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639Final Cut Pro User Guide
Analyze color balance for clips in the browser
When you analyze the color balance of clips in the browser, any clips that were analyzed
during import are skipped.
1. Select one or more clips in the Final Cut Pro browser.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Modify > Analyze and Fix.
• Control-click one of the selected clips and choose Analyze and Fix.
3. In the window that appears, select “Analyze for balance color” in the Video section,
then click OK.
Balance a clip’s colors in Final Cut Pro
Clips in Final Cut Pro have a Balance Color setting that turns automatic color balance
correction on and off, whether the clip is in the browser or the timeline. The frame used as
the reference frame is either a frame chosen during color balance analysis, the frame the
playhead is on in the timeline, or the middle frame.
• If the clip has been color-analyzed, either during import or while in the browser: The
analysis process extracts color balance information for the entire clip. Whether you add
a portion of the clip or the entire clip to a project, the color-balancing feature chooses
the frame within the project clip that is closest to being correctly balanced. This means
that if you add multiple partial clips from the same browser clip to the project, each clip
is balanced based on analysis information for its own section of media.
• If the clip has not been color-analyzed and you balance its color: You can determine the
reference frame for a clip selected in the timeline by moving the playhead to that frame
in the clip. If the playhead is on a different clip or you’ve selected a clip in the browser,
the clip’s middle frame is used.
For more information about color analysis, see
Analyze a clip for color in Final Cut Pro.
Turn a clip’s color balance correction on or off
1. Select one or more clips in the Final Cut Pro timeline or browser.
If you want to select the frame in the clip used as the color balance reference frame,
position the playhead or skimmer on that frame.
2. Do one of the following:
• Choose Modify > Balance Color (or press Option-Command-B).
• Click the Enhancements pop-up menu below the viewer and choose Balance Color.