Apple Final Cut Pro 5 - Manual (Page 1256)

Chapter 20 Color Correcting Clips 469
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As you compare adjacent clips in your sequence, remember to pay attention to the
video scopes. With Final Cut Pro set to the Multiple Edits view, you can select the Video
Scopes tab in the far right Tool Bench window.
Note: The Video Scopes tab can be set to display the same choice of edit points as the
Frame Viewer tab. If you have a large enough monitor, you can create a custom layout
with multiple video scopes, each corresponding to a Frame Viewer showing the same
edit point.
Using the video scopes, you can quickly pinpoint specific differences between these
shots that may be difficult to figure out visually. For example, the Histogram and
Waveform Monitor show that the second shot is a little darker than the first. Pay
particular attention to the spike in the middle of the Histogram. By comparing the
difference between the size and location of each spike, you can adjust the levels sliders
to compensate.
The Multiple Edits
layout lets you easily
compare clips.
Second clip First clip