I shot a clip (showing a color chart at the start) on a Nikon Z7 @ 4K at 60fps into an AtomOS Nija V recorder.
I imported the clip into an up-to-date Final Cut Pro X (on a 2018 Macbook Pro), got to a frame showing the color chart, selected color Inspector (Balance color option greyed out) and was unable to select the Balance Color tool.
Why was this option unavailable? Do I have a miss-match on my project settings to the clip?
Thanks
Tom,
it appears in the information panel (i button next to Audio button)....
I only mentioned the codec as your colleague asked about the clip properties....I think it is not the problem.
I have now got it working ....not sure what I did.
Cheers for your help
Ben
Can you get this far:
Can you tell us the Project and Clip properties please?
Al
You have two color boards applied, but that shouldn't make a difference. Can you post a screenshot of the project showing what you have selected.
What's ProRes 422 HQA?
Al,
Thanks for getting back to me.
I have a project with two clips both shot at 59.94 fps progressive using Apple ProRes 422 HQA, Linear PCM (from Nikon Z7)
Both clips are similar except that one is with a white background. In both cases I get this ...
I get the images you sent with the white bg clip. On the dark bg clip I get this...
Is it a setting I have wrong?
Thanks
Ben
Tom,
ProRes 422 HQA is the codec of both clips. They both also have a color profile of HD (1-1-1).
The clip where I can color Balance...
Here is the one where I can't (I have no idea how I got 2 color boards!)....
Does FCPX make any automatic assesment of whether color balanace is possible?
Thanks
Ben
Where do you see 422 HQA? Where does HQA come from? Where are you seeing that?
I've never seen a clip in browser or project that can't be color balanced. The clip in the image is selected in edit mode. The application is waiting for an edit instruction. Try simply clicking on the clip so its selected like this
It's the A in HQA that I don't understand. Glad you got it working.
White balance correction not available
