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1. Editing:
Colour Correction

2. Today
•You will finish editing your videos.
•You will colour correct your footage.
•You will export your final edit.
•We will have a class screening of the individual
edits.
•You will start to think about what you have
learnt from producing your first film.

3. By the end of the lesson, you
•MUST export your final edit of your Jump
Cuts film “Prey”
•SHOULD colour correct your clips to correct
any issues with colour
•COULD colour correct your clips to correct
any issues with exposure

6. What is colour correction?

7. Colour Correction
Is the process of improving the appearance of your
footage through altering the hue (colour), saturation
and exposure levels of an image.
We colour correct for a variety of reasons:
1. To fix white (or colour) balance problems we’ve had during filming.
2. To fix exposure problems with our footage
3. To match the colour balance of different shots.
4. To give our video a unique, stylistic look through the use of colour.

8. 1. Fixing white balance problems

9. 2. Fix exposure problems

10. 3. To match the colour from shot to shot

11. 4. To give our film a unique visual look

12. Many films shoot
‘flat’ (or LOG)
• This is when the camera is
setup to film in low contrast.
• This makes it easier to do a
greater degree of colour
correction in editing, as you
have a greater range of
shadows and less under-
exposure.

13. How do we colour correct in FCPX?

14. On Moodle
• There is a video tutorial under SHORT FILM, on how to colour correct
in FCPX. You should colour correct all your shots.