One of the best videos out here on how to color correct. I have watched many of them and this one is in my top 3 list. Great job. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Me and my son are trying to take the next step in our video editing and color correction is a skill we’re sorely missing. This was a great start for us.
This colour correcting tutorial has been so insightful. I already feel like a better colour corrector now. Subtracting colour as opposed to adding and also adding addition layers to fine tune the colour you want is a concept that never occurred to me before. Thanks
Hi Scott, your video was helpful because you went step by step through the process. I am an old lady trying to use FCPX to create videos, and your video was informative without the frustration of trying to determine where to find the function you were describing. Thank you for an excellent video.
I watched a million videos & i was still frazzled! This 1 video taught me more than the million others! direct & straight foward! Good work! & thanks a ton! Sending my love from, Philadelphia! Cheers!
Thank you. I have spent the whole day trying to color correct my videos and this has by far been the most helpful tutorial. Wish I found this earlier!!
First time on this channel. Can I make one suggestion from a video student who is Not Young? Please go into your computer settings and make your pointing stylist larger. Your explanations are clear and you understand the subject, but sometimes it is difficult to see the Final Cut Pro controls you use.
Hi! I start editing few months ago and color correcting was one of the things that I want to improve. and I think I found a good source of information here. u got a subscriber
Scott, thanks so much... Color correction has always been so much of a head scratcher for us.... but this video is great to helping our journey to being less obviously orange or brightly blue [unless that is what we are looking for] . Zork & Sweetie [Professional Poets & Bed Vloggers]
Fabulous. Thank you. My first time on your channel. Just bought FCP and I need to learn how to colour grade. I appreciate your clear explanations and it's obvious that you know well the technical aspects behind the process 👏
Thanks for this, Scott. I had already taken some lessons on using scopes, but this was one of the better waveform explanations I've seen. I'm sure lots of us benefitted from this.
Good video. Subscribed. Would love to see more examples of color correcting various clips with bad or inconsistent lighting conditions (or sometimes barely any lighting), etc. We capture a variety of skin tones within the same frame, under bad lighting and frequently at night or in a nightclub or backstage concert. More problem solving tips to help salvage and improve that kind of footage would be immensely helpful. Thanks!
Hey Scott, Just found your channel recently and am loving it. I am actually just down the road from you in Lancaster and am working at similar things with doing wedding videos and videos for my church where I work. Thanks for sharing all this super helpful information!
aloha Scott from Hawaii. really appreciate your work and tutorials. Good stuff. Watching your videos everyday now in preparation for a wedding im shooting in Kauai may26
on first look this has been very helpful. I will try doing some correction now using waveforms and see. I am often shooting theatrical productions. When everything is great except the lead character is singing in a spot light.... that is NEVER right! This could be the difference between success and failure. Thank you. I'll update.
Great explanation man, thanks. Definitely apprecaited the in depth explanation of FCP tools. I am trying to learn as much as possible before I consider purchasing 3rd parties programs. I need to learn how to add 3rd party plugins, I just bought FXP. Thanks again. Subscribed.
Phenomenal tutorial, Scotty! Hey this really helped me in FCP….I have not seen a TH-cam video from you in a while…am I missing something? I will subscribe via the bell now.
Awesome brother. Great stuff. What I like to do is use the draw mask function. Mask out an area that’s supposed to be white and then bring up the rgb parade waveform and it only brings up the waveform for that white area. Then I adjust accordingly. Once I’m done I turn off the mask and I get good results. :)
This is the first color (colour - damn yankies :D) video for FCPX that actually makes sense. And I've watched several. Perhaps it just clicked when watching this vid, but how you explained the colour board was fantastic. Thank you. The only thing I don't get it adding colour boards. Isn't that just adjustments on top of the adjustments? I've done that before, then had to colour match with other clips, and it can't do it because - I assume - the other clip doesn't have the same amount of colour boards. Confusing. But this really helped. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad it was helpful. The biggest difference with color boards is that you’re really just adjusting one specific color at a time and adjusting the area of the brightness that you want to control. All the way at the bottom is 0 and dark, and all the way up is 100 brightness so if you were on the green color board and you pulled up around 50%, you’d be adjusting the midtones (green only). Does that make sense?
Oh sharks! I never noticed the waveforms were the actual picture. I always thought they were just graphics that show peaks. I understand them much better now. Just started with editting 2 months ago.
I've been watching you since about October. Thanks for this video. You did a very good job of explaining the scopes. Its actually hard to find good explanations Like that, that dont confuse a total nooby like myself. I started learning FCPX in october as well. Just uploaded my first vid like 2 weeks ago with no color correction because I am just starting to dive into that part of video making. So much to learn. Can you keep explain more/ teach more? You have a lot of knowledge and experience and a lot people who want to learn from you. I would really love it if you could do a video or 2 on understanding how to adjust exposure, shutter speed, fstop and what ever else one should learn to get out of auto focus. I'm afraid to break out of the auto settings.
Thanks so much for following the channel for so long, I truly appreciate that. I really appreciate your feedback in terms of experience level. I know a lot of people are just starting out, so I'll definitely keep that in mind and maybe do a basic series of those types of things. I think that would be a great idea. I'll put it on my list to accomplish hopefully very soon for you.
Enjoyed your video..I might suggest . while you're sretting the cameras up in the venue, shoot a color chart and grey scale. That will make your color correction a lot easier.
Thanks for the advice. These are vlogs and I’m not interested in any more work in these. They aren’t supposed to be perfect at all and I’m ok with that.
One of the best videos out here on how to color correct. I have watched many of them and this one is in my top 3 list. Great job. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Thanks a lot. Glad it was helpful
best color correction video for fcp so far
This is the BEST color correct video in the Whole TH-cam Community. You should be a university professor.
So glad it was helpful for you.
Scott my brother, that's one of the best out of several I watched since yesterday. keep sharing such knowledge.
Me and my son are trying to take the next step in our video editing and color correction is a skill we’re sorely missing. This was a great start for us.
I am new here. Watched the entire video and learned that this isn’t as complicated as I originally thought it was…thank you for the great content
Glad it was helpful.
This colour correcting tutorial has been so insightful. I already feel like a better colour corrector now. Subtracting colour as opposed to adding and also adding addition layers to fine tune the colour you want is a concept that never occurred to me before. Thanks
Great video, an absolute first to waveforms for me
Hi Scott, your video was helpful because you went step by step through the process. I am an old lady trying to use FCPX to create videos, and your video was informative without the frustration of trying to determine where to find the function you were describing. Thank you for an excellent video.
I watched a million videos & i was still frazzled! This 1 video taught me more than the million others! direct & straight foward! Good work! & thanks a ton! Sending my love from, Philadelphia! Cheers!
Thank you. I have spent the whole day trying to color correct my videos and this has by far been the most helpful tutorial. Wish I found this earlier!!
Glad it was helpful.
I've been looking for a throughout explanation like this for the past week over TH-cam. Finally! Thank you Scott. keep up the great work
I didn't realize there was a "White Balance" option under "Balance Color" in FCPX, so thank you.
Perfect. Learn something every day.
First time on this channel. Can I make one suggestion from a video student who is Not Young? Please go into your computer settings and make your pointing stylist larger. Your explanations are clear and you understand the subject, but sometimes it is difficult to see the Final Cut Pro controls you use.
Scott, this was super helpful! I literally watched this entire video with paper and a pen on the side to take notes! LOL Thanks brother!
You got it.
This is awesome. Such an eye-opener. Thank you Scott for your generosity. Blessings.
So glad it was helpful. Thanks for the comment.
Hi! I start editing few months ago and color correcting was one of the things that I want to improve. and I think I found a good source of information here. u got a subscriber
Glad it was helpful. Lots more to come on this topic soon I hope.
Thank you - now I get it! Gonna do some practicing tonight!
Scott, thanks so much... Color correction has always been so much of a head scratcher for us.... but this video is great to helping our journey to being less obviously orange or brightly blue [unless that is what we are looking for] . Zork & Sweetie [Professional Poets & Bed Vloggers]
So glad to hear.
Thanks for this. Super helpful, and not a well represented topic on TH-cam. Thanks Scott!
Fabulous. Thank you. My first time on your channel. Just bought FCP and I need to learn how to colour grade. I appreciate your clear explanations and it's obvious that you know well the technical aspects behind the process 👏
Scott thank you!
New to your channel. Now a subscriber. Thank you so much. I’m pursuing a career as a videographer and this was great.
Great explanation, I'm just learning fcpx and your channel is helpful. Thanks
So glad to hear. More coming soon.
Pretty straight forward! Thanks for the tutorial 😀
Hey , been using fcp for a year and this has helped me massively on the colour side of things. Thanks ✌️
Hi Scott. I "finally" moved to FCPX. Your video was a huge help. Great job.
You made this soo much simpler! Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful.
Hi Scott...an excellent explanation of how the waves work. Thanks for posting...please keep the vlogs coming :)
Thanks for this, Scott. I had already taken some lessons on using scopes, but this was one of the better waveform explanations I've seen. I'm sure lots of us benefitted from this.
So glad to hear. Glad it was helpful.
Very clear explanation....thank you so much
Great tutorial, Scott!
Finally!!! Great great video! So well explained! Thank you!!!!
Glad it was helpful
Great stuff Scott. I use Premiere, but this is all still very helpful Watched the whole thing! Thank you.
I spend my weekends watching Scott McKenna ~!!!!
Thanks.
First time viewer! Great info! Subscribed
Thanks so much for being here. Hope you enjoy the channel.
Good stuff as always. Had this same problem about a month ago with a wedding. So glad FCPX has the new and improved color features.
Agreed. It's gotten much better
Thanks for the tips and tricks! Coming from photography to video, it is a different mindset for sure! Especially editing.
Great explanation ,very helpful
One Of The Best Vids On TH-cam That Explains How To Color Correct With Final Cut . Good Job!!!!!
Thanks a lot
Scott McKenna you’re welcome 👍🏽
Good video. Subscribed. Would love to see more examples of color correcting various clips with bad or inconsistent lighting conditions (or sometimes barely any lighting), etc. We capture a variety of skin tones within the same frame, under bad lighting and frequently at night or in a nightclub or backstage concert. More problem solving tips to help salvage and improve that kind of footage would be immensely helpful. Thanks!
Thanks Scott. The tutorial is great. I learnt a lot.
thank you! well done.
great explanation
Great video. This is my new mission in FCPX to learn. You inspired confidence!
Hey Scott, Just found your channel recently and am loving it. I am actually just down the road from you in Lancaster and am working at similar things with doing wedding videos and videos for my church where I work. Thanks for sharing all this super helpful information!
Thanks for saying hello. So glad to hear you found the channel and are enjoying it.
Great video, I would grab the wheel to correct the white balance. Thank you for posting it Scott 👌
Glad it helped.
Great video! Very clear and concise.
Glad it was helpful.
Very good straight forward and easy to follow walk-through! Thanks man!
aloha Scott from Hawaii. really appreciate your work and tutorials. Good stuff. Watching your videos everyday now in preparation for a wedding im shooting in Kauai may26
Awesome. Hope the channel is helpful.
on first look this has been very helpful. I will try doing some correction now using waveforms and see. I am often shooting theatrical productions. When everything is great except the lead character is singing in a spot light.... that is NEVER right! This could be the difference between success and failure. Thank you. I'll update.
Very well explained. Thanks!
Thank you...very understandable
thank you, very helpful. i haven't played around with the 'balance color' in final cut but I'm glad to have that as a quick shortcut
Great explanation man, thanks. Definitely apprecaited the in depth explanation of FCP tools. I am trying to learn as much as possible before I consider purchasing 3rd parties programs. I need to learn how to add 3rd party plugins, I just bought FXP. Thanks again. Subscribed.
So excited for this! Currently editing now so this is super helpful
So glad to heat it’s going to help you.
i'm new here.. i'm moving from Premiere Pro and found your tutorial through search. good work my friend.
Always learn a more efficient solution with your insights. Thanks.
Thanks. I’m all about efficiency
Great explanation Scott. Thank you! I’d be curious to see a video on your workflow on how you add a look or Luts.
I can touch on that soon as well.
lots of help! thank you
Awesome information bro thank you. I face same problem sometime. So thank you.
We all do. It's not always easy.
“The other bald head guy.” 😄 Love the added humor.
Great tips, especially about making sure exposure is correct first! Mixed lighting is so annoying to correct. Specially skin tones.
Yes. Exposure first, then white balance. Every time. In camera and in post. The exposure being off affects the white balance so much.
Phenomenal tutorial, Scotty! Hey this really helped me in FCP….I have not seen a TH-cam video from you in a while…am I missing something? I will subscribe via the bell now.
Go on my channel and click on videos.
New subscriber! This was a well explained and easy to follow video. Thank you. Will be watching more while I practice.
Very useful. Thankyou!
Awesome brother. Great stuff. What I like to do is use the draw mask function. Mask out an area that’s supposed to be white and then bring up the rgb parade waveform and it only brings up the waveform for that white area. Then I adjust accordingly. Once I’m done I turn off the mask and I get good results. :)
Clearly presented!!
Great tutorial! Learned a few new things. Thanks
Great to hear
You just showed me how to color grade from one quick video🙏🏾 I appreciate you 💪🏾
Glad it was helpful.
Scott, I found that very helpful! Thanks!
SUPER HELPFUL!
This is the first color (colour - damn yankies :D) video for FCPX that actually makes sense. And I've watched several. Perhaps it just clicked when watching this vid, but how you explained the colour board was fantastic. Thank you. The only thing I don't get it adding colour boards. Isn't that just adjustments on top of the adjustments? I've done that before, then had to colour match with other clips, and it can't do it because - I assume - the other clip doesn't have the same amount of colour boards. Confusing. But this really helped. Thanks again.
Thanks for watching and I’m glad it was helpful. The biggest difference with color boards is that you’re really just adjusting one specific color at a time and adjusting the area of the brightness that you want to control. All the way at the bottom is 0 and dark, and all the way up is 100 brightness so if you were on the green color board and you pulled up around 50%, you’d be adjusting the midtones (green only). Does that make sense?
U got another subscriber. As I have cleared my color correct problem.
A big Thank you
Hey Scott! Great content! I watched many of your videos and all of the are great! My first wedding as a videographer will be this Sunday :)
I hope you are now pro in videography
soooooooo informative!!! thanks so much for taking the time to make these tutorials.. keep em coming :)
I m totally a newcomer in terms of final cut Pro as well as video Collorcorrection. And thanks I find your video very helpful and informative
Thank you for your precious tips my friend! You have me helped in my new challenger business here in Canada!
Your video was very concise thanks
Glad you liked it.
thank you very much! I had a problem with colors in my wideo, especially with yellow color - but not anymore 😊
Great explanations and examples, thank you!
Thanks you. Very helpful.
Glad it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
Incredibly informative and helpful. Good stuff!
You are amazing. Always worth a visit. Cheeeeers!
Oh sharks! I never noticed the waveforms were the actual picture. I always thought they were just graphics that show peaks. I understand them much better now. Just started with editting 2 months ago.
Glad it was helpful.
Hi Scott this is an excelent introduction to Colour correction. well done!
This is very helpful, thank you so much!
Awesome. Glad to hear!
Awesome video!!!
great video mate, thank you
Thanks for watching.
THANKS MY FRIEND
I've been watching you since about October. Thanks for this video. You did a very good job of explaining the scopes. Its actually hard to find good explanations Like that, that dont confuse a total nooby like myself. I started learning FCPX in october as well. Just uploaded my first vid like 2 weeks ago with no color correction because I am just starting to dive into that part of video making. So much to learn. Can you keep explain more/ teach more? You have a lot of knowledge and experience and a lot people who want to learn from you. I would really love it if you could do a video or 2 on understanding how to adjust exposure, shutter speed, fstop and what ever else one should learn to get out of auto focus. I'm afraid to break out of the auto settings.
Thanks so much for following the channel for so long, I truly appreciate that. I really appreciate your feedback in terms of experience level. I know a lot of people are just starting out, so I'll definitely keep that in mind and maybe do a basic series of those types of things. I think that would be a great idea. I'll put it on my list to accomplish hopefully very soon for you.
Enjoyed your video..I might suggest . while you're sretting the cameras up in the venue, shoot a color chart and grey scale. That will make your color correction a lot easier.
Thanks for the advice. These are vlogs and I’m not interested in any more work in these. They aren’t supposed to be perfect at all and I’m ok with that.
so help full thanks alot
Thank you! This was great info.
Glad to hear.
Great video - very good explanations.
Very Helpful. YOu are the MAN!!
So glad it was helpful.
Great video, I learned so much! It’s much easier than I imagined but I only know that from watching this :) thanks! Liked and subscribed.
The best color editing so far.
yes, but composition is atrocious; there is a bag left on the seats in the scene where they enter the room...
Clear and easy to follow! Thanks!!
Great work thanks
I now know waveform, thank you
Glad to help.
Hi Thanks for your sharing