I get questions all the time on how to do different things in Final Cut Pro, so I’ve decided to give it another try. This one is about Color Correction. I am not an expert in Color Correction. I’ve hardly even worked my way up to the level of Novice, but I’ve found certain things helpful, and the different scopes included in FCP are useful.

Also, as I mention in the podcast, I’m showing FCP because I’ve never done video editing in Windows before. I apologize for being so specific to those of you who use other editors, but perhaps there is value in the concepts, and you could translate the specific techniques into your own workflow and software.

Also, I realized after I was done that I repeatedly used the phrase “washed out” to describe the picture, when what I meant to say was “flat”. It was more washed out after I was done, but at least it wasn’t flat! Anyway, I didn’t want to record the audio all over again, so I took the easy way out and just posted it in its flawed state. Ha! Please forgive my laziness.

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When I first got started in Digital Video, I spent a lot of time researching on the internet, trying to figure out how to make my video look more like film. This video tutorial should be a good resource for those of you with the same goal.

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This week I’m going to celebrate Mother’s day with my beautiful wife and children, so I’ll be unable to release an Izzy Video. My plan is to return next week.

Happy Mother’s day to all the mothers out there, and a special Happy Mother’s Day to my sweet wife, Noell.

This video tutorial reviews more details regarding what an F-Stop is, and how it works. This will answer some of the questions I’ve received from Izzy Video audience members regarding both exposure and depth-of-field.

By the way, my 8-year-old son, Blake, did the camera work on this one. Not bad for a first time!

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With this one, we tried to do something different.

Because so many of the principles are identical in both still photography as well as videography, we decided to try a combination edition of Izzy Video and Woven Shadows.

In this combination approach, we cover some more details of three point lighting. We briefly discuss how to get a nice contrast on the subject’s face between the light side and the shadow side. And finally we review some gear, in this case, a fresnel light. We show the Lowel Fren-L.

Please feel free to leave a comment to let us know if this worked for you.

This was edited, like all my stuff, with Final Cut Pro.

You can get the video here.