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709Final Cut Pro User Guide
Note: If you copy a library that uses a Custom LUT effect, you must copy the LUT as a
separate file. If the LUT file is missing from the Custom LUTs folder, a yellow warning
button appears next to the LUT pop-up menu. Click the warning button to reimport the LUT
or replace it with a different LUT.
Color correction tools and techniques
Keyframe color corrections in Final Cut Pro
In Final Cut Pro, you can create changes to color correction settings over time. For
example, you can animate brightness, hue, or saturation adjustments to correct issues
caused by a lighting change or a camera movement. Or you can track moving objects with
shape masks built into every color correction effect.
You place keyframes at specific points in a clip to change parameter values at those points.
You can set keyframes in color correction effects in the timeline or in the Color inspector.
To see keyframes in the timeline, you need to display the Video Animation editor for the
clip.
For more information about using keyframes, see
Intro to video keyframing in Final Cut Pro.
1. Add a color correction effect to a clip in the Final Cut Pro timeline.
2. Do one of the following:
• Select the clip in the timeline, then choose Clip > Show Video Animation (or press
Control-V).
• Control-click a clip in the timeline and choose Show Video Animation.
Each effect in the Video Animation editor has a separate area for adding keyframes. The
color correction effect you added appears in the list of effects.
3. In either the Video Animation editor or the Color inspector, select the color correction
effect for which you want to add keyframes.
Note: For some effects, you can display and keyframe individual parameters in the
Video Animation editor. See Add keyframes.