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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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Posted on Mar 25, 2024 6:59 AM

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Posted on Mar 28, 2024 9:31 AM

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 31, 2024 3:57 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Hi Luis,


So attached is a screen recording of what I am trying to do in this project (I have used a Video which was available on the internet) Didn't want to use my video (Privacy Reasons) so in this Video I have used colour correction and then I have duplicated the clip and I am trying to add a Draw Mask on the duplicate clip and in doing so I am facing two issues First is, even after adding the Draw Mask to the clip why does the Pen to drop dots to create a mask does not appear ? And second is when it does appear and when I close the Dots on the mask nothing happens ? it does not turn into a ask ? So what is going wrong here ?


Draw Mask Video


Also how do I attach a tracker on a mask ? I don't know that yet ?

Mar 31, 2024 4:11 AM in response to augustya

Thank you for posting the video, it gives a better idea of what you are trying to achieve.

I don't think that a Draw Mask is the best way to handle this, and you should use tracking instead.


This video by Mark Spencer shows how to track a face (see from around 12 minutes 49 seconds on, where Mark discusses tracking a face):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4_zYrp8S8



Mar 31, 2024 6:16 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Let me again explain what I am trying to achive with using draw mask. I feel the subject in my video which is like sitting on a chair talking ( Kind of Interview) I feel the ligh on his face needs more exposure, more brightness so I want to draw mask just on his face, which can also move according to his face moves and I can increase the exposure on his face. So what do I need to do ? And how do I get there ?

Mar 31, 2024 10:53 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

HI Luis,


But I am just doing following what you have mentioned in the example. of the Castle Video that you have taken, I am talking about your reply which has been pinned on my Thread here it says First you selected the sky part to change the colour of the sky and then you duplicated the clip to make other changes to the video.


So I was trying to do the same thing in the First clip I did the Colour Grading and Correction and in the duplicate clip I am trying to increase the exposure on the Subject's Face. is it not how that is supposed to work ? Then do I don't need a Duplicate clip to be added to the main lip to increase the exposure on the subject's Face ?

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