How To Color Grade in Final Cut Pro (with NO Plugins)

[@larbueno]

You are so good at this. This vid is saved for a future deep-dive into a task I've been decent-at-best at for decades.

[@MatthewDangyou]

Glad this helped! Yeah keep it super simple. My grades don’t go crazy and if I need them too I can with color mask and all that. But to get a clean looking image can be just a few simple steps!

[@theprofessionalhomie]

Homie, one of the best color grading tutorials. Love how you went clip by clip. Thank you!

[@MatthewDangyou]

Thanks mate!

[@rtistofficial6070]

Bro I’ve just started to try grading and I’ve failed over and over and seeing you do this soo easily gave me hope that maybe one day I could be half as good as you are, love from the UK bro 🇬🇧

[@MatthewDangyou]

Dude you will get it down so fast. Honestly I want to start practicing and creating more specific looks myself too. All just practice to make perfect

[@FieldingSmith]

Hey man, just wanted to say thank you. I've been a long time Lumix/m43 photographer who's now trying to take video more seriously, and this was invaluable! I still need some practice adjusting those skin tones, and to see if I can get my other video gear (apple log, Lumix Cine-D, and DJI D-log M) to better match my G9ii footage... but this made the most sense to me of any of the tutorials I've watched so far.

[@MatthewDangyou]

Appreciate the comment! Glad it helped out! I was thinking about showing an matching new lumix cameras with old lumix cameras video

[@FieldingSmith]

@@MatthewDangyou That would be cool, as my GX8 and a lot of the older cams only have Cine-D, no hlg or vlog-L

[@speliotis]

thank you... I'm ready to take the look of my filmmaking to the next level & this really helps....

[@MatthewDangyou]

Awesome! Stoked to hear it

[@Serkanpalafilms]

You are amazing please keep going for finalcut color grades tutorial there are just tutorials about davinci resolve

[@ChrisKaras]

Great tutorial, but i miss the WB in the color correction…

[@Blecyn]

Thanks for this video. Have you any video on how to add the same colour across all clips? I want to have a uniform look on my videos.

[@MatthewDangyou]

You can use an adjustment layer and color grade on that. Orrrrr do your basic color corrections, then add the adjustment layer at the end for minor color grades and luts to apply to all the clips :)

[@camcamwatt]

With all due respect- there is almost no technical foundation to your corrections and choices. I say almost because there are a few I can see you know what you’re doing. However may I propose that you make another tutorial and slow down a bit. It’s like you rushed through this just to get to the end. I like your node tree workflow Inspired by DVR and I use a similar FCPx work flow. There are hardly any good FCPX technical Colour grade tutorials on KZbin and the few that are great and professional are trying to sell you something. I think you could really carve out a niche here for yourself. You’ve got the skills - just package the Information up in a more technical work flow and use the scopes and explain how important using scopes are 😉

[@halimrahman]

You said "contrast" quite often. What is a "contrast"?

[@MatthewDangyou]

It is the difference in brightness between light and dark areas of an image

[@GarciaVideoProductions]

You didn't show the full finished video!

[@JoshPostVlogs]

This is great. So if I understand correctly, essential with LUTs you need to add Rec 709 first and then the custom LUT, correct? As a newbie I was just adding the custom LuT only and disappointed with the look. But now I know because of your video that I should have added Rec 709 first. I’m also using Final Cut Pro. Does it make a difference if Rec 709 is below or above the custom LUT on an adjustment layer? The other confusing thing is that some LUTs seem to work in place of Rec 709 like the Panasonic Nicest LUT.

[@MatthewDangyou]

Some luts are designed as conversion luts and some luts are designed at just added look luts. And yes it does matter where you put your conversion lut vs where you put your added look lut. Are you shooting in vlog If you are shooting vlog here is another video explaining that. FASTEST Way to Color Grade LUMIX VLOG kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnSvlnaaoaeshqM

[@JoshPostVlogs]

@@MatthewDangyou Thank you! Yes, I’m just now learning to shoot in v-log which is why I’m starting to use LUTs. Is there any trick to know when a LUT is intended as a conversion LUT vs a look LUT?

[@MatthewDangyou]

@JoshPostVlogs it just depends where you use the luts. I have a package of my vlog conversion luts, then I have another package with my added look luts. You can input them into Final Cut Pro and be able to label the folders which do what

[@thenintendohub3873]

this is really interesting. Is this VLOG footage you are editing? on the information panel for the clip, what are you selecting for colour space override? I presume your Camera Lut is set to None. Because with VLOG the footage is very washed to looking of course. But in your workflow, there already seems to be something applied before you work with your colour wheels? Thanks in advance.

[@MatthewDangyou]

So the correction process is this; color boards, color wheels, color curves, this goes on the clip first so it can directly effect the clip before you add your Conversion Lut which in this case is a REC709 conversion lut. Some of my Luts are Conversion rec709 luts with a look baked into them. But if I want to shift the exposure, tints, and white balance I do this BEFORE the LUT so I can directly control the clip before any color is applied. Then After the LUT is the color grading process of pushing specific colors like blues, greens, etc. around to make the color grade of the image. So Color Corrections, LUT or CST, Color Grade.

[@thenintendohub3873]

@@MatthewDangyou Amazing thank you. I generally have only every applied one LUT - for my GH6 I use one called BASELUT Panasonic VLOG - but I should get a little more creative and add a second as well, perhaps with a much lower mix level.

[@thenintendohub3873]

@@MatthewDangyou sorry one final thing - how are you converting yourVLOG footage to REC 709 before you start working on it within FCP?

[@MatthewDangyou]

@@thenintendohub3873 Replying to both comments, I don't convert my footage before I start working on it within FCP. I use a viewing lut, which I use my own Classic T&O lut which is on my website matthewdangyou.com BUT if you use the color correction process and apply a second lut which I call a "Added Look Lut" around 20-30% you can use luts made for rec 709 to achieve different looks

[@thenintendohub3873]

@@MatthewDangyou awesome again thank you and you have a new subscriber! final question of the evening - what is the difference between creating some points on the LUMA line in the Colour Curves box which you do, and adjusting the brightness in the Colour Wheels with the shadows and highlights sliders - is this just so you can have more control? thanks!

[@musiccruztv8821]

Amazing video 🎉

[@yogggoogle3965]

Hi! What do you think about people switching to DaVinci Resolve? worth it or FCP is still good?

[@MatthewDangyou]

I honestly am a laptop editor by choice, and find FCP to be the fastest software to edit on

[@nataliesavaso]

I bought the Classic Teal and Orange LUT and applied it into my clip in FCPX and my colors are neon. Please let me know how to properly upload it or what I am doing wrong. Thank you!

[@MatthewDangyou]

Hey! I just emailed you with the correct luts that I think are probably what you are looking for. Classic Teal n Orange lut is designed for VLOG footage for Lumix Cameras

[@nataliesavaso]

@@MatthewDangyou Thank you so much for helping me Matthew! I love the LUTS you sent. I am still learning a lot, but you made it really easy to apply these LUTS! Beautiful colors!

[@MatthewDangyou]

@lemonislandbynatalie of course! Glad it is working out!!

[@J04Pierre]

What about white balanc?

[@simoharjane7823]

Thank you . Very helpful

[@MatthewDangyou]

Glad it helped you out!

[@VideoEditing-pj1ms]

where is the link to raw files?

[@MatthewDangyou]

in the bio :)

[@VideoEditing-pj1ms]

@@MatthewDangyou Got it, thanks brother..

[@MatthewDangyou]

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[@attiimovies3576]

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