Scone Looks for Apple Color

Since each clip, each scene, each film requires it's own unique grade, I rarely ever use presets. Theoretically, they can be a good starting point for more drastic effects, such as Night For Day, but for 99.9% of my grading work, it really has to be done from scratch. Set contrast, your most odpf the way home. And that process can't be replaced with generic presets. IMHO.
 
BenB said:
Since each clip, each scene, each film requires it's own unique grade, I rarely ever use presets. Theoretically, they can be a good starting point for more drastic effects, such as Night For Day, but for 99.9% of my grading work, it really has to be done from scratch. Set contrast, your most odpf the way home. And that process can't be replaced with generic presets. IMHO.
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So in other words... don't buy it. lol.
 
No, what I'm saying is, buy plugins and presets as you have specific need for them, not just because it looks cool.
 
If you want high contrast, you really need to plan for it in advance when you shoot. If your indoors with lights, its 100% easier to setup contrast ratios via your key and fill lights, than trying to do it in post.

If you were outdoors, then of course this is unavoidable. I haven't tried to recolor anything for high con, so I am not 100% sure of the work flow. Someone can answer that for sure though

Presets are useful to gauge a look you are going for. If you want bleach bypass, you can use a preset, then recolor your shot by hand in Color. Presets are useful so you can just "See" an approx. result without spending the time to recolor a shot, only to find out it wasnt what you were looking for after all
 
Shoot fairly flat for best color grading results, don't color grade totally in camera. If you've ever seen raw film, it's fairly flat, allowing for the colorist to do his/her magic. Keep details in the highlights and shadows, start your grade, but don't ever do it all in camera.

In Color, you use the Luma sliders to spread the data out over the Waveform scope more. Each different shot will have to be done individually, but only the first instance of it, then copied to all the clips from that same shot. Apple Pro Training: Color Correction In Final Cut Pro, awesome book, first thing they do is teach you to evaluate and adjust for contrast, which is what you're doing.

Also, the color grading book by Alexis Van Hurkman is great, too.
 
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