Waveforms not in colour

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Waveforms not in colour

Hopefully an easy fix. I am working with the free trial version of FCP and cannot see how to display my waveforms in colour. I have the colour and effects workspace open and the RGB parade, RGB Overlay and Luma window open. I know I can set the 'View' to monochrome but this is unchecked and still the channess are all in white. I am attaching a screen grab to show what I mean.

I am a novice so apologies of this is obvious. I have restarted FCP and tried Googling but it is either so obvious or a bug I cannot see anything written about it.

Thanks brains.

Chris

Posted on Oct 3, 2020 6:03 AM

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chrisclose Author

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Oct 7, 2020 10:53 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom,

I got a fix from Lumesca Group as follows.

The following profile procedure fixes this issue:

⁃ Reset Apple Display profile to default profile >

- Go to System Preferences > Displays > Color and select the first profile listed - Usually called Color LCD / iMac

⁃ Launch i1Studio software and select Display

⁃ Display Settings: Custom

- White Point: Native

- Luminance: 120 (or desired Value) Gamma 2.2

- Gamma : Standard (Default) 2.20

- Next

⁃ Measurement - Un-tick ADC and select adjust the brightness manually, start Measurement follow screen instructions and continue

⁃ Do not adjust the contrast or RGB, (only adjust brightness, manually adjust the brightness until it reaches as close as possible to the target).

⁃ Save Profile

Best,

Chris

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ItsMikeE

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Oct 5, 2020 6:15 AM in response to chrisclose

I had this exact same problem while using custom display profiles generated by the X-Rite i1Studio application. If you want to calibrate your monitor, use DisplayCal instead. The scopes work normally with their profiles.

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chrisclose Author

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Oct 7, 2020 10:52 AM in response to ItsMikeE

Hi Mike,

I got in touch with LUMESCA Group and they sent me this fix. It seems to amount to the equivalent of switch it off then on again but it worked for me;

The following profile procedure fixes this issue:

⁃ Reset Apple Display profile to default profile >

- Go to System Preferences > Displays > Color and select the first profile listed - Usually called Color LCD / iMac

⁃ Launch i1Studio software and select Display

⁃ Display Settings: Custom

- White Point: Native

- Luminance: 120 (or desired Value) Gamma 2.2

- Gamma : Standard (Default) 2.20

- Next

⁃ Measurement - Un-tick ADC and select adjust the brightness manually, start Measurement follow screen instructions and continue

⁃ Do not adjust the contrast or RGB, (only adjust brightness, manually adjust the brightness until it reaches as close as possible to the target).

⁃ Save Profile

Best,

Chris

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Tom Wolsky

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Oct 3, 2020 6:10 AM in response to chrisclose

Check that your Display System Preferences are set to the default for your computer. That sometimes alters the behavior.

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chrisclose Author

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Oct 5, 2020 11:42 AM in response to ItsMikeE

Thanks Mike,

I shall look at this when I am back in front of my desktop. I do use the X-Rite so you have probably nailed it. In my mind the RGB waveforms did work the first time I used Final Cut and I have not changed the profile since but I could be mistaken. FCP waveforms are all as they should be on my laptop which has no profile.

Chris

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chrisclose Author

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Oct 3, 2020 6:47 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Thanks Tom,

They seem to be set to default.

Chris

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chrisclose Author

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Oct 5, 2020 12:24 PM in response to ItsMikeE

I am currenrly using the trial version so it must be the latest version. I will not be able to fully check until later this week but I suspect you are absolutely right. Very grateful.

Chris

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ItsMikeE

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Oct 5, 2020 12:01 PM in response to chrisclose

What version of FCP are you using on each machine? This issue was introduced in 10.4.9 for me (and not fixed in 10.4.10). Prior to that update the scopes had always worked normally regardless of the display profile I was using.

If the waveforms are working normally on your laptop with the default display profile, then the X-Rite software is almost certainly the problem - especially if switching the desktop profile back to its default fixes the scopes.

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Tom Wolsky

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Oct 3, 2020 6:51 AM in response to chrisclose

Sorry. The Colour in Displays. Check that it is set to the default.

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