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Jeffrey Shaw Author

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FCPX New Project HDR settings unavailable

I have made the grievous error of setting my iPhone to HDR only to find that it turns using FCPX to edit it into a nightmare. (iMovie helpfully copes with HDR seamlessly.) I should like to set up a new project in FCPX with the HDR colour space so that it will import my iPhone HDR without making it look blown out. However the colour space popup in the new project dialog box (and also in the project properties settings) is greyed out. How can I get it working?

(I do know that I can use HDR settings fx to deal with individual clips but this is causing huge problems with compositing, so I can see no alternative but to get HDR working properly protect-wide.)

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.4

Posted on Jul 11, 2021 5:22 AM

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Jul 11, 2021 8:18 AM in response to Jeffrey Shaw

Which title is this, specifically? Some titles do affect what is below in the timeline. That is how an Adjustment Layer works.

Most titles don’t.

Two possible solutions:

a) if you have Motion, open a Copy of the title in Motion and delete the “title background” layer.

b) Put the title inside a compound clip

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Jul 11, 2021 5:36 AM in response to Jeffrey Shaw

Make sure the Library properties in the inspector is set to Wide Gamut.

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Jeffrey Shaw Author

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Jul 11, 2021 6:56 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

THIS is why I use Apple communities. Bravo and thanks!!

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Jeffrey Shaw Author

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Jul 11, 2021 7:51 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

One other thing I have found is that titles now appear grey instead of white. Is this an inevitable consequence of using Wide Gamut?

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Jul 11, 2021 7:54 AM in response to Jeffrey Shaw

Unfortunately yes. The simplest way is to push up the Exposure for the text in the Color Board about 50% or however you like it.

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Jeffrey Shaw Author

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Jul 11, 2021 8:10 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

Oof, but when you position the title over an existing clip, it is affected by the increased exposure setting as well!

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Jul 11, 2021 8:12 AM in response to Jeffrey Shaw

Shouldn’t be. You select the text clip in the timeline and apply the Color Board to it.

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Jeffrey Shaw Author

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Jul 11, 2021 8:22 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Yes indeed, it was a custom title from a MotionFX template. I put it in a compound clip and hey presto. Many thanks!

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