Color Correction preset plug-in

Yes, I too have entered the PLUG-IN making arena. Well...kinda. This is a 3-way Color Correction preset that I made and turned into a plugin.
I had a look for my recreations that I really loved...a preset in Magic Bullet. But the render time was going to be NUTS...so I saw how close I could come using the 3-Way Color Correction tool. Well, I nailed it. I got it to look EXACTLY the same. At first it was completely RT...no rendering whatsoever. But I have to limit the Luma so that my whites stayed white while all the other colors were affected, so now it is a light green render. Still...what would have taken me 10 minutes to render now takes me under 1 min...that that is a HUGE bonus.
Here it is for you to enjoy:
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It is called SR Color Reversal (SR=Shane Ross). Color Reversal film stock is very colorful, but has a low "latitude"...difference between darks and brights, so the image "pops."
Unzip it and install it into your PLUGINS folder in the following path:
HARD DRIVE>LIBRARY>APPLICATION SUPPORT>FINAL CUT PRO SYSTEM SUPPORT>PLUGINS. It will appear in the Color Correction folder in the Effects tab. And it is completely modifyable...as it is a 3-way CC preset. The colors and saturation should be set, but depending on how your footage is lit, you need only adjust the LOWs and MIDs slider to brighten the image. But not too much. How I retain the rich color is by crushing the blacks.
Play with it and let me know how it works. Built with FCP 5.0.4.
Many thanks to Graeme Nattress for assistance in writing this. I did it while wearing my Nattress Logo shirt, as to get the 'Nattress Mojo' while coding.
Shane

Yeah. When I have the time I will do all of my favorite "looks" I have created.
I didn't realize how easy it was to save the presets as a plugin.
Plus I have to figure out how to limit the controls, so that there are only a couple sliders to adjust.
Now if I can only make the plugin my producer requested...one that lengthens the time of the show, but keeps the same pace. Anyone?
Shane

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