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

For an excellent introduction to FCP start with Steve Martin’s 60 minute intro. 

Learn FCP in Under 60 Minutes - YouTube

There is also Final Cut Bro getting started 

 https://youtu.be/L3bZ-ETKZ8U

For a more in depth introduction use the Izzy video tutorials. The version is a bit dated but the principles are the same.

Final Cut Pro Tutorial | Izzy Video

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:

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...

So doing command 6 on a Mac keyboard while in FCPwill that automatically add colour grading and brightness to my video file ?

Did you watch the video in the link? If you see it, you'll understand. I didn't do anything difficult

I'm moving the bar (on the left) up and down to adjust the brightness of the color wheel, but you can see it, right? I wrote “Adjust the brightness and color to your liking.” I didn't write something like "Press ⌘6 to automatically correct color."

It is important to look carefully, read carefully, and understand carefully. If you don't learn with an honest heart and interpretation, you won't be able to improve your editing skills.

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.

augustya wrote:

In your third point here you said it may be necessary to pick up more than one sample colour, so by that do you mean that use the dropper in the mask at different places of the car where there is yellow colour?

Yes.

Also the example that you have used is pretty straight and simple but let's say if I were to tell you change the background colour in this example, then how do you make the selection of the background area? because that can be tricky as it is quadrangle, different corners need to be covered? So how would you go about making mask there?

This will depend on how complicated the shape is.

You can't make a shape mask that is, say, pentagonal, or triangular.

You CAN combine more than one shape mask, adding, intersecting or subtracting masks to make somewhat more complicated forms.

If the shape is too complicated, then perhaps it's better to ditch shape masks altogether and use a Draw Mask.

The strategy then is different: you start by duplicating the clip, putting two copies of it one above the other in the timeline. Then apply a Draw Mask to the top clip, so that parts of the bottom clip are revealed. This way you can make changes to the bottom clip, and let only part of it see through the top clip.

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