fix it on an SDR Timeline).
With All of that in mind, I have some concerns. Does FCP only show the exact colors shot by the camera, or is there a chance of FCP changing colors on its own (apparently some people have had issues with this)? Also, is the AI Feature automatic, or does the user have to set the feature? I do not want FCP automatically messing with the colors.
Thank You! All the Best!
This is great if your clients are humans! Unfortunately my client is from a galaxy far far away :/ they literally don’t even have skin. It’s all fluff. Maybe consider including that next time you make a video. Stop cutting the fluff.
I always knew that you were a traitor to the human race..