Playing With Color Grading

[Lon Denard]

It's a work in progress...

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[RadioFlyerMan]

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What software you using? Reason I’m asking is I just got my iMac Pro and I’m considering Final Cut Pro X.

 

[QldKing]

What software you using? Reason I’m asking is I just got my iMac Pro and I’m considering Final Cut Pro X.

I use final cut pro on the Mac. Still trying to figure out colour grading.

 

[QldKing]

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Be interesting to see the video if you can show the difference between graded and not graded.

 

[teebone]

I use final cut as well. Its great for basic to intermediate grading but if you want to get into advanced you'll need something like Davinci Resolve

 

[QldKing]

I use final cut as well. Its great for basic to intermediate grading but if you want to get into advanced you'll need something like Davinci Resolve

Interesting. I thought it would have been the other way round?

 

[MKurr]

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Very nice!
I wish my videos were more like that...

 

[DebianDog]

Interesting. I thought it would have been the other way round?

Devinci started out as a color grading software and moved to editing. I think you could argue what is the "better" editor all day.

DJI has a barrel correction guideline and a color correction for download here (near the bottom of the page) but I think that Skygrades has more natural colors. Here are his suggestions and him pimping his wares

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[davemgood]

Most Pro video Producers bailed from Final Cut and moved over to Adobe Premier Pro. Why? Apple reduced the features of Final Cut Pro. If you need to beef it up, like it was before, you have to pay extra.

 

[teebone]

Most Pro video Producers bailed from Final Cut and moved over to Adobe Premier Pro. Why? Apple reduced the features of Final Cut Pro. If you need to beef it up, like it was before, you have to pay extra.

I paid $300 for it, is there a better version than that? That you know of

 

[RadioFlyerMan]

I’ve heard about the exodus from FCP but I thought they fixed all that. And then there’s this concept that FCP is optimized for the monster iMac Pro I just paid for. Now if it’s no good, tell me now. I’m tired of spending money for video software that a house wife uses to make a video of her trip to Aruba (Power Director)

 

[DebianDog]

I’ve heard about the exodus from FCP but I thought they fixed all that. And then there’s this concept that FCP is optimized for the monster iMac Pro I just paid for. Now if it’s no good, tell me now. I’m tired of spending money for video software that a house wife uses to make a video of her trip to Aruba (Power Director)

Yep I bailed from Final Cut (2012) myself. At the time it was nothing more than a fancy iMovie having lot of features ripped away from it. That was a LONG time ago in computer time. If I was on a Mac I would still give it consideration. Last year Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.4, which included enhanced color editing tools, 360-degree video editing support and support for HDR. The new version also supports the HEVC video format and HEIF photo format. Since that time there has been a lot of real movies cut with FCP. So it is "Pro"

I bought Power director myself and hated it. Not because of the limitations but the interface. I could never wrap my head around it. I am using Adobe Premiere now and the one thing that I do not like is the subscription based model. I also dislike it will not render in the background like FCP does. If I were not firmly entrenched in Adobe right now I would give Davinci Resolve a hard look too.

 

[teebone]

Yep I bailed from Final Cut (2012) myself. At the time it was nothing more than a fancy iMovie having lot of features ripped away from it. That was a LONG time ago in computer time. If I was on a Mac I would still give it consideration. Last year Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.4, which included enhanced color editing tools, 360-degree video editing support and support for HDR. The new version also supports the HEVC video format and HEIF photo format. Since that time there has been a lot of real movies cut with FCP. So it is "Pro"

I bought Power director myself and hated it. Not because of the limitations but the interface. I could never wrap my head around it. I am using Adobe Premiere now and the one thing that I do not like is the subscription based model. I also dislike it will not render in the background like FCP does. If I were not firmly entrenched in Adobe right now I would give Davinci Resolve a hard look too.

I guess I’ll have to dive into color grading more myself and with the help of YouTube. I’ve used several different editing programs and by far FCPX is hands down my favorite. It’s made by apple so it’s EXTREMELY user friendly and if your just trying to make a standard editing project (ie not a full production movie) then it’s the way to go. You can watch a couple tutorials on YT and have a great grasp on how the program works.

 

[DebianDog]

I guess I’ll have to dive into color grading more myself

Well if you watch that video above it looks like he is using FCP, and in typical Apple fashion, he just drops it in then adjusts the order of the other filters/effects.

 

[IShouldBeWorking]

There is some nice color in those shots. I haven't ever used Final Cut Pro for editing or color. I dove into DaVinci Resolve since there's a free version available. I don't do a lot of in-depth color grading, but I've been happy trying LUTs and making minor tweaks. I'm glad it has so many features and I hope to grow into them over time. Here's a recent vid I did in Resolve 15.2:

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This was a Mavic 2 Pro DLog-M H.265 with DJI's Mavic 2 pro LUT on it. Colors are pretty true to what I saw first hand that night.

 

[RadioFlyerMan]

I guess I’ll have to dive into color grading more myself and with the help of YouTube. I’ve used several different editing programs and by far FCPX is hands down my favorite. It’s made by apple so it’s EXTREMELY user friendly and if your just trying to make a standard editing project (ie not a full production movie) then it’s the way to go. You can watch a couple tutorials on YT and have a great grasp on how the program works.

Yep I bailed from Final Cut (2012) myself. At the time it was nothing more than a fancy iMovie having lot of features ripped away from it. That was a LONG time ago in computer time. If I was on a Mac I would still give it consideration. Last year Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.4, which included enhanced color editing tools, 360-degree video editing support and support for HDR. The new version also supports the HEVC video format and HEIF photo format. Since that time there has been a lot of real movies cut with FCP. So it is "Pro"

I bought Power director myself and hated it. Not because of the limitations but the interface. I could never wrap my head around it. I am using Adobe Premiere now and the one thing that I do not like is the subscription based model. I also dislike it will not render in the background like FCP does. If I were not firmly entrenched in Adobe right now I would give Davinci Resolve a hard look too.

Now that’s the experience and comparisons I’m looking for... real hands on stuff. Thanks.

I’m not happy with the subscription model either; that and some of the marketing spiel on the Apple site has influenced me to lean towards FCP.

So looking at the cost, I could try FCP for three bills, which is in the ballpark of a one year subscription of other video editors. (Ok + or -). Then if I change my mind, I switch. My prognosis is it will be good enough fo who it’s for. It definitely will be better than Power Director. PD is not well behaved and buggy.

I gotta tell ya though, a 27 inch Apple with a bazillion cores and all that GPU gigga hertz stuff will make any video look good! Even my PD stuff.

 

[teebone]

Bought my 27 six months ago and it’s my first Mac. I’ll never look back...pull the trigger you won’t regret it

 

[davemgood]

Yep I bailed from Final Cut (2012) myself. At the time it was nothing more than a fancy iMovie having lot of features ripped away from it. That was a LONG time ago in computer time. If I was on a Mac I would still give it consideration. Last year Apple updated Final Cut Pro X to version 10.4, which included enhanced color editing tools, 360-degree video editing support and support for HDR. The new version also supports the HEVC video format and HEIF photo format. Since that time there has been a lot of real movies cut with FCP. So it is "Pro"

I bought Power director myself and hated it. Not because of the limitations but the interface. I could never wrap my head around it. I am using Adobe Premiere now and the one thing that I do not like is the subscription based model. I also dislike it will not render in the background like FCP does. If I were not firmly entrenched in Adobe right now I would give Davinci Resolve a hard look too.

Did you get Adobe Encoder with Premier Pro? You can batch process with that directly from Premier Pro.

 

[DebianDog]

Did you get Adobe Encoder with Premier Pro? You can batch process with that directly from Premier Pro.

That is absolutely not the same as a background render. FCP will render everything (titles, effects, filters) while you are idle. Premiere will render in to out or the sequence when you tell it to and you have to optimize your sequence settings in Premiere otherwise it is slow as dogship. Honestly it is pretty weak.

 

[Lon Denard]

What software you using? Reason I’m asking is I just got my iMac Pro and I’m considering Final Cut Pro X.

Premiere Pro... It's a STEEP learning curve! Plus I'm filming in H265/ DLog M which just adds to it...