Q: Using blade to seperate a clip causes a skip in video
I am editing a travel video and have a few questions for using FCPx:
1) I have a clip that has varied exposure throughout the clip segment. To solve this, I used the blade to cut the clip in two parts where the exposures differ, then I adjusted the colors so they match. However, the blade causes the video to skip in the part where it's cut. I tried cutting it in different places, but same result. I have also used a compound clip which preserves the settings but the skip is still there. I also tried joining the two clips together which eliminates the skip but it also eliminates the two different settings.
How can I fix the varying exposure without having to use the blade? Is there something that will balance the exposure and contrast through out the video automatically?
2) Let's say I am using several edits for the same clip such as filmconvert and just the basic color adjustment, how does fcpx treat several settings that may correct the same thing (i.e. color)? Does it lessen the quality if it is more than one? Sometimes I add some desaturation on the basic color adjustment, then again on filmconvert.
Help is much appreciated! I am new at color grading and it's driving me crazy. I think it's taken me about 30 hours in the past 3 days to get to where i am
Final Cut Pro X
Posted on Jun 30, 2016 8:03 PM