Final Cut Pro RGB Colorsync Profile ???

Question

What color profile should I tag RGB media for import into Final Cut Pro. I would like to start with the color that the artist or designer intended and then color treat each piece for the program. With photographs from a current project the supplier's scanner/camera color profile threw gamma and color tones and hues out-of-wack. I've read about DVDSP 2 having a color issue if your computer monitor isn't set to the Generic RGB setting. I would love to know how FCP handles color profiles. Should I convert the profile to my monitor. If I move to another room with a different monitor and render there, will I need to convert the images and other RGB media to that station's monitor profile? Does FCP use the Generic RGB profile similarly to DVDSP 2?

Answer 1

Nick,
One thing you might try is to get what the fabric people call a "swatch" from the artist and use it to match all the colors he/she gives to you.
In this case it would be a set of colors with their numerical values representing all or most of the major colors in the art work you have been given. The artist will be providing the precise color formulas even though your monitor may not be translating them exactly as both of you are seeing them.
Obviously with the three way color picker in FCP you will have to make some compromises on vague shadows and such, but you should be able to get close to the artist's preferred hues.
You don't have trust or believe your eye or the monitor, just let FCP reproduce the colors as the eye dropper translates them to numbers. This way her version of purple will be be easier for you to match.