Okay, so I'm grading a couple shots against a plain white background (it's a studio shoot). I want to get the background as pure white as possible, and match this white across multiple shots. I know the scopes are my friend here, and I've done a pretty good job so far balancing the shots using that. But I feel like it could be even more precise if I had a numerical value for the white and not just what I get from eyeballing the scopes.
In Photoshop, you can set a sampling point and it will give you a precise RGB reading for the point. Then you can sample another point and compare the two, if necessary. If there's a color cast, it'll show up in your RGB reading, and correcting it is as simple as pushing the individual color channels up or down in a levels or curves adjustment. Can I do this in FCP? I looked in the manual and I googled around, but couldn't really find anything. I suppose I could always use a third-party app and just sample the image in my viewer, and adjust, then resample to see if it's corrected. But it sure would be handy if I could do this inside FCP, and I have to assume there's a way of doing it...
Anyway, thanks for any tips or tricks...
In Photoshop, you can set a sampling point and it will give you a precise RGB reading for the point. Then you can sample another point and compare the two, if necessary. If there's a color cast, it'll show up in your RGB reading, and correcting it is as simple as pushing the individual color channels up or down in a levels or curves adjustment. Can I do this in FCP? I looked in the manual and I googled around, but couldn't really find anything. I suppose I could always use a third-party app and just sample the image in my viewer, and adjust, then resample to see if it's corrected. But it sure would be handy if I could do this inside FCP, and I have to assume there's a way of doing it...
Anyway, thanks for any tips or tricks...
