Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1228)

Chapter 20 Color Correcting Clips 441
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Working With the Copy Filter Controls
The Copy Filter controls are designed to help you color correct sequences that have
shot-reverse-shot editing. For example, suppose you want to cut from a wide shot of
two actors to a medium shot of them from a different angle, and then back to the wide
shot. Assume you also already applied a color correction filter to the first shot. A render
bar appears above that clip.
Since the third shot in this sequence is another segment of the media used in the first
shot, it needs the same color correction settings. Use the Copy To 2nd Clip Forward
button to apply the same color correction filter with all its settings directly to the third
shot in the sequence, skipping over the second shot. Once you’ve done that, the third
shot displays a render bar, indicating that the filter has been applied.
Another way to use these controls is to select all the clips in the scene you’re working
on, and then apply the color correction filter to all of them. Once you’ve done that, it’s
easy to use the Copy Filter controls to copy any color correction settings that you
change from prior clips in the sequence to current ones, and vice versa. For clips with
multiple filters, the Copy Filter controls operate by the following rules:
“Copy From” rule
If the current clip has multiple filters and you’re copying from a clip with multiple filters,
Final Cut Pro copies from a filter with the same index number as the current one being
adjusted, if possible. For example, if the previous clip has three filters, and the current clip
has three filters, clicking the Copy From 1st Clip Back button in the Color Corrector-3 tab
copies the settings from the third color correction filter in the previous clip.
This render bar indicates
that the first clip has a
filter applied to it.
A render bar over the
third clip indicates that
the filter was applied.