eye dropper not working white balance final cut pro x

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eye dropper not working white balance final cut pro x

I am working with a 2K resolution raw file in Final Cut Pro X v10.4.3

Macbook Pro mid-2014 with i7 Processor, 16GB Ram, and NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB

I am attempting to manually white balance a clip. The clips have all been imported and rendering is complete. I move the eye dropper tool to the area to white balance and nothing happens. The tool will move around but clicking has no effect.

I thought perhaps the raw clip file size was the problem and let everything analyze and render over night.

Thanks,

Loyd.

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), macOS High Sierra (10.13.6), 16gb memory i7 processor

Posted on Sep 23, 2018 3:58 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 23, 2018 8:19 AM in response to Alchroma

I am attaching a screen shot of my work space. The eye dropper icon won't capture but I but a red circle where it was positioned.

Note that the set white balance message is up on the bottom of the viewing area.

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Answer 2

Tom Wolsky

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Sep 23, 2018 5:38 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

The eyedropper doesn't appear at all on when Automatic is on, in the effect or in the viewer. I have a couple of years newer MBP, and it still takes a couple of seconds to make a white balance selection appear on RAW files like RED and PRRAW. Of course if the image is correctly white balanced the algorithm will have no affect, or barely perceptible impact.

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Answer 3

Sep 23, 2018 12:47 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

I went ahead and started a new project and dropped the clip into that project. I was able to adjust white balance with the dropper. I had previously dropped 6 clips into the timeline and let system analyze, & stabilize all at once. Even though I left it running overnight it must have gotten hung up somewhere in the processing...

Problem appears to be resolved. Glad I had not started too many edits.

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Answer 4

Alchroma

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Sep 23, 2018 4:03 AM in response to IvanTTerrible

Does the Eyedropper turn blue:

Al

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Answer 5

Tom Wolsky

Level 10

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Sep 23, 2018 8:23 AM in response to IvanTTerrible

Could you post a clip somewhere that it can be downloaded?

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Answer 6

Sep 23, 2018 5:30 AM in response to IvanTTerrible

What Al said; notice that, as seen in the image you have to switch from “Automatic” to “White Balance” in order to be able to use the eyedropper tool.

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eye dropper not working white balance final cut pro x

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