Color grading question......

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googalizer

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Hey I've just jumped into cc in FCP and I'm working out of the Apple pro training series book: Advanced color correction. Which the book rules!!!! In fact that whole series rules!!!

Anywho....... So I have a quick question when using the 3-way color corrector filter. And I'm still new to this, I mean once through that book gives me a really good grasp but I'm not a pro yet......

So when working on an image (no image in particular just an example) and using the video scopes. Lets say I notice that a lot of the black is in the blue spectrum (if that's the word I want to use?) So based on the book I'd want to pull my black color wheel handle away from blue, to somewhere towards red and yellow. Which makes total sense. However with my black color wheel it seems like the opposite is true.

It's hard to explain. Like, if I had the problem with there being to much blue in my whites I'd move my white color handle slightly away from the blue and I'd watch my results in the parade scope as the blue is brought down and the green/red are moved up a bit to balance them. But with the black if I move it away it looks like in the parade scope that more blue is being added, so I have to move it towards the blue to bring the blue up. And that doesn't seem right.

Did I explain that right. I know it doesn't make since which is the reason for my question. Is the black color wheel supposed to be backwards? Or is there something wrong with me?

If anyone understands let me know what you think.
 
Try not even looking at where you're 'supposed' to be looking when moving the blacks around the color wheel. In fact, don't even look at the color wheel at all.

Try mousing around while only watching the parade. Just grab it and move it alll over the place. If it gets way out of whack, just hit the reset button for the blacks and start over.

I found myself going from watching parade over to where I thought the wheel should be and then back again. Focus on the parade alone. It can go much quicker. What feels like you're making huge adjustments that are going to be way off, often turn out being smaller steps in the right direction.

That book really aims at getting everything 'straight' then adding color later. That is great if you're having to fix white balance or color temperature problems. If you're getting good white balance, use color filtration, warming cards or in-camera color-manipulation, you may not want to strip away all that prettiness just to add it back in with software later.

Once you're more comfortable getting your parades to line up and you get a 'clean' shot with no colorcast, you may think about leaving in some warmth and those "happy accidents" that occur in-camera.
 
I believe that lots of dots in the lower levels of the parade monitor means that there is not enough of that color.
 
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