Final Cut Pro multicam

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Final Cut Pro multicam

Hi all,

I am editing a video together that was shot on 2 iPhone 12 Pro’s. When viewing the shots in the inspector by themselves, everything is fine. My problem is when I create a multicam clip. It seems like one of the shots is automatically darkened. I can fix this in the Color corrector, but I’m just wondering why this happens??? Why does Final Cut Pro randomly darken one of the shots, forcing me to go through this annoying chore of fixing the Color of each individual shot??? This is ridiculous! Help!?

Posted on Dec 24, 2021 10:24 AM

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terryb

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Dec 24, 2021 1:09 PM in response to Oseano

Yup. Here's a really good explanation from Steve over at Ripple and how to deal with the clips.

https://youtu.be/H4RSS8g5HLU?list=PLj5Nh9NxSxdlDLI_z-GBII8_vTXD7J5AL

https://youtu.be/rp3zXcyYyuo?list=PLj5Nh9NxSxdlDLI_z-GBII8_vTXD7J5AL

Another good overview.

https://support.apple.com/guide/final-cut-pro/intro-to-wide-color-gamut-and-hdr-ver09be4f91f/mac

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terryb

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Dec 24, 2021 10:55 AM in response to terryb

Looks like one was shot HDR. Do as Tom requests and open a dark looking clip inside QuickTime player. Post a screenshot of the inspector so it looks something like this:

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terryb

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Dec 24, 2021 10:28 AM in response to Oseano

Was one shot in HDR?

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terryb

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Dec 24, 2021 11:33 AM in response to Oseano

That seems okay to me. Is the darker footage only from one of the iPhones?

When you step into the muticam to get the angle editor, what do the two angles look like in there? Check the inspector for the darker angle. Post screen shots.

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 24, 2021 10:27 AM in response to Oseano

Open the two clips in the QuickTime player and post screenshots of the full inspector window.

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 24, 2021 11:39 AM in response to Oseano

What does the other clip show?

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Oseano Author

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Dec 24, 2021 10:47 AM in response to Oseano

See the auto darkened clips in the project? that's what I don't get...

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Oseano Author

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Dec 24, 2021 10:49 AM in response to terryb

Both were shot in the exact same HD 60 setting on iPhone 12 Pro. The clips look fine by themselves. But when they go through the Multicam sync, one of them always auto darkens. ???

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 24, 2021 10:50 AM in response to Oseano

Please use the QuickTime player.

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Oseano Author

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Dec 24, 2021 11:11 AM in response to terryb

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Oseano Author

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Dec 24, 2021 11:46 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

I think this just solved my problem. One of the clips is in dolby vision. Would that be the problem?

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Tom Wolsky

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Dec 24, 2021 11:43 AM in response to Oseano

As Terry said one of the clips is Rec 2020 the other is Rec 709. The one in the QT player is 709. Whatever is selected in the application is 2020.

What do you want the output to be SDR or HDR? If the former you have to use the HDR Tools effect on the HDR clip. If you want the latter you have to use color correction to increase the levels.

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Oseano Author

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Dec 24, 2021 10:45 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

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Dec 24, 2021 11:39 AM in response to terryb

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