Final Cut Pro X Ripple 1 - Why Color Correct? - AUDIO Flashcards
Color Corrections is also known as:
Color Grading
Color Correction is the process of…
…changing both the color and the contrast of a video clip
There are four reasons for making a correction to the color and the contrast of an image:
- Fix color and exposure
- Match shots
- Focus viewer’s attention on something
- To “create a look”
You might need to, 1., fix the color because of they failed to correct the _____ _______ to the camera when shooting, or you might need to fix the exposure because there was incorrect exposure
white balance
You might need to match shots because, for scripted work, you may shoot in different locations for something that’s supposed to be in the same location. And the shots don’t look quite the same because the ____ __ ___ has changed, the ________ has changed, and you need to make them look like they are in the same location. You want those shots to match.
time of day, lighting
You might need to color correct in order to _____ the viewer’s attention on a particular area you want them to look at during a shot. Somebody’s face, a particular item in the shot…
focus
You might need to color correct in order to “create a look”. You can use color and contrast to create an emotional impact to your work by creating a certain type of look that’s either cool or some other type of look that lends a certain _____ and emotional impact to your video.
style
On the Color Wheel, RED is at what degreeS?
0°, 360°
How to make a degree sign on a Mac?
OPTION SHIFT 8
On the Color Wheel, YELLOW is at what degree?
60°
On the Color Wheel, GREEN is at what degree?
120°
On the Color Wheel, CYAN is at what degree?
180°
On the Color Wheel, BLUE is at what degree?
240°
On the Color Wheel, MAGENTA is at what degree?
300°
To decrease saturation (to bring to white), you must bring in a ____________ color. (Thus “bringing in more white” to get to a white state of complete desaturation, versus bringing down the brightness, in which all the colors are lowered to black, aka, black is brought in?)
complementary (whether it’s a secondary color bringing in its primary complement, or vice versa)
Brightness just _______________ brings down everything (to black) (whether there is saturation or not)
proportionately
During saturation, the incoming complementary color pushes the _______ color that is not at 255 already up to 255, while it too heads to 255.
primary
If saturation and brightness are at full, one of the primary hues will always be at 255, and there will only be two primary hues in play. However, without lowering saturation (which would bring in a third hue), you can get the hue at 255 down and keep only two hues in play. You do this by lowering __________. This will decrease both hues proportionately. If three hues are in play due to saturation, __________ will still lower all hues proportionately.
brightness
If there are two primary colors in play equally (255 red + 255 green = yellow) or not equally (255 red + ??? green = orange), __________ is still at full for either the yellow or the orange.
saturation
On the applet, if you see two hues, whether the same number (255-255-0 - a fully saturated hue) or not (255-145-0, for example, also a fully saturated hue), and then a lowering of the brightness brings those numbers proportionately down (not saturation, so there are still only two hues in play), the __________ is still at full.
saturation
Brightness is just color on the top and _____ on the bottom.
black
If a color is completely desaturated (white) and then the brightness is taken down just a bit, is that a shade of gray? And what is that grayscale or something different?
?
In FCPX, in the RGB Slider, if one hue, like Red, is at full Saturation (255), and the other two hues (Green and Blue) are zero (0) Saturation, and then you start bringing down the Saturation of the Red (this will not affect the Green and Blue), and the red starts to turn to Black, what you are actually doing is bringing down the __________.
Brightness
A fully saturated hue can be unsaturated by having a second and third hue (or just third if there are already two hues creating a secondary hue) come in so all three hues are at 255 (which turns the hue white). At that point, we can go from white to black (work the brightness) by keeping them all at the same number and riding the grayscale (brightness from white through gray to black), or it can go to black (brightness) by having each hue go down from 255 to zero one at a time (going from color to black). When the first of the hues (the complemenary hue) goes down (desaturates) from 255 to 0, it will first go from white to a secondary color, then when the next hue (the secondary hue) goes from 255 to zero (desaturates), it will go to a primary color, then as the last hue (primary) goes down from 255 to zero, we’re getting to black not from a state of white, but from a primary color (primary color to black). Is this an example of a decrease in brightness (even though it’s not grayscale) or a decrease in saturation? Both?
?
When a hue goes from 255 to 134 or some other number lower than 255 (pure saturation), it is still the same hue, it just gets less bright (this is not the same as desaturation, as the saturation stays the same, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS FOR THAT ONE HERE ARE NOW DECREASING FROM 255 - please imagine that the 255 color stays on the edge and just lowers) and lowers more toward black (visually, please see this as if the fully saturated color on the edge of the color wheel goes straight down, not in toward the center - no other hues are affecting it in this situation, so while what happens here may affect others, since it’s not being affected by others, it’s only affected by brightness and thusly brought straight down from the edge.). If mixed with another primary color, however, the resulting secondary color will change ___.
hue
If three hues are activated, and one is at 255, then you bring that 255 hue down and don’t make another go up to 255, you’re now affecting __________
brightness
