Color Correction & Grading in FCP in Under 60 Minutes

Mark delivers a full mini-course on color correction and color grading that includes media for following along with him in Final Cut Pro: bit.ly/3eVslaO
Purchase Mark's Advanced Color Grading tutorial here: bit.ly/3S5AV5C
Purchase Mark's LUT tutorial here:
Follow along media: bit.ly/3eVslaO
Chapter Hyperlinks:
00:00 - Mark Intro
00:39 - Color Grading Approach
02:51 - Saving a Color Correction Workspace
07:00 - Normalizing a Clip
08:38 - Expanding the Dynamic Range
10:05 - Using the Wheels Corrector
11:39 - Color Balancing a Clip
12:40 - Fixing Skin Tones
14:19 - Using a Color Chart
19:11 - Fixing a Color Cast
20:46 - Manual Color Balancing
28:14 - Using a Camera LUT to Normalize
32:04 - Shot Matching
37:17 - Isolated Color Corrections
38:12 - Using a Shape Mask
39:36 - Tracking a Color Mask
40:57 - Using a Color Mask
44:32 - Using Color Curves to Isolate a Color
47:40 - Applying a Creative Grade
48:29 - Applying a Creative LUT
50:18 - Applying a Look Manually
53:34 - Using an Adjustment Layer
55:41 - Working with HDR Media
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#colorgrading
#editing

[@furkanullah994]

As a new KZbinr watching your videos everyday atleast for 3 hours to improve my editing . I have tried many software for editing including From Adobe .But for me i found FCPX is best of all and easy to use . Why i watch your videos ? Because on the internet i didn't find any better tutorials in FCPX than yours one . Thanks for great tutorials . Could you please make a tutorial on how to edit for Tiktok and Instagram? Thanks and Regards Furkan Bangladesh

[@kiatfeiliew2789]

To be honest, this could be the best free tutorial for the whole color correction & grading for FCPX out of so many videos I have watched. Thank you for the effort!

[@KamalChhetri-jb2vs]

Although I am not a native English speaker, your smooth voice and slow speaking made me feel very comfortable here. It became very easy to understand about color range balance etc. in Final Cut Pro. I bow to you from the bottom of my heart. Thank you.

[@waynedunkley]

I just learnt more in the past 60 minutes than I have in weeks of watching other videos on KZbin!

[@TonyParkinPhotography]

Without a doubt the best colour correction video on the internet bar none!! well done

[@JetFuelOnly]

So much valuable information in one place!

[@jrpriest]

There are so many tutorials on KZbin, you guys are always SOLID from start to finish. I always walk away much wisher and armed with new tools to create a great production. Thank you so much.

[@kearlthekreator]

probably the best color correcting video on youtube thanks! appreciate the effort!!

[@artvisionproduction4773]

this is the best tutorial I have watched on color correction so far. Thank you very much

[@kevbird9342]

Great tutorial brilliantly explained - thank you.

[@philcobb2192]

This was amazing. I didn't realize how much I could learn in an hour. I feel much more confident in my color grading abilities. This is by far one of my weaker skills as an editor!

[@JandeBloois1952]

This was a great, no, a GREAT tutorial! After 10 years of rather intensive use of FCPX I hardly knew anything about the various curves, you explained it so well! Thanks!

[@utah62]

Thanks for sharing. Very useful, that's why I bought your Final Cut Pro 10.7 Core Training recently .

[@ShaneBaker]

Thanks Mark. This was really useful.

[@SNIPER-zc8mz]

Thank you , very important information that I was missing I learned a lot from this video 👍🏻

[@ericrobinson8078]

Great watch.Great information just what is needed to start a project. You just cant beat these guys.

[@gert-janvanbuseck]

Really a great (less then an) 1-hour tutorial which breaks down Color Correction and Grading in a few simple steps. Any beginner in FCP can and will benefit from it enormously. As all users of FCP 😀 Thanks for putting this one together and sharing it, Mark! 🙏

[@Skywalker1010]

Incredibly helpful, THANK YOU

[@ThisisDigitalden]

All this knowledge for free ! what a gift and a wealth of information, thank you Mark for sharing this with us.

[@simomonster]

wow😳for free !!!! Thank you Mark

[@TimelessNebraskaMedia]

I am new at FCPX and it is hard. I am a photographer. Thanks for your tutorial.

[@keilabeyer2711]

Thanks for the tutorial, can't wait to try your suggestions!

[@wilchrislev4230]

I learned a lot of things with this video. Thanks Mark

[@JenniferKlinger]

Perfect tutorial. I think you should this for a living 😛. Seriously amazing.

[@TrueVidzionPodcast]

WOW! I have been trying to understand color correction for over a year. I have been watching so many different videos by different instructors and it only made me more confused. I started watching you'll channel last night and I have learned more in 2 hours than a whole year of KZbin videos. Thank You

[@roamingyak]

Thanks! Sitting here with 28TB of wildlife footage I filmed in Africa to edit is a bit daunting - but I'm now a bit more confident that I can do basic CC now ;-)

[@roamingyak]

If a person is sunburnt/quiet red - is the skin tone line still an accurate gauge?

[@markspencer1203]

@@roamingyak Yes

[@markspencer1203]

Thank you for the contribution!

[@howardcountylibrary]

Great work as always Mark. Bookmarked!

[@kisieloski]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[@ericrobinson8078]

Bloody Hell...first Steven now Mark! After all these years. I cant wait to see what Mark has got to say after just finishing an excellent tutorial from Steve.

[@cogmovies]

Colors can sometimes be brilliant - but your tutorials are always brilliant Mark! Well done on another outstanding mini-course. Thank you! ⭐👍

[@SYPCWAK]

Thanks again Mark for another wonderful and helpful video.

[@simoharjane7823]

Wow ! never thought about using draw mask, target white and balance colors . Thank you .

[@BuildKnowledge]

INFORMATIVE YET SIMPLE

[@IannisMaragakis]

Masterclass!

[@RonArmes]

Another excellent tutorial, thank you very much.

[@Jim-ot9sd]

Master Class

[@ericrobinson8078]

It's incredible Ive used FCP off and on since the early pre FCP X days and while Ive tinkered with colour correction using the now defunk Apple application Color Ive never quite understood it or got it till now. Mark's expiation has fully illuminated that internal colour correction bulb for me. That exemplifies the Ripple Training approach for me. No nonsense hard fact and good information presented in an easy way to follow.

[@FraserHealVideo]

You're a legend Mark!

[@robertodelaossa]

Excellent class!

[@brianparks1899]

So good!! Thank you Mark! From cradle to...now I've learned just about everything I know about FCPX from you guys.

[@JimConnorShorts]

Thank you, you addressed many areas of confusion and misunderstanding re color grading. Will buy the course on color grading

[@rippleguys]

Thanks Jim - glad you found it helpful

[@jegbert2]

Outstanding! Thank you!

[@letsm0ti0n]

Unbelievable, super cool, outrageous and amazing! Phenomenal, fantastic, so incredible, woo-hoo! Thanks, Mark!

[@juzs6893]

Great video!

[@ashcross]

One of the best FCPX tutorials I've ever seen. Thank you!

[@ianteniedo]

Thanks!

[@user-hn2kk8gb2l]

I second all the kudos: Great; Amazin; Fantastic. I'll refer to this video repeatedly until I master everything in it. Thank you so much for giving it to me.

[@RS-Amsterdam]

Great video guys. Although I am familiar with most of the stuff , there were some new approaches, always handy to see other people deal with things. Thanks for sharing, great to be on your channel.

[@blaccboogie2508]

Thanks for the information. Really furthered my knowledge

[@kipling1957]

As alway’s, Mark, fantastically informative. Thanks!

[@cristianmk]

Thank you Mark! I hope Apple updates FCPX soon again, enhancing a little bit more these tools, especially those HSL sliders which are almost impossible to grab haha. Cheers from Argentina! Come back some day!

[@skyking95]

Awesome. This was a nice refresher to your original Color Correction Class!!! I go back to that every once and a while. This again, was well worth the watch!

[@Stellifant]

Brilliant video. Thanks Mark

[@IiILoVeMe15]

thank you

[@SvenneFriis]

Mark - you are so good and inspiring in your teaching ❤

[@spalaum]

Thanks Mark, very useful!

[@ImaginetMedia]

This is excellent information. I already own the Ripple color correction tut, but this was a fast refresher.

[@dirkbeerbohm4160]

Amazing video - so helpful

[@spiritguy3181]

Wonderful work! Truly!

[@powellrandolph]

Very well done tutorial!

[@ThisisDigitalden]

BRILLIANT in the details, thanks Mark, another fabulous lesson and I've learnt a lot !

[@james127music]

Thank you so much Mark. Really helpful and easy to understand.

[@wapanakosis]

Amazing video!

[@agelesspics4556]

Great info and subscribed

[@mauriciotonelli9695]

ThankYou very much for the video!

[@cavalcavaletti5027]

excellent ce tuto j'adore merci beaucoup !

[@karlszoldatits9089]

excellent tutorial explaining a quite complex stuff so easily, thanks a lot

[@DanTremblayMusic]

So clear and concise, and yet just the right amount of details. Fantastic tutorial! 🙏🏻

[@GarrettBM]

Another great video, thank you!

[@adamski0606]

Thank you Mark, Excelent

[@Ertaza]

one of the best tutorial. thanks a lot

[@CapturedVideo75]

Fantastic tutorial, such a great presentation for both novices and tenured users.

[@focus_release]

Thank you Sir!

[@julianguilabert7073]

well done guys always good tips 🤙

[@micheltheodorou]

Thanks Mark 👌

[@federwilf22]

you are the best!!

[@Tonellacam]

Wow this is such an informative power hour , I learned more in this video then all the rest combined !!

[@mymonfort]

Amazing. Thank you so much

[@BeenaDeming]

Thank you so much for sharing. It's great tutorial

[@Hazardteam]

Seriously. For some reason I like this guy so much, I can't tell why. He has logic inside what and _how_ show me and say. He has a style. I like it! It's very good and rare in this increasingly filthy, shit-inflated and doomed world that we've managed to put together so nicely on this miserable planet. I guess it shows that I don't often throw around the fact that I "like" someone or that I "like what they do". This is because I am an "optimistic realist". You know there is a saying in Central Europe that _"We are not pessimists, we are realistic optimists"_ A version of this fuels my "engine" and kills my brain cells, drive my actions, this is the brain I got. Apropo, speaking of which, a joke: What does the pessimist say?- _"Oh well, it can't get more worse than this is..." But what does the optimist say: _"Oh boy.. believe me it can! :)"_ But in a word: I like it

[@MarcelHuguenin]

Mark, this was a fantastic video! You are a real Master in explaining this stuff. I learn something new every time. Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

[@snells-window]

Amazing tutorial! Took me a few hours to watch it as I worked alongside my own examples in FCPX, but this was a game changer. Thank you so much

[@motionfxes]

It's not hard to find, but you forgot to put the link to the advanced course in the description. Great tutorial BTW!

[@kmt488]

This is so detailed! I learned a lot from this video. Thanks for giving it all free! Can’t believe this.

[@Kleslye2]

Wow thank you

[@SusannahPerri]

OMG, I just found your channel and subscribed because this is the first color correction video that truly helped me understand some of the features of color correction in FCP that I never could quite grasp before, (even though I've been editing for years)! Thank you!!

[@AndrewOrtwein]

Great stuff, Mark! Thank you for sharing your knowledge on this subject and for letting us watch your workflow. I'm definitely taking away some ideas on how I can improve mine now.

[@solaidigital]

thank you for the great video sir.

[@sjpgraphy]

so~~helpful! thank you so much for sharing

[@user-qv2gs2tu7b]

Great!

[@nortondefaria]

Another Great Video - Thanks!

[@markspencer3104]

Thank you Norton

[@dralmukhtar]

very Interesting video and informative Thank you so much

[@VERACE]

I rarely leave comments under videos but yours, really, is really clear and well explained. You master the subject and your presentation is perfect. You taught me something about colors of new iphone. I would have liked watching your video before editing my last one. This would have allowed me to understand why the iphone footage was really overexposed. Good continuation...

[@ResellerMadness]

My brain is exploding with possibilities now. I clicked on this hoping to learn a trick, a morsel of knowledge. In stead I got a buffet, a banquet of color I never knew I needed so badly. Thank you! Now to go try it out...😁

[@Stellifant]

Thanks

[@markspencer1203]

Thanks Geoff!

[@Franklin_10]

🔥

[@djoso559]

Ima be honest I hate watching long videos even a 15min video I’m like nope next.holly cow em I glad I watched it so much information some aéreas I did have to fast forward maybe because I was already past learning that but great video.

[@mdturnerinoz]

Thanks! My only complaint is that your mouse pointer was often hard to follow. So highlighting it would help that!

[@rippleguys]

Thank you Martin!

[@danilopancaldi8448]

Literally

[@metamech7383]

I asked in your previous video if LUTs can be done successfully with 8-bit. I'd like to purchase your class but don't know if it's even worth it if LUTs shouldn't be done. Really looking forward to your answer!

[@markspencer3104]

LUTs will work best on 10-bit footage.