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DVX100Shooter

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Those of you that you the color correction filters. Do you color correct your whole project or just sections or clips of it? I am going to be playing around with a project I am working using some color correction to enhance the look.
 
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I think the generally accepted process is to color each clip from each scene so that they match. i.e. for an outdoor conversation, you want each clip involved to have a bluish cast to them. Whereas an indoor scene you might want more warm colors applied to each clip.

Use the scopes and your eye (I always like my eye better :-)) to match each clip.
 
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Since you said you're looking to enhance your film's look, I think what you're talking about doing is more color grading as opposed to color correcting. One color "corrects" to match shots in a given scene so they all blend seemlessly. A typical reason for this would be if you had varying outdoor lighting conditions (sun floating in an out of cloud cover, etc.) while getting your coverage.

But if you don't have varying color issues in a given scene, I would think you could just color grade each entire scene in one shot by copying and pasting your color filter attributes without problems. This also depends on how drastic your color grading is too. Also remember, if you're not viewing your color correcting/grading on a calibrated monitor, your final output (DVD/Tape) could be different than what you see in your canvas window.
 
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So Storyteller, I have a 5 minute piece I am working on. Are you saying that I need to color grade each clip individually or could I do the whole project at one time? I'm just thinking that If I did them one by one it will take a longer time to get done.
 
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Here is a great webpage on working with color correction with FCP as well as learning how to use the scopes so that like Storyteller mentioned, you don't get a different look on your DVD than what you expected.
 
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