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

Hi Guys.

I have this video which was recorded using a Phone Camera in 1080P 60FPS. It has a lot of background noise and so I want to remove the background noise and also somewhat make the colour of the video more colour ful. What do I need to do? Where do I need to go in Final Cut Pro to achieve these two things ? Where should I begin from ?

I just did a little bit of experiment on my own and I imported the video and added it to the timeline and then I went to Modify in FCP and chose Enhance Audio and when I also add Voce isolation and drag it to 100% the resulting file to export is a whopping 550 MB where as the original file is just 50MB why is FCP making this file with this enhancement such a huge file ? How do I ensure that even with the adjustments that Video File Size does not go so high ? While Export I am choosing Apple Devices 1080P option

The original File Information is this

Dimensions: MEO-S AAC, H.264

Colour profile: HD (1-1-1)

Audio channels: Stereo

Where do I start from ?

Also how can I see before and after in my project and compare the original file with the new modified one ?

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Mac mini (M2, 2023)

Posted on Mar 25, 2024 6:59 AM

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Tom Wolsky

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Mar 25, 2024 8:18 AM in response to augustya

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

Mar 25, 2024 9:41 AM in response to augustya

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.

Mar 26, 2024 2:33 AM in response to augustya

Final Cut Pro has a feature called Comparison Viewer, that allows you to do just that. I have to admit that I have never used it.

What I sometimes do is to check/uncheck the effects for a quick comparison.

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Mar 26, 2024 4:35 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Just like you have auto enhance option while viewing any photo in the Photo Library on iOS and also MaccOS don't you have a similar thing on FCP where you just click the auto colour and it corrects the colour for you according to what it feels correct.

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Mar 27, 2024 6:37 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

@Luis Sequeira1

Also what I am trying to do is the subject in the video is against a wall, against a background colour which I do not want to use, not with the same colour. So I am trying to change the colour of the na background only and to do that I am using a colour mask but when I apply the colour mask and when I use the dropper to select the area where I want to change the colour and the after selection using the dropper when I make the changes in colour, the colour also spills over to the outside of the selected area where as I wanted to change this, to be applied only to the inside of the mask not the outside so. why is this colour getting spilled over in the entire video when I just want to apply the change to the background which I have selected and made it as the inside using a colour mask. can you please help me in this?

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Mar 27, 2024 7:29 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

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.

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Mar 28, 2024 12:14 AM in response to Tom Wolsky

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....

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Mar 28, 2024 7:18 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi !

So I tried using Draw Mask by dropping dots on the background excluding the subject body, so yes it is kind of doing what I am looking out for. But I really want to know how to use Colour Mask and shape mask together for any such future use. If you have any video showing that, I would love to see it.

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Mar 28, 2024 8:12 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

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?

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?

Mar 28, 2024 8:25 AM in response to augustya

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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Mar 28, 2024 9:01 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

What would happen if I do not duplicate the clip and use Draw Mask on the only clip that I have added ? It still works right ? So what is the point of having a duplicate clip ?

Like in my case I did not make a duplicate clip I drew a Draw Mask on the main clip and it still did the Job ? So why make duplicate clip?

Mar 28, 2024 9:08 AM in response to augustya

When you add a Draw Mask, you effectively annul part of the clip. It just disappears. I don't see how you can make adjustments to your background and leave the rest untouched with just one Draw Mask. Perhaps you can explain how you did that.

Mar 28, 2024 9:31 AM in response to augustya

I have a photo from my visit to Prague several years ago.

Suppose you want to adjust only the sky. I could do a Draw Mask

The moment I close the mask, everything outside the mask (or inside, if I check the Invert Mask box) vanishes.

But I can place another copy of the same clip underneath this one and adjust both parts separately.

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Mar 30, 2024 8:16 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi Luis,

Though I feel I have accomplished what I was looking out for, I have added one more thing to my to do things on that video and I feel I am still not there.

So earlier I added a colour mask and it worked for me I just used the colour picker/dropper and selected the background area and after selection made that area a little cooler which is what I wanted but here the drawback is since it is a video the subject moves and turns and then the mask does not follow it so when he turns and bends the screen behind his back again looks yellow.

The other problem is I wanted to used a draw mask just on the face of the subject I feel that area needs more.lighting so when I am drawing a mask on that area which is his face and when I fully connect/complete that mask it does not turn into a mask. Black or Grey colour whatever that is supposed to be as a mask.

Why is this happening ?

Mar 30, 2024 9:05 AM in response to augustya

For the first question: if it is a color mask, as you say, it should still work, as long as the color matches your selection, regardless of movement.

And, in addition to what Tom said: since the face moves, using a tracker is probably what you need.

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