How to Enhance Video and Audio in My Video using Final Cut Pro

augustya wrote:

Duration is little over 4 mins. What do you mean by Export Settings ? I am selecting Apple Devices 1080P I think H.264 which one do you suggest to keep file size shorter ? I also need a direction on how to do a basic colour grading?

It may seem a lot, but your video is at 60fps, which is another thing contributing to the end file size.

You could probably set your project at 30fps instead, and save a lot of space.

For more control of the exported file sizes, you may want to try Compressor. If you don't have Compressor, which costs $50, use HandBrake (free). Both allow you to lower the data rate in order to achieve smaller files.

augustya wrote:

Can you start with Out-Balance Colour first and then further tweak it to your liking and taste ? I tried this but after I do Colour Balance I do not see how can I further move tweak it to my liking?

Yes, you can.

Just do Balance Color, and then you can still add any color grading you want.

Press Command-6 and add Color Board, Color Wheels, etc.

I also need a direction on how to do a basic colour grading?

You are not shooting with settings suitable for color grading.😅 Color profile: HD (1-1-1) only has standard color information, so the range of color adjustment is limited.

⌘6 to display color correction effect →Adjust the brightness and color to your liking.

⚫︎Adjust brightness with color wheel (subtitles)

https://youtu.be/07ZSne2m5iQ?t=322

You could use a Draw Mask, but that was not exactly what I had in mind.

I don't have a video, but here is a short example which I think may help.

Here is a synthetic image of a yellow car, and there is also a yellow rectangle at the bottom.

In this example, we are going to change the color of the car, while keeping the yellow rectangle untouched.

1) Press Command-6 and add one color effect. For this example, I will use Color Board, because it may be simpler (the Hue/Saturation Curves would be more interesting, but more difficult).

3) Add a Color Mask, and use the eyedrop tool to select a range of yellow from the car. Depending on the subject, it may be necessary to pick up more than one sample color. Use the Shift key to add to the selection, or the Option key to remove.

4) Add one (or more *) Shape Mask(s) . Make sure they are set to Intersect with the color mask you added above.

(*) In case the area to be affected by the changes has a more intricate form, you may have to combine several shape masks to cover it, while avoiding the areas where you don't want the changes to act.

If you now make changes to the color, only the area at the intersection of your masks will be affected.

(you may see some imperfections below, as my color mask missed some bits of the car - but not bad as an example, I think). Note that the rectangle at the bottom was completely unaffected.

The file size has nothing to do with adding audio enhancements. You could have exported the video without those changes and it would be probably be about the same size.

Several things affect the file size, including frame size, frame rate, codec, and the actual contents of the video (for example a talking head video will usually allow for more compression than one where there is a lot of action, everything else being the same).

The original video is probably highly compressed.

What is the duration of the video?

What are the export settings that you are using? "Video and Audio" may be less compressed (bigger file) than "Computer", and this in turn may be slightly larger than "Apple Devices".

augustya wrote:

WThat's not an ideal solution I may want to target something at the root cause level then first have the problem and then keep looking for a solution to handle it.

You want a smaller file. In most cases exporting a video to viewed at 60fps instead of 30fps is an utter waste of disk space. That would halve the space from the outset. Reducing from 1080p to 720p is another easy way to reduce file size. If your content is to viewed on phone screens, nobody will notice the difference, and the file will be one quarter the size, give or take...

It’s vertical video and a very small size. You should make a custom project that matches the width and height of the video at 30fps. The frame rate of the media varies a great deal. You can use the Color Board to enhance the video luminance, saturation, and color

augustya wrote:

Man ! What you are suggesting sounds complicated atleast at this level when I have just started. Can you suggest some more simple way to achive this goal ? The color Mask sounds simple but it also spills the colour to unwanted areas.

Using the Keyer should not be more complicated, but if you want to use a color mask, you need to combine it with a shape mask in order to only affect some part of the image.

Perhaps with a screenshot illustrating what you are seeing we can give more specific advice.

augustya wrote:

Luis Sequeira1 wrote:

Using the Keyer should not be more complicated, but if you want to use a color mask, you need to combine it with a shape mask in order to only affect some part of the image.

Perhaps with a screenshot illustrating what you are seeing we can give more specific advice.

Tom Wolsky wrote:

Use the Keyer effect to remove the color you select and make that part of the image transparent. You can make a generator of the color you want and put it behind the clip.

Let me just rephrase what I am looking out for, so this video that I am talking about I do not want to entirely change its background, it is slightly warmer, yellowish in colour so I want to change it temperature to a cooler look at the same time changing the overall Colour Tone of the Video which inculdes the subject skin, clothes etc....

This helps clarify things a bit - though an actual screenshot would be even better. I understand if you can't post one, though.

What you describe suggests that you need several different color correction effects. Probably do an overall correction, and a secondary one restricted to the background. I stand by my previous suggestion for this one: besides the color mask, you need also a shape mask to restrict the effect only to some areas of the frame.

I wanted to used a draw mask just on the face of the subject

Color correction according to facial movements:

• Use shape masks and color masks together. *Do not use a draw mask
• Apply a tracker or keyframe to the shape mask to track facial movements

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1. The left one is before modification. The one on the right is after correction.

2. Color board or color wheel: Add shape mask →Tracker analysis →Name tracker

3. Shape mask tracks facial movements.

4. When only a shape mask is applied. *The white area is the applicable range

5. Apply shape mask and color mask.

6. Color correction on the inside. Move the midtones and highlights towards orange.

7. Color correction on the outside. Brings dark areas closer to cyan.

8. Check the applied tracker and fine-tune the option items. Correct tracking data if necessary. If you do not use a tracker, please animate by entering keyframes in the shape mask.

• Please switch to the video inspector and operate the draw mask.
• You can show/hide the mask in the inspector.
• For face and local color correction, the common method is to limit the range by using a shape mask and color mask together. (If the subject is small, you can also use just a shape mask) Please refer to this comment that clearly shows how to do it with a diagram.
• Cutting out the face with a draw mask is not suitable as it will look unnatural.
• To track shape masks etc. according to their movements, it is ideal to apply a tracker or input key frames.

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Correctly understanding each function will expand the range of expression.👍

There is an auto-balance in FCP

Intro to balancing color in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support