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Edit without Tears with Final Cut Pro
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Edit without Tears with Final Cut Pro

by Bruce G. Macbryde
March 2024
Beginner to intermediate
708 pages
17h 54m
English
Packt Publishing
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14

Understanding the Principles of Color

This chapter is more theory than practice, but you will need the knowledge provided here as a foundation for when you move on to Chapter 15, Using Color Scopes for Advanced Color Correction.

In this chapter, you will learn the principles of color theory and how to use color to hold or divert attention from characters and locations in your videos. You will learn to recognize that colors have different meanings in different cultures and how color can not only change the mood of your whole video but also signify to the audience different locations, or even different times when there are flashback scenes in your video.

The possibilities are numerous when you consider that a color palette can, for example, ...

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