Final Cut Pro Efficient Editing - Second Edition

11 Play with Light: Color Correction and Grading

“FCP is approachable, but still has depth. It’s this combination of ease of use and all the buttons I need that help make me a better and more creative editor.”

— Lee Herbet, Creative Director at Capture.ink, based in Melbourne, Australia (www.capture.ink)

At this point, if you’ve been working along with the book, you should have your edit mostly complete. This third part of the book will show you how to add all the finishing touches: changes to color, video effects, transitions, audio effects, and then titles and captions. While it’s entirely possible to fix the color or sound earlier in the process, or indeed to make final editing changes very late in the process, you’ll find the suggested order ...