Another workflow thread :-(

[jamani]

Still new and learning the FCP ropes...so far so good. Been searching for workflow threads on here and elsewhere but I'm yet to find an answer to my specific question/s. I understand that a generally-used workflow goes something like this: Capture/import-->Organize-->Cut-->CC-->Grade-->Export, with maybe some slight variations of this.

My confusion kicks in at the CC and grading stage.

- CC entails both correcting for luma and chroma right? I just finished a "Ripple-Training" tutorial on CC in FCP and the instructor "corrected" both luma and chroma on each clip in the timeline as he moved along. I have seen conflicting advice elsewhere on the web where people insist on doing luma first to match all clips in the timeline before working on chroma. What would YOU advise?

- At what point exactly is grading done? My imagination tells me that since grading involves giving an overall look to the whole piece, it would be done after *lock-down* (not sure that's the correct term), to the whole sequence in one pass. Just how off is my imagination, if at all it is?

I am working only in FCP for now. No color, MB, motion or anything of that kind.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Shane Ross]

Color correction occurs ONLY when the show is "locked," meaning all creative cutting is done.

And the colorist will grade everything at one time...chroma, luma...the look...everything. Those who do it differently than that haven't been trained professionally, and have devised some workflow on their own.

 

[jamani]

Color correction occurs ONLY when the show is "locked," meaning all creative cutting is done.

And the colorist will grade everything at one time...chroma, luma...the look...everything. Those who do it differently than that haven't been trained professionally, and have devised some workflow on their own.

Thanks. That answers my question.

 

[brinks]

Shane is correct although I do have a client that refuses to look at a rough cut without the final color correction done. All this does is make my job more difficult but the pay makes up for it most of the time.