Translating Lightroom color correcting to Final Cut pro...

Hi all,
My director friend has seen me color correct images in LR with grace and skill, and wants me to start doing color correction for his films. I have never used Final Cut Pro before, and wondered if the controls in Final Cut were similar to LR, if you could export and import between the two, and generally what the difference was between working with color in each. He has one of the RED cameras, which shoots in RAW, so I assume the different can't be too great. If anyone's proficient in both, the lowdown would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Alec
www.alecquig.com

If he shoots with RED, why isn't he using RED's copy of Lightroom that's specifically for their cameras, and is provided free? It's called RedCineX, I think.

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