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How to Match Shots in Final Cut Pro X: The Tools
The Desert Island Final Cut Pro X Color Correction Challenge: Part 4
In this Desert Island Challenge, weโve taken an in-depth look at the image processing pipeline of Final Cut Pro X. Weโve taken that understanding to help us understand how to attack our Primary Corrections. Rememberโฆ
Primary Corrections are about fixing overall image problems
Once weโve gone ahead and fixed the โbig problemsโ (bad color temperature, improper exposure, etc) we then have to get our shots to match each other.
Shot Matching is about both โoverall fixesโ and โtargeted fixesโ
In colorist parlance, when we match shots together we may be making broad Primary Corrections or much more isolated and targeted Secondary Correctionsโฆ or a mix of both.
But as we did in the first three parts of this series we first have to โfirm upโ the individual shots and fix their overall problems before we can decide what mix of Primary and Secondary tools we need to get our shots to match each other.
What tools are available to help us Match Shots in Final Cut Pro X?
In this Insight, weโre going to focus on the built-in toolset of Final Cut Pro Xโฆ which is the fundamental rule for this Desert Island Challenge.
Of course, weโll tackle how to use the automated Shot Match feature in Final Cut Pro X โ but itโs a mistake to solely rely on that tool. Why?
Automated features (in any software) will always fail us, eventually
But in this Insight, weโll explore all the tools available to us. Iโll share my thinking as I move through the shot matching process and in the next Insight, weโll take a look at FCP Xโs color match tool and how best to use it.
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