Final Cut Pro X Weynand Certification Lesson 11

1. Apple Pro Training
Series
Final Cut Pro X
Instructor: Sam Edsall
Lesson 11:
Applying Effects & Enhancing Color

2. Applying Effects &
Enhancing Color
• Apply video effects
• Modify effects parameters
• Audition effects
• Animate effects using keyframes
• Apply audio effects
• Understand color correction
• Balance color
• Use the Color Board
• Match colors
Goals

3. Preparing the Project
Start up the FCP External
Drive:
Find your APTS FCP X
drive and double click to
start it up.

4. Set up the Lesson
In the Project Library, from
the Lesson Projects
folder, drag the Lesson
11 project folder onto the
APTS FCP X disk.
Put any other lesson
folders back in the lesson
folder, close it, then open
the Lesson 11 folder.

5. Make a Duplicate
In the Project
Library, duplicate Zero To
Hero to your HD, and
rename it Zero To
Hero_BACKUP.
Then open it into the
Timeline.

6. The Effects Browser
• Over 200 video and
audio effects
• Eight categories each
of video and audio
effects
• You can preview the
effect by selecting a clip
in the Timeline, then
skimming the effect in
the browser
Lots to choose
from

7. Preview an Effect
In the Timeline, select
the Antron Brown clip.
In the Effects Browser
under Video, select the
Distortion category, and
then skim Insect Eye.
-- The effect thumbnail displays
Antron Brown with the Insect
Eye effect applied.
-- In the Viewer, you see a larger
demonstration of the effect.

8. Applying the Effect
• Select the clip in
the Timeline, then
double-click the
browser thumbnail
• Drag the thumbnail
from the browser to
the clip on the
Timeline
Two ways

9. Apply an Effect
In the Timeline, select
the crash clip.
In the Effects
Browser, select the Stylize
category, and double-click
Aged Film to apply that
effect.
Play the clip.

10. Apply an Effect
In the Timeline, select
the crowd wide clip.
In the Effects
Browser, select the Looks
category and drag Night
Vision onto that clip.
Play the clip.

11. Modifying Effects
• See different effect
parameters by pressing
the Option key while
skimming the effect in
the browser
• Great way to see
different options to the
effect before you apply
it to your clip
Preview on the fly

12. Modify an Effect
In the Timeline, select
the driver prep red clip.
In the Effects
Browser, select the
Distortion category, and
then skim Mirror and Insect
Eye to preview their
effects.
Then Option-skim those
same two effects.

13. Apply an Effect
With driver prep
red still selected, and
the Distortion category
visible, double-click
Flipped to add it to the
clip.
--The driver in the clip now
faces in the opposite
direction.

14. Apply an Effect
In the Timeline, select
the second clip, crowd
ots, and in the Blur
category, double-click
the Zoom blur.
--We will animate the
amount of the blur later in
this lesson.

15. Apply an Effect
Select the flame out
clip.
Apply the Stylize >
Photo Recall effect

16. Apply an Effect
Select the army start
clip.
Apply the Stylize >
Projector effect

17. Apply an Effect
Select the Antron
Brown clip.
Apply the Stylize >
Frame effect

18. Stacking Effects
• You can have as many effects to a
clip as you like but…
As many as you want
• Which effect is first and which is
second makes a difference
• Example
• Insect eye, then blur = blurry
video & insect eye effect
• Blur, then Insect eye = blurry
video with sharp insect eye effect
Stacking order is important

19. Stack Effects
In the Timeline, select
the army prep clip.
In the Distortion
category, double-click
Tinted Squares.
Play the clip.

20. Stack Effects
With army prep still
selected, select the
Blur category, and skim
the effects to preview
them.
Option-skim Radial to
preview its main
control, and then
double-click to add it to
the clip.

21. Modifying Effect
Parameters
In the Inspector, you
modify effect parameters
using sliders, numeric
fields, pop-up menu
choices, and so on.
In the Viewer, for some
effects, have graphic
controls
In the Timeline, you can
open the Video
Animation Editor

22. Modify Effect
Parameters
In the Timeline, select
the army prep clip.
Open the Inspector
and click the Video tab
if it’s not already
selected.

23. Turning Effects On & Off
To turn off the Tinted Square
effect, deselect its blue
checkbox and preview the
results.
Turn on Tinted Square
again, then deselect Radial
and examine the results.
Finally, select Radial
again, and make sure both
effects are enabled.

24. Change the Stacking
Order
Drag the Radial title
bar up until it changes
places with Tinted
Squares.
Then release the
mouse button.

25. Modify Effect
Parameters
Disable the Radial
effect.
In the Tinted Squares
parameters, from the
Tone pop-up
menu, choose B.
Skim the army
prep clip to review this
change.

26. Modify Effect
Parameters
From the Style pop-up
menu, choose C.
To preview the results
of the combined
effects, select the
Radial effect.

27. Modify Effect
Parameters
In the Inspector, turn off
Tinted Squares and make
sure Radial is on.
In the Radial effect, drag
the Amount slider far right
then left, while previewing
the results.
Reset this effect by clicking
the Reset button to the
right of the effect name.

28. Use Viewer Controls
In the Inspector, select the
Radial effect.
-- In the Viewer, a center anchor
point appears in the middle of
the effect.
Drag the control to the
yellow Army logo and
release the mouse button.
Enable Tinted Squares to
see these effects
combined.

29. Reusing Customized
Effects
• Rather than apply the
default effect to the new
clip and readjust the same
parameters, you can copy
the effect from one clip
and paste it to another.
Don’t have to
reinvent the wheel

30. Reusing Customized
Effects
In the Timeline, select
the flame out clip.
In the Inspector, make the
following parameter
changes:
• Style: Instant
• Blur: 70
• Separation: 100

31. Reusing Customized
Effects
Select the flame
out clip, and choose Edit >
Copy, or press Command-
C.
Now select the race
start clip, and choose Edit
> Paste Effects, or press
Command-Option-V.
Play the two clips.

32. Modify Effect
Parameters
In the Timeline, select
the crowd wide clip.
In the Inspector, make the
following changes:
• Amount: 100
• Scope: Circle
• Grain: 85
• Change Light: 90
• Change Size: 95

33. Modify Effect
Parameters in the
Timeline
In the Timeline, next to
the crowd wide clip
name, from the
Adjustments pop-up
menu, choose Show Video
Animation, or press
Control-V.

34. Modify Effect
Parameters in the
Timeline
Tip
If the Night Vision effect
doesn’t appear in the
Video Animation
Editor, deselect Clip >
Solo Animation in the
menu bar.
-- The Solo Animation command
collapses the Video Animation
Editor to view only one
effect, which is useful when you
want to preserve screen space.

35. Modify Effect
Parameters in the
Timeline
To view the other
parameters in this
effect, click the pop-up
menu (triangle) to the right
of the effect title, and
choose Amount.

36. Modify Effect
Parameters in the
Timeline
Double-click the title bar
and then drag the black
parameter line down to
about 97.
Exit the Video Animation
Editor by clicking the close
button.
--In the Viewer, the area
surrounding the telescope lens
lightens and you can see some
of the crowd appear.

37. Auditioning & Animating
Effects
• With so many
effects, you may want to
preview several options
before choosing the
best effect for your clip.
• Rather than apply an
effect, & delete
it, audition them first
Decisions, decisio
ns…

38. Auditioning Effects
In the Timeline, play the JF holds trophy connected clip.
To audition effects on this clip, Control-click the clip, and
from the shortcut menu, choose Duplicate as Audition, or
press Control-Y.

39. Auditioning Effects
To open the Audition
window, Control-click the JF
holds trophy clip, and from
the shortcut menu, choose
Audition > Open Audition, or
click the Audition icon next to
the clip name.
Click the Duplicate button
twice to have 4 copies of the
clip.

40. Getting Around Audition
• Navigate the Audition
window by pressing:
• Right and Left Arrow
keys
• Clicking the
thumbnails to the
sides of the current
pick
• You can also scroll
through the audition
thumbnails.
Look left, look right

41. Auditioning Effects
Navigate to the second
thumbnail, the pick of the
audition, and in the
Distortion category, double-
click Water Pane.
-- Remember, to see the effect in
the Viewer, you must skim through
that thumbnail in the Audition
window

42. Auditioning Effects
Navigate to the second
alternate, and apply Stylize >
Camcorder.

43. Auditioning Effects
Navigate to the third
alternate, and apply Stylize >
Bad TV.
Skim through the various
effect options in the Audition
window.

44. Auditioning Effects
Select the alternate with the Water Pane effect, and click
Done.
Play the clip in the Timeline, then select the clip and look at
the effect in the Inspector

45. Auditioning Effects
With the JF holds trophy clip selected, in the
Inspector, drag the Refraction Amount slider to 100
Change Refraction Softness to 0.
--With this adjustment, the raindrops appear more boldly outlined.

46. Animating Effects
• Effects don’t have to
appear static or
unchanged throughout
an entire clip.
• Many parameters can
be changed or animated
over time.
• Example – B&W to full
color.
Mix it up

47. Animating Effects
In the Timeline, play
the crash clip to review the
Aged Film effect you applied
in a previous exercise.
From the Adjustments pop-
up menu, choose Video
Animation.

48. Animating Effects
Double-click the Aged Film effect in this editor and move
your pointer into the adjustment area beneath the
parameter value line.
Look closely at the far right and left for the fade handles
positioned at either end of the parameter line

49. Animating Effects
Drag the end fade handle to the left toward the middle of
the parameter value line.
Watch the information box to see when you’ve moved
about two seconds from the end of the clip, and then
release the mouse button. Play this clip.

50. Animating Effects with
Keyframes
Press Command-Z to undo the previous move.
Position your pointer onto the Aged Film: Amount
parameter line around the middle of the crash clip.
Option-click the parameter line, or press Option-K.

51. Animating Effects with
Keyframes
To set the second keyframe, position the pointer over the
parameter value line between the first keyframe and end of
the clip.
Press Option-K.

52. Animating Effects with
Keyframes
Reduce the Aged Film effect to zero at the 2nd
keyframe:
Drag the second keyframe all the way down, and play the
clip to see the results.
Exit the Video Animation Adjustment Editor.

53. Applying Audio Effects
• Video effects are
cool, but what about
audio?
• Do you need to improve
the sound of a clip?
• Would an audio effect
make a mark in your
project?
Don’t’ forget the
audio

54. Applying Audio Effects
• When you scroll in any
Audio category, you will
find that Final Cut
effects are listed first.
• Further down are those
effects derived from
Logic.
• At the bottom, you will
find the Mac OS X
effects.
Audio effect types

55. Applying Audio Effects
• To preview an audio
effect, select the clip in
the Timeline and the
audio thumbnail in the
browser.
• Then play the thumbnail
by pressing the
Spacebar.
• The effect will loop until
you stop playback.
Preview the effect

56. Apply Audio Effects
In the Project
Library, duplicate
the Delicious Peace project
to your HD.
Open the project.

57. Apply Audio Effects
In the Timeline, select the
first voiceover clip, VO_10.
In the Voices category, in the
Final Cut section, select
Robot.
Press the Spacebar to start
and stop the preview.

58. Apply Audio Effects
With VO_10 still
selected, double-click the
Robot thumbnail to apply it
to the clip, and then play that
portion of the project.

59. Applying Audio Effects
• Like video effects, audio
effects have parameters
that can be modified in
the Inspector.
• Some parameters offer
preset options you can
choose from:
• Pop-up menu
• Numeric value
• Drag a slider
Using the Inspector

60. Apply Audio Effects
With the VO_10 clip
selected, in the Inspector
Effects section, from the
Preset pop-up menu, choose
Android.
Drag the Amount slider to
9.0.
Play the result.

61. Copy the Effect
In the
Timeline, select VO_10, and
press Command-C.
Select VO_09, and choose
Edit > Paste Effects, or press
Command-Option-V.
Play theVO_09 clip.

62. Apply Audio Effects
Select VO_11 in the
Timeline, and then select the
Cartoon Animals effect in the
Effects Browser.
Press the Spacebar to
preview the effect with this
clip.
To apply the effect to the
selected clip, double-click
the effect.

63. Apply Audio Effects
In the Audio Inspector, from
the Preset pop-up
menu, choose Squirrel.
Then play the clip in the
Timeline.
Change to the Mouse
preset, and play the clip
again.

64. Apply Audio Effects
Select the final voiceover
clip in the project, VO_10.
In the browser, in the
Distortion category, select
Telephone, and press
Spacebar to preview it.
Double-click to apply the
effect.

65. Apply Audio Effects
In the Telephone
section, from the Preset pop-
up menu, choose Cellphone
Earpiece.
Change the Amount to
25, and play the clip.

66. Deleting Effects
• Deleting audio effects is
just like deleting video
effects.
Change of plans?
• Select and delete one or
more effects in the
Inspector
• Select and delete
effects from the Audio
Animation Editor
Two ways

67. Enhancing Color in
Final Cut Pro
• In some situations you have to capture the
existing media and worry later about improving its
video quality
Fix it in post
• FCP automatically balances color on import
• Match color balance from one clip you like to
another
• Manually adjust color using the Color Board
3 ways

68. Understanding
Color Basics
• Red, Blue, Green
• All colors added together create white
• White balancing important since indoor
light is not the same as outdoor
Additive
• Hue – the color itself
• Saturation – the amount of color
• Brightness/luminance – amount of
lightness or darkness
Attributes

69. Enhancing Color in
Final Cut Pro
In the Project Library, from
the Lesson 11 Lesson folder
and duplicate the I Think
project to your HD.
Open the project and in the
Timeline, skim through each
clip and notice a yellow color
cast.

70. Enhancing Color in
Final Cut Pro
In the Timeline, select the
first clip, subway passing.
In the Video Inspector, in the
Color section, select the
Balance checkbox.
-- Because these clips have
already been analyzed, you simply
need to enable the color balance
to see the results

71. Fix the Rest
To select the remaining clips in this project, drag a selection
rectangle from the third clip to the last clip.
To enable the color balance on these clips, choose Modify
> Balance Color, or press Command-Option-B.

72. Let FCP Analyze Color
for You
• In the import menu
Analyze during
import
• Select the source clips in
the Event, then choose
Modify > Analyze and Fix
Analyze after import

73. Using the Color Board
In the Timeline, select book
shelves.
To access the Color
Board, in the toolbar, click
the Enhancement
button, and from the
menu, choose Show Color
Board, or press Command-
6.

74. The Color Board
• Hue - Color tab
• Saturation - Saturation tab
• Brightness - Exposure tab
Attributes
• 1. Start with Exposure
• 2. Then with Color
• 3. Last with Saturation
Workflow

75. The Color Board &
Video Scopes
• To better see the results
of your color changes
• The Video Scopes
window helps you
measure image aspects
as luminance and
chrominance.
See what you’re
doing

76. Open the Scopes
To open the video
scopes, choose Window >
Show Video Scopes
-- Hide the Event Library, if
necessary, to see the scopes.
In the upper right of the
window, from the Settings
pop-up menu, choose
Waveform.

77. The Exposure Button
• Changes the overall brightness
of the image
Global control
• Changes only that area of the
luminance spectrum
Shadows, midtones, highl
ights
• Shows what and how much has
been changed
Adjustment percentages

78. Try Out the
Exposure Button
In the Color Board, click the
Exposure button, and drag
the Global control up and
down to raise and then lower
the luminance of the clip.
Notice the changes in the
Global percentage and
watch as the pixels of the
image change.

79. Try Out the
Exposure Button
To reset the global change
you just made, press
Command-Z, or click the
Exposure Reset button.
Then drag the Midtones
control down to about –
6%, and play the book
shelves clip.

80. The Saturation Button
• Changes the overall brightness
of the image
Global control
• Changes only that area of the
luminance spectrum
Shadows, midtones, highl
ights
• Shows what and how much has
been changed
Adjustment percentages

81. Tweak the Saturation
In the Color Board, click the
Saturation button.
In the Saturation control
area, drag the Global slider
to about 22%. With
increased saturation, this
clip stands out more.

82. Matching Color
• Once you have the
color the way you like it
on one clip, you can
match that look to other
clips
One’s right, one’s
not

83. Matching Color
In the Timeline, skim to a
later frame in the corner
reveal clip, and click to set
the play head at this
location.
Return to the Video
Inspector by clicking the
return button in the upper-
left corner of the Color
Board.
In the Color section, select

84. Matching Color
Click a frame in the book
shelves clip, and click Apply
Match.
To see the clip with and
without the new color
adjustment applied, in the
Inspector, select and
deselect the Match Color
checkbox.

85. Color Board Tips
• To move to the Color
Board from the Video
Inspector, click the
Show Correction button
to the right of
Correction 1
Tip #1
• Color presets are found
in the Action pop-up
menu in the lower-right
corner
Tip #2

86. Shortcuts in Lesson 11
• Open InspectorCommand 4
• Show/hide Color BoardCommand 6
• Show/hide video scopesCommand 7
• CopyCommand C
• Show/hide Audio Animation EditorControl A
• Show/hide Video Animation EditorControl V

87. Shortcuts in Lesson 11
• Add a keyframeOption K
• Duplicate as auditionOption Y
• Paste effectsCommand
Option Y
• Open AuditionY

88. Apple Pro Training
Series
Final Cut Pro X
Instructor: Sam Edsall
Lesson 11:
Applying Effects & Enhancing Color