Multiclips, Color Correction & PowerBook G4

This is the first time I have tried to use a multi-camera edit in Final Cut. I have a two-camera shoot.
I have two questions...
A) What is the most efficient setting for doing multiclip editing (2-camera) on a PowerBook G4 (1.5 Ghz). Can it be done where I can switch from one angle to the other on the fly? Now, when I try making a multiclip I get the red, need to render warning. I render the clips then, when I run them and change from one angle to the other the software stops. I have to click on play to get things started again.
B) I have a problem where one camera's tape appears to have it's white balance set differently than the other one. What is the best way to make an adjustment so that they will both match? I have lots of clips. Do I make a global change and then apply it to all the individual clips, then make a multiclip or do I make the multiclip first then apply some sort of change?
TIA

I tried applying corrections to each before making the multiclip and it worked this time. I think what fooled me is that the 4-in-1 window reflects the original clips. But canvas playback shows the changes in the selected angle.

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Multiclip Color Correction

So I have a 3 angle multiclip - I place it in the time line, play it and edit it. Now I want to color correct. The manual says I can drag a color correcter filter from the effects browser onto the timeline clip where I am offered the option of 'apply to source angle' which I do as I am told this will allow me to alter the settings for the whole of that angle each time it appears in the timeline edit. However, this is not what happens, it only effects the one piece I dragged the filter onto. Every subsequent time that angle appears it does not have the filter on it. Additionally the manual says to see filters rendered to multiclip angles choose "Render Filters in Multiclip Display from the View pop up menu" - this option is not in the View pop up menu.....
any ideas?

This probably isn't the norm. But, I've been color correcting and when I have numerous pieces in the same scene that can use the same color correction I just click on filters and copy all. This copies all the filters and then just go down the line and copy into each sequence. For me it goes very fast. If you're just using Color Correction, in the upper left corner are two arrows facing each direction, if you click the first in either direction it copies that CC to the next clip. If you hit the second it goes two clips over.

Color correction in FC Pro when working with multiclips

Is there someway to preserve the color correction I apply in the sequence timeline to a clip, and to preserve the motion attributes I apply (i.e. it's in the sequence, then I double click to show it in the clip viewer and make adjustments) when I then include that clip (through the bin) in a multiclip?
Basically I want to have to avoid repeating angle-specific corrections for each edit as I go along in a multiclip.
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I tried applying corrections to each before making the multiclip and it worked this time. I think what fooled me is that the 4-in-1 window reflects the original clips. But canvas playback shows the changes in the selected angle.

Color Correcting an Already-Edited Multiclip

So, I'm not that bright. I edited a 2 hour multiclip only to realize at the end that I wanted to do some color correcting on one of the angles to match the other two. Is there a way for me to color correct an entire angle all at once without having to re-edit the multiclip or copy and paste the filter onto each clip in the multiclip? Thanks.

Oh yeah ! paste attributes etc etc, it's brilliant, digital editing isn't it!
I was not quite certain you wanted the same cc for the whole 2 hour clip!
Haven't you got a lot of coninuity light problems ?
Pity I was hoping to find out if the reconnection worked. It should do if you had time code and the other meta data is the same, but maybe the cc instructions would interfere!
Best wishes
john

Color Correcting Multiclip

I have alread compiled my multiclip and I am wanting to color correct one camera angle to match the other two.
I've read you are supposed to do this before you edit the multi clip but alas I didn't do that.
So is there an easy way to correct this one angle? If I correct the first instance of that clip in the timeline it just does it to that first clip and not all of the remaining clips.
Any thoughts?

Alright, thanks again for taking the time to help me out.
So I made a quick screen recording for you to look at instead of a screen shot. Here it is.
http://youtu.be/IKSzWsZRgSc

How to color correct a multiclip

hi,
i'm going to edit a multiclip ( 2 angles )
since one angle need a costant color correction and the other angle a different one, which is the best and fastest way to proceed?
thanks

apply any constant grade to the 2 clips BEFORE you make them into a multiclp. you can either correct them by dragging the color corrector onto them whilst they are in the viewer and correcting there, or by editing them into a sequence first, applying the correction, and then dragging the corrected clip back from the sequence into the bin. create the multiclip form these already corrected clips ... only then will the applied grade be carried automatically through to each clip instance in the edit
if you have already edited and now want to apply global corrections after the fact, then you need to correct one representative clip from one of the angles, then use the Find command to find (and select) all other occurrences of that angle in your completed sequence, and then drag that same correction onto the selected clips ... repeat for each angle

Color Correction - Multiclip

FCP 5.1.2 - Mac Pro - I have been working with a MultiClip that I created from 4 clips. I applied the Color Corrector 3 Way filter to a section of the Multiclip on the timeline but then realized that I did not apply it to the entire timeline.
Is there a way to remove video filters that have been applied? What about after I have rendered the Video in the timeline?
At this point, I selected the entire multiclip timeline and applied color correction - the section where I had already applied color correction now received a double dose so it's looking blue.
Thanks.
Mike

Save your color correction by dragging an instance of
it to your browser.
Select all in the sequence, that has the color
correction(s) and control click on one to select
"Remove Attributes". Then select filters from the
window that opens. This removes all instances of
filters from the selected clips. Then just drag that
saved CC filter from the Browser to the selected
clips in the Timeline window.
Don't worry about the render files, they'll trash
themselves... then re render.
Jerry
Jerry - It took me a little while to get back to my FCP project. I did as you instructed. Worked like a charm.
Thanks so much.
Mike

Do I color correct angles before making multiclip?

Hi guys,
I have two individual angles I'm going to sync and make a multiclip out of. One of my clips is horribly bright and requires some serious fixing in Color.
Do I color correct or add filters to the individual angles BEFORE making the two angles into one multiclip? Or is there some way to color correct the entire angle after making it into a multiclip?
--also, any reason why my canvas when changing angles in a multiclip would show it in 4:3 while the actual video is 16:9 in both the viewer and timeline?
Thanks

You could color correct before if you like, if your angle is rock solid and the changes will be consistent throughout. I don't do it that way but have been tempted.
If you do it after finishing the multiclip edit then you will need to copy one color corrected clip and then paste attributes to the other appropriate clips.
As a rule I color correct when my edit is finished.

Color correcting in multiclip

just finsihed an mc with 6 angles. 1000's of edits. can i color correct one angle and have it effect that angle's edits throughout the whole timeline? i would hate to have to go to every edit and copy attributes. thx in advance!

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Color Correct Master Multiclip

An AE has already made multi-cam clips for me. I want to color correct one of the source clips. Can I do this within the multi-cam clip?
Or can I color correct the one master clip and replace it in the existing multi-cam clip? Or do I have to remake the multi-cam clip from scratch after I do the Color correction?
Can I do either one of these and have the color correct automatically update in the sequence I have already cut using the existing multi-cam clip?
Thank you,
Patrice Shannon

Not sure the official way to do this, but if you create a copy of the clip you want to correct, correct and save it and rename it to match the original clips name and folder path (I'd save the original file someplace else) fcp will automatically connect to this clip.

HD Plasma Televisions as a Color Correction Monitor

Hello All In MacNirvana,
I am working on a Powerbook 15" ( see specs below) and work with a lot of video editing with HD video. I am wondering if an HD or HD Plasma TV are suitable to use as monitors for color correction for film and TV when I edit in FCEHD.
And then I should also confim that I will be able to use the TV as a second display. I use a projector sometimes as a monitor by hooking a basic S cable up to the Pwrbk. I would think that this ( or maybe some other fancy cable combo ) would work well with a new HDTV.
I'm a real newbie to the HDTV thing, ( although I'm pretty handy with FCEHD, HD video and Compressor, etc....) so any answers should come in baby talk. Dumb it down for the kids sitting in back.
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BBP/BR

It is generally a good idea to edit (or at least see the effects of your edits) on a TV vs. the computer monitor. I do this as well, but I am not sure it is being done properly by using a TV as a 2nd monitor (with a S video cable or the DVI out). With S video maybe with DVI you would be using a non-interlaced signal that should scan the entire width of the HDTV and this could be more than a TV viewable area.
I use a FW cable back to a DV camera (NB: a low cost DV camera is a lot less than a DV deck adn you can control it with FC) then connect the AV out to the TV. Since you want the work rendered to NTSC TV so it appears on the TV as it will look when played back.
You can do this as well with FInal Cut - the same DV camera you used to capture as it is already connected - just set FC to FW out and add a TV to the AV jacks on the DV camera.

Color Correction Rendering

Hi Guys,
I'm working with some DVCPRO HD 720p footage. I drop it into the timeline and it plays fine without rendering. However when I go on to make color corrections it has to render the entire clip. Now forgive me if this is nothing new to people but just wanted to get clarification. I thought because I was using the Easy Setup for the footage I captured, I wouldn't need to render color correction as I thought this was in Real Time.
If someone could clarify this for me that would be great!
James
Dual 2.3Ghz PowerMac G5, 1.5 Ghz Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.6)

That's exactly the same as my settings:
Try creating a new Sequence - that will ensure the Sequence settings exactly match the Easy Setup.
Drag a clip to that - and if the problem still exists, try Trashing your Preferences.
FCP gets it’s knickers in a twist from time to time and if you trash your preferences it will often sort things out (with no harm done to your project etc etc) . . .
Download FCP Rescue :
http://fcprescue.andersholck.com/
Once it’s downloaded, hit Backup first, then hit Trash. If the Trash does no good, hit Restore and everything's as it was. (Easy-Peasy)
FCP Rescue is freeware but there’s provision to make a donation if you wish – (it’s well worth it)
If you need reassurance about trashing your prefs, go to this Apple page:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302337
Or this Ken Stone page:
http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/trashing_fcpprefs.html
Andy
Quad 8GB. 250+500 HDs. G-Raid 1TB. NORTON. FCP 5.1.2. QT 7.1.3. Sony HVR Z1E Mac OS X (10.4.7)
"I've taught you all I know, and still you know nothing".

Color correcting multi edit clips

I need some help. I would like to do the color correcting on 3 clips that will be used in a multi edit. The way I have been color correcting the footage is to just drag the whole clip on the timeline and do the color correcting before I do any editing and cutting of the clip. Is there a way I can do the same thing with multi cam clips? Once they are on the timeline, the corrections are made on the timeline, but the original clips don't change?
Bruce Cleveland

I think Jerry is suggesting you do the following:
-Duplicate your clip in the browser (option-d)
-Dbl-click the new clip (will load it in viewer)
-Apply Color Correction (this will affect the clip as it resides in your browser, leaving the original master clip untouched)
-lather/rinse/repeat for all clips to be used in multiclip
-create your multi-clip and edit away
Can I also do this with clips on the timeline
There are procedures for this within a multiclip environment, but I'm not remembering them well enough and no longer have access to a multiclip system for review and assistance. Check your manual..I remember this part frankly being a little convoluted, so a search of this forum or the other previously posted links should help.
K

Sequence color correction

I am color correcting different clips in my sequence in order to have all the footage look the same. Is there some kind of graph or something else that can show me what's going with colors in my entire sequence so I can do this more precise? Do I have to use Color for that?

I'm not aware of any feature that does what you're looking for.
You could use the search feature to locate all clips with the same name...in the sequence, set in/out at head/tails, hit command-f, type in file name and change "Where" to 'From In to Out', then click on 'Find All'.
Depending on how your project is set up, you could also control-click on a clip in the browser and select 'Label' and give it a color lable. This would assist in locating certain shots, that would benefit from a global color correction.
I occasionally use both procedures when cutting 1-hour multiclips, by setting up a 'master' color correction for say...Cam1 CU or Cam4 OTS XWS..., apply it, copy it, then paste to all instances of the clip. However, I find that each shot ends up requiring some level of tweaking due to slight changes in color and luminance shifts/intensities, caused by differences in framing and movements in the frame.
Hope that helps,
K

Color correct clips before making muliticlip?

Hello,
I would like to color correct my three camera clips before making a multiclip to save time, but the video scopes will not allow me to see my changes when I color correct. I have to drag each clip to the timeline and color correct each clip before I see modifications to the videoscopes. Even then, I have to use only the clips in the browser to make the mulitclip. Is there a more efficient process to put my clips through a filter(s) process (ie..color correction, de-interlace) before making a multiclip?
Thanks,
Jordan

Hello Andy,
Yahoo! Thank you Andy for your information. You just saved me a lot of time. Cheers!
Jordan:>)

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