You’re very welcome! That’s a good call. Not sure how many people would be interested, but I know some would find it useful. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thanks so much, Adam! I should've been paid by Color Finale for this one 😂 Quite the beast that took me awhile to finish. Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words!
I've certainly slowed down a bit because I received a few comments mentioning that I'm going to fast, but I think I've found a happy medium 😊 It's not too much slower. Thanks for the support, Gilles!
The best tutorial video I ever watched on Color Finale 2 Pro. Best, you exactly know how to keep viewers engaged. learned a lot and subscribed. Thanks again.
Dylan, first, let me say you are a 1st class trainer - wondering if you're gonna produce a tutorial on an ACES workflow using Color Finale - no one has done it - you're the perfect person for it. keep up the great work. I'm currently preparing to shoot a doc - your workflow training is key. All the best!!
This was awesome to read my friend. Thank you so much 🙏I actually produced a full color grading Masterclass that goes over that and way, way more. www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com Thanks so much for taking the time to give some feedback!
Since this video, Color Finale has come out with another update with some new additions. I go over these and more in my color grading masterclass if you're interested 🎨 www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
No problem! Just want to point out that I have a masterclass that fully covers color correction and color grading with Color Finale 2 Pro. I guarantee you'd learn a bunch, especially considering the plugin has changed since this video. www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
😂 A show where contestants come on and try and convince me that they know someone named Jack. Glad to hear it helped out a lot, my friend. Thanks for taking the time to comment and let me know!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear it helped! 😊 I'm creating a color grading course and I'l be going over more tutorials on how to use the software, so if you're interested in that sign up to the newsletter on my website so you get notified when it's released on discount. www.dylanjohnmedia.com/courses-1
Haha this one was a bunch of work. These tutorials always drain me, but it's always nice to hear they help out. Haha I'm a little bummed I haven't sold you yet. Maybe I'll have to dance and do some juggling to spice things up.
@@dylanjohndickerson juggling will definitely work. But it’s less about you and more about what my wallet says when I look into its gorgeous green eyes and ask it if I can buy another plug-in.
Once I start making a LUT I very often have to make a version, 1,2,3, and so on. I don't know how to save them in a way where I can go back to an earlier version to strait from there again, like tonite I was all the way up to version 13 ( little changes) and I wanted to go back to where I was at version 8. I thought I was being smart by eventually saving each one as a preset. Nope, got bit in the butt on that lol. So I am at the wall, suggestions? 👍👍👍
This tutorial was more than good. It was perfect, Dylan. I now have a better command of the plugin. You've made my work easier, faster, and more accurate. Many thanks, mate!!!
Well damn! A perfect tutorial huh? Glad it was so helpful Scott 🙏 I'm coming out with some color grading tutorials with Color Finale in the next few weeks so stay tuned for those!
@@dylanjohndickerson [Comment on Giveaway video] Thanks for the discount code. You have a very funny personality, dude, which I love. Look! you've reached the first 10K-subscriber milestone. Congrats! You're a talented man. I strongly believe that you will soon get your Silver Play Button. Your videos were so helpful. Thanks again. I like your interesting, unique tutoring style. I happened to know you from the video in which you tried eating coconut worms with Hurley, which was so funny. You're one of very few favorites of mine. Keep up your great work, mate!
@@scottzandona2382 I don't know how I just saw this Scott! What an incredible comment to receive and I didn't respond to until 6 months later. My fault! Thank you so much for the kind words and the support 🙏 I'm doing my best to teach others and grow the channel. Thank you again my friend!
Thanks so much Frank! It’s quite the impressive plugin. They just updated it so it actually has more features than what’s seen in this video. I’ll be doing an update on it in the near future 😊
Dylan, Also wondering if the developers over at Color Finale ever resolved the issues you found regarding the "Save Presets?" ..... You mentioned that you sent a question to the developers and that you would let us know what their answer was. I have a large amount of clips to correct and color grade in my project and just want to know if this was something I should dive into based on your tutorial - or wait, while this was being addressed in a future firmware update. I'm Sure I'd probably notice something, but just wanted to check and save time before committing to a process only later to find the same conclusion ... Anyway, thank you for all that you do for this community and for those who have faith in the work that you do ..... All the best!!
Hey my friend! I actually never heard back from them and I totally spaced following up. I'll have to shoot reach out when I finish up moving in a few weeks. Thanks for the kind words 😊🙏
No problem, Jared! You'll definitely find some benefit from the color grading masterclass I'm releasing in two weeks. It covers Final Cut Pro tools as well as Color Finale 🤘🏼 www.dylanjohnmedia.com/courses
@@dylanjohndickerson Sure. It’s not that you speak too fast, just a lot of material. I managed. Have you noticed there is a glitch in Color Finale in the S-Curves? It actually stretched my picture horizontally a little bit and made a vertical mark. When I removed this mask, all was fine. And: it reproduce the unwanted effect even if I used a new group and mask. So I just left it out. Have a great Sunday!
Damn it, I have to upgrade. Excellent showcase Mr Dylan. CF has come a long way, becoming an amazing tool, and your work demonstrates it perfectly. Thank you.
Thank you! So I’m pretty sure you’d select those clips, head into the inspector and press the info button, select settings in the drop down menu of buttons at the bottom, and change ‘color space override’ to ‘Rec 2020’. From there, you’ll be able to work with HLG footage.
Dylan.. amazing video. I am currently a color finale user. I request you make a separate video especially on usage of masking using CF. And I wish CF provides color match capabilities like Cinematch does. Thats quite helpful for multicam shoots. Anyway.. very nice video. Thank you. 🙏
Thanks so much, my friend! That's a good idea. I'm actually creating a color grading course at the moment that's going to feature a lot of tutorials with Color Finale. I'll make some videos on color matching as well. Thanks for the kind words!
@@dylanjohndickerson a color grading course will really be helpful to us . I am not beginner but want everything from fcpx. That’s where CF comes. I want to use it’s full potential. Let it be a doc, short film or a commercial. I want to learn every aspect of CF even though finally it comes my own creativity and needs. Dylan, I want to buy your CG course. I hope you will be accessible even after selling the course. Looking forward to that. 🙏 btw just followed you on Instagram. 🫡
@@MayurMahapatraFilms Definitely sign up for my newsletter so you can get notified once the course is live then! I'll put the link below. Glad to hear you're interested in it 😊 And thanks for the follow brotha!
This is awesome, I've been using Color Finale for the past year and really like using it, but I know I am not even scratching the surface with what this plugin can do, in fact, I got it because I refused to have to learn Davincci Resolve and slow down my workflow. Would you say that what Color Finale does is comparable to Dav Resolve?
Thanks Jaime! Their newest update adds some features that moves it really close to Davinci Resolve, however it still doesn't compete. I think for the majority of people though, the features that Color Finale 2 Pro provides does more than enough. If you want to become a professional colorist, then I'd use Resolve.
My pleasure! I'm creating an FCP and Color Finale 2 Pro color grading masterclass if your'e interested. If you sign up to my newsletter, I'll notify you when it releases 😊 www.dylanjohnmedia.com/courses
You're welcome Larry! If you haven't picked up the plug in yet, I reached out to Color Finale and got a discount code for subscribers (DYLANJ20). It'll be valid for one month!
@@dylanjohndickerson Thank you! I had picked it up a few days ago so your tutorial was right on time. Now if I could only find a discount for Neat video LOL.
@@Life_Of_Gal Thanks my dude! Haha welcome to the FCP fam! It should be a fairly easy transition once you learn all the ins and outs. Final Cut is an incredibly smooth and speedy editor so I think you're going to really enjoy working with it.
@@jahkiley Okay cool. I got a comment recently saying I did, so I'm happy to hear that you think I didn't. Thanks for the feedback brotha! I appreciate you!
Dylan, I have a slight headache after this Video but not due to you, just the amount of information you squeezed in there !! I need to stop watching your Channel as you’re costing me a fortune 😢 but I’m now very interested in a few things this plug-in provides to help me on my steep learning curve so thanks again !! You are the man!
Well damn! Perhaps I'll go slower next time. Color Finale 2 Pro is a fantastic plugin, but don't feel like you have to get it. If you are curious to see more with it, check out this color grade walkthrough I did with the plugin ruclips.net/video/AVtHee78pCA/видео.html Thanks Paul!
Another great video sir, thanks for taking the time to make these videos and share them with us. I am curious on your thoughts of this ColorFinale when using consumer grade cameras such as the go pro and budget friendly drones for color correction. I have a background in photography, I am very clear on shooting in Raw etc. However for basic youtube videos and the ease of use the smaller cameras go pro and small drones work best for the motorcycle adventure trips I am normally doing. I would still like to get better overall quality video for youtube videos and don't see the cost of the more expensive drones as well as size of them being able to work with my budget nor do I see a chance of stock videos being an option for me as well. I have been uploading to stock agencies for years with the raw files from cameras and I have never seen a pay out worth the effort in my mind for a small one man operation. I know lots of folks would disagree, but if you were working with smaller consumer grade video cameras, would you still consider this ColorFInale as large of an asset for video production knowing you will not be shooting in log settings.? I know you are very busy and thanks in advance if you can answer this question for me. Thank you and have a blessed weekend. Dale
@@dylanjohndickerson Thank you for taking the time to reply sir, I have bought it, downloaded it and I believe i am in a pickle, I can't update my computer due to "country living and worse than dial up internet, it keeps locking up for the updates and it won't currently run with my version less than needed for the filter plug in." I may have to drive to dallas, 4 hours aways and see if the apple store will let me use their internet to do the updates, but with my current version of Final Cut pro, I am a buck and half short of it working dag nabit. Thanks again and I hope you have a blessed weekend. dale
@@dylanjohndickerson Hy Dylan, sorry to bother but I have had the strangest thing happen to Colorfinasle layers window. If I make adjustmenst the window flashes white and it is extreemly annoying and distracting, has this happened to you?
@@jean-paulmalherbe4260 I had that occasionally happen to me accept it was a red flash haha. Hopefully they'll fix that bug soon. I'd consider reaching out to them and letting them know. Luckily it doesn't affect the work!
@@dylanjohndickerson awesome thanks. I have reached out to them but still awaiting a response. Not sure if I am using the correct email. But will keep trying. Really enjoying your videos. Learning a lot. 🤘
As long as you can keep the majority of your shot in the center on the waveform or a little more more than center, you'll be okay. Just don't underexpose the shot if you can help it.
Hey Dylan! Thank for this useful tutorial A small pro tips for removing teal in hair or shadows is to desaturate all the low light in luma vs sat. Long Life to your channel
Hey there! I did that actually in one of the steps. Perhaps you missed it. Since all of her hair doesn't technically lie in the darkest shadows, desaturating the luma value range that her hair is in would cause a lot of other things in the shot to become desaturated.
Ciao Dylan, thanks a lot! A problem that I keep having randomly is that, when I want to work with masks, the "mask menu" doesn't pop up on the video image (on the left) Do you know what I am doing wrong?
I use this color finale for my workflow. but after upldate when use HSL to change the value mask it flash Red on my preview footage. I thought it was mine, but i found in this video thoo. hope color finale fix it >.
My understanding of ACES… You take whatever your capture colour space is and convert it into the ACES colour space (which is a very large colour space). You do this with all your footage from all cameras and then you match these cameras within the ACES colour space. Now that they are matched and in this one common and large colour space any adjustments you make after this should result in consistency across your shots. If you didn’t do this you might match the cameras and then subsequent adjustments might not have consistent results between cameras meaning you’d have to correct for this. You then output to your delivery colour space (rec709/2020 etc) as ACES is not for final delivery.
The simple implementation of ACES in Color Finale is: click on Color Management/Use ACES. For the "Input Space", find the camera the footage was shot with. For the "Output Space", find the device profile you are grading on. These are known as the Input and Output Transforms. Simply done. But as far as I can see there's no way to turn it on as a saved preset, similar to the "Recent presets" below the "Edit Layers" button. Final note: ACES only works on Log footage. Use one of the other Color Management settings for other footage. An excellent explanation for ACES is given by a series of videos by Cullen Kelly, the above taken from this one: ruclips.net/video/v8P3rshGgdM/видео.html He's working with Resolve, so Color Finale doesn't have quite the control that is available with the Resolve nodes, but the transforms work the same.
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Best tutorial about color finale so far! btw that beauty box plugin is insane. what plugins do you have for final cut? maybe you should do a video about them, believe that is a lot of people here interested knowing that. Thanks again for this video! Top!!
@@92joaofernandes yo thanks João! That means a lot! Right?? Beauty Box is so so amazing. The downside is the cost, but it pays for itself when clients see that they look way better than they actually do and decide to hire you for more videos lol. And you’re right! I’ll do a video about my favorite plug ins soon 🤙🏼
Thanks fr the video, but LUT's have to be added and are not automatically added if on your computer. I wish you would have gone through that process a little bit more. I actually bought the plug in just for that gallery view option... Thanks
Oh really? They seemed to upload automatically for me. Well, the good news is all you have to do is click the LUT folder for import. The plug in can do so much more than just the gallery view option. I'd give the rest of it a whirl when you get the chance 😊
HI Dylan, Great Tutorial. Curious what you do for masks to take down walls around the subject. When I export to MP4 I get the sea shore compression where I put the mask. I've now tried this in FCP and FCP with color Finale. Yet a ProRes version looks fine. Is the answer DaVinci?
@@dylanjohndickerson Hey, sorry. "Take Down walls" = Darken the walls in a scene around the subject / actor. "Sea Shore" = on those walls I can see lines from where I added a mask to darken the walls. They are very defined lines from the mask.
Hi Dylan do you have a link for Rec 709 for canon? I am not sure Witch one is the right one. I've heard a lot of people talk about it but just not sure where to get it? Thank you
@@lionroots11 Color Finale has a built in feature that allows you to convert LOG footage to Rec 709. You just hit 'assume LOG'. Could that be it? I do have my own LUTs that I created that convert LOG footage to Rec 709 AND they stylize it. www.dylanjohnmedia.com/luts
Great video, Dylan. I recently purchased Color Finale (because of another video of yours - you getting any kickbacks? 😀) and I could do with some extra support.
Nice! How are you liking it so far? I've got a few people that purchased it through my referral link but nothing too crazy. Extra support here I come! I'm creating a flurry of color grading tutorials with the plug in in the coming weeks so press the notification button so YT will tell you when they come out.
@@dylanjohndickerson I am still learning and discovering the possibilities of it. As an 'amateur video content creator' I enjoy that learning process. Only 18 months ago I had not even done anything in Final Cut Pro, haha Anyway, I am a fan of your channel for many months and subscribed since the day I ran into it. Looking forward to your tutorials. Thanks for making them!
@@gert-janvanbuseck wow! Impressive! It's all consistency isn't it? Just messing around in the software and putting in the time to learn. Props Gert! Thanks for your support 🙏🏼😊
😱 So educational... ☺ Color Finally should pay you for making such in depth training for their plug-in. Cause honestly, they don't offer anything valuable let alone something on the scale this training video is. Only thing I wished is that I had the plug-in so I can practise the things you teach. Hopefully, soon I will safe and I can buy it, unless you get a discount code soon 😍😍 Anyway, I will bookmark this video to watch it back once I get the plug-in. Btw, is it possible to make a video explaining the difference between Color Finally 2 and Color Finally 2 Pro ?
Thanks so much dude! I actually reached out to them and got a 20% off code! It's only good for one month though. It's DYLANJ20 As for the difference between the two, I actually don't know lol. I emailed them so we'll see what they say. Thanks for the support!
I think the Pro version adds LUT creation, and I think the grouping feature. Although the grouping doesn't include all the elements as far as I can see.
Very good, I will have to watch this about another three times at least! So many questions... I have noticed that the Assume Log doesn't really do a good job if you shoot log ETTR (expose to the right). The exposure slider doesn't help. I ended up making the same flow with a LUT in the layers to go from LOG to 709. When I'm working with slog2 footage in chromatic, I can choose to put the log to REC709 LUT at any stage in the stack. Am I right in thinking that the colour finale stack goes in reverse order from the bottom to the top, so that adding a new process stacks on top of the previous one? Also, when comparing with the CoreMelt Chromatic Group process, is there no way to include exposure, contrast, white balance, temp, tint, saturation, sharpness etc into a Color Finale group? Without those elements the other clips don’t look the same, which kind of defeats the object of the group technique. I am having to copy and paste onto other clips, which is fine until I want to tweak the temperature control and have it change on all the other clips… Is there a way round this? Am I missing something? Where do these fit into the flow of processing? Is the exposure, contrast etc before the layers? Where does the sharpening happen in the chain? When I tried using Assume Log on the input it did not do a good job because I tend to expose to the right by 1.7 If I tried to adjust the exposure down to compensate it just acted like lowering the gain, so the image went duller as the top end was lowered. This tells me that the exposure is actually after the input log LUT, which is not very useful. I ended up ignoring the colour management tab, leaving it on assume video, and starting a layer group with the LUT that I needed. Can I confirm that this would still mean that the LOG curves were hitting the LUT rather than a flat looking REC709 hitting the LUT? There is a tab called Presets, maybe that is something I should look into? Also, I have a large collection of LUTs, most of which I don’t use, but when I go to add a LUT I have to scroll through all of them in a big gallery to find the ones that I do need. Is there a better way to organise these with folders? They are organised on my hard drive but in Color Finale they all display at once.
Color correcting/grading SLOG3 do you see much difference using "Assume Log" or leaving "Assume Video" in the color management, and using the Color wheels? It seems to me that using "Assume Log" for SLOG3 to be in a REC709 space, the clip is way more saturated. 🤔
I would use assume LOG for SLOG3 as the first step. Assume LOG should be used when your footage was shot in LOG and not converted to Rec 709. So just that flat image. That'll add the contrast and saturation back in. If your footage's color space is standard Rec 709, Assume Video will just add a tad bit of contrast and saturation to help make your shot pop a bit more.
@@dylanjohndickerson just to be sure if I understood well. When I'm importing my clips from my A7SIII into FCPX these clips are not converted to Rec 709, right? And if i keep Assume Video in the color management I can always bring back contrast and saturation using the wheels and curves, am I right? Sorry if I'm being annoying 😅
@@mirkofischietti7856 you’re not being annoying at all man! That’s what I’m here for. So you’re correct on both of those statements. If you shot in Slog, the clips aren’t automatically converted to Rec 709. You can convert log footage either by using a conversion/normalization LUT (or Assume Log) or adjusting contrast and saturation yourself.
@@dylanjohndickerson I know its a shit ton of work, but keep at it! Make use of tik and RUclips shorts, there's those in other countries who will cut up your existing videos for really cheap too!
Thanks for all your tutorials. If I may make a request I would love an in depth tutorial focused on “Masking with Color Finale”.
You’re very welcome! That’s a good call. Not sure how many people would be interested, but I know some would find it useful. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@dylanjohndickerson I would love to see that tutorial too.
Man ..you are amazing - Best YT tutorial that I Ever saw!
Thanks so much, Adam! I should've been paid by Color Finale for this one 😂 Quite the beast that took me awhile to finish. Thanks for watching and thanks for the kind words!
Love the tempo of your tutorials. Your not wasting any time.
I've certainly slowed down a bit because I received a few comments mentioning that I'm going to fast, but I think I've found a happy medium 😊 It's not too much slower. Thanks for the support, Gilles!
The best tutorial video I ever watched on Color Finale 2 Pro. Best, you exactly know how to keep viewers engaged. learned a lot and subscribed. Thanks again.
Thanks Sakar! I appreciate that brotha 👊 thanks for the sub
Dylan, first, let me say you are a 1st class trainer - wondering if you're gonna produce a tutorial on an ACES workflow using Color Finale - no one has done it - you're the perfect person for it. keep up the great work. I'm currently preparing to shoot a doc - your workflow training is key. All the best!!
This was awesome to read my friend. Thank you so much 🙏I actually produced a full color grading Masterclass that goes over that and way, way more. www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
Thanks so much for taking the time to give some feedback!
Just got this plug in on the sale. This video is so helpful thank you
Awesome Fischer! Glad you enjoyed it mate.
Wow I forget you made this tutorial on Color Finale. I’m in a different space right now. This tutorial looks like it might be a game changer for me.
Since this video, Color Finale has come out with another update with some new additions. I go over these and more in my color grading masterclass if you're interested 🎨 www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
This is definitely one short but SUPER useful for a beginner like me. Thanks a bunch!
No problem! Just want to point out that I have a masterclass that fully covers color correction and color grading with Color Finale 2 Pro. I guarantee you'd learn a bunch, especially considering the plugin has changed since this video.
www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
I watched this a while back before having Color Finale and learnt more about the grading process... I came back and its better than the first watch!
I hope you enjoy using it my dude! 🤙🏼
You're a natural host for 'You Don't Know Jack'. Thanks for this, Dylan. It helped out a great deal.
😂 A show where contestants come on and try and convince me that they know someone named Jack. Glad to hear it helped out a lot, my friend. Thanks for taking the time to comment and let me know!
This is a fantastic, detailed tutorial on Color Finale dude! Great job 😄🙌🏼 Love the commercial look 👌🏼
Yo thanks Brad! 👊 I appreciate that man!
Just got CF2 Pro. This tutorial is amazing. Love the humor as well. THank you!
Awesome! I’m glad you liked it Carlos 👊🏼
Thanks Dylan! This helped a lot.
You're welcome! Thanks so much for watching 👊 If you want to learn way more, check out my color grading masterclass www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com
I got this software and your explanation is awesome!! I have been able to make beautiful corrections!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad to hear it helped! 😊 I'm creating a color grading course and I'l be going over more tutorials on how to use the software, so if you're interested in that sign up to the newsletter on my website so you get notified when it's released on discount. www.dylanjohnmedia.com/courses-1
Dude you are puttin' in the WORK! Keep it up my dude!
Also, I still don't own Color Finale, but I really keep thinking about it. This whole tutorial is a super great way to sell the plugin!
Haha this one was a bunch of work. These tutorials always drain me, but it's always nice to hear they help out. Haha I'm a little bummed I haven't sold you yet. Maybe I'll have to dance and do some juggling to spice things up.
@@dylanjohndickerson juggling will definitely work. But it’s less about you and more about what my wallet says when I look into its gorgeous green eyes and ask it if I can buy another plug-in.
@@TheFinalCutBro looks like I'll have to put a hit out on your wallet then. I didn't think it would come to this.
Once I start making a LUT I very often have to make a version, 1,2,3, and so on. I don't know how to save them in a way where I can go back to an earlier version to strait from there again, like tonite I was all the way up to version 13 ( little changes) and I wanted to go back to where I was at version 8. I thought I was being smart by eventually saving each one as a preset. Nope, got bit in the butt on that lol. So I am at the wall, suggestions? 👍👍👍
I was waiting for this! Super! Thank you so much!
You're welcome Mirko! The next few videos I'm putting out are going to be just color grading tutorials with the plug in so stay tuned for those ✌
Awesome!
This tutorial was more than good. It was perfect, Dylan. I now have a better command of the plugin. You've made my work easier, faster, and more accurate. Many thanks, mate!!!
Well damn! A perfect tutorial huh? Glad it was so helpful Scott 🙏 I'm coming out with some color grading tutorials with Color Finale in the next few weeks so stay tuned for those!
@@dylanjohndickerson [Comment on Giveaway video] Thanks for the discount code. You have a very funny personality, dude, which I love. Look! you've reached the first 10K-subscriber milestone. Congrats! You're a talented man. I strongly believe that you will soon get your Silver Play Button. Your videos were so helpful. Thanks again. I like your interesting, unique tutoring style. I happened to know you from the video in which you tried eating coconut worms with Hurley, which was so funny. You're one of very few favorites of mine. Keep up your great work, mate!
@@scottzandona2382 I don't know how I just saw this Scott! What an incredible comment to receive and I didn't respond to until 6 months later. My fault! Thank you so much for the kind words and the support 🙏 I'm doing my best to teach others and grow the channel. Thank you again my friend!
You have to do a video on the Color Finale 2.5 update. Lots of cool new features.
That I do Jay! I was just told about the new updates. I'll give them a look. Which new feature do you like the most?
@@dylanjohndickerson I'm very hyped about the log wheels. Just wondering how they would fit in a typical workflow.
Fast and full of good stuff thanks
My pleasure :) Thanks for watching!
Beautiful job you did with this tutorial. Color finale has much more than I anticipated. It's like a whole app within Final Cut.
Thanks so much Frank! It’s quite the impressive plugin. They just updated it so it actually has more features than what’s seen in this video. I’ll be doing an update on it in the near future 😊
I bought the app because of your tutorials. Thank you.
Oh awesome! 😊 Thanks for the support!
Dylan, Also wondering if the developers over at Color Finale ever resolved the issues you found regarding the "Save Presets?" ..... You mentioned that you sent a question to the developers and that you would let us know what their answer was. I have a large amount of clips to correct and color grade in my project and just want to know if this was something I should dive into based on your tutorial - or wait, while this was being addressed in a future firmware update. I'm Sure I'd probably notice something, but just wanted to check and save time before committing to a process only later to find the same conclusion ... Anyway, thank you for all that you do for this community and for those who have faith in the work that you do ..... All the best!!
Hey my friend! I actually never heard back from them and I totally spaced following up. I'll have to shoot reach out when I finish up moving in a few weeks. Thanks for the kind words 😊🙏
Works for me.
took heavy notes on this one. thanks man
No problem, Jared! You'll definitely find some benefit from the color grading masterclass I'm releasing in two weeks. It covers Final Cut Pro tools as well as Color Finale 🤘🏼 www.dylanjohnmedia.com/courses
@@dylanjohndickerson looking forward to it 🤙🏽
Great tutorial just what I was looking for
Glad I could help! :)
Great tutorial, although I probably have to come back to it a couple of times as it moves fast - and I am a newbie. Thanks!!
Thanks so much! And I’m sorry it felt to fast. What you can do if you need to is change the RUclips playback speed 👌 do you know how to do that?
@@dylanjohndickerson Sure. It’s not that you speak too fast, just a lot of material. I managed. Have you noticed there is a glitch in Color Finale in the S-Curves? It actually stretched my picture horizontally a little bit and made a vertical mark. When I removed this mask, all was fine. And: it reproduce the unwanted effect even if I used a new group and mask. So I just left it out. Have a great Sunday!
You earned a like. Good job.
Glad I could earn a like. Thanks David
This is a fantastic tutorial Dylan, I will recommend it to my friends who wants to learn Color Finale.
Thanks so much man! I appreciate that 🙏
Damn it, I have to upgrade.
Excellent showcase Mr Dylan. CF has come a long way, becoming an amazing tool, and your work demonstrates it perfectly. Thank you.
Thanks so much for the feedback Gianni! I'm glad you found it useful 🙌
Looks so easy and powerful! Would it work the same way if you added an adjustment layer and worked there instead of working on the clip directly?
It definitely is! As far as I know, yes, but I'd give it a test to find out for sure.
Really, really great - thank you Dylan!
You’re very welcome! 😊
Greetings, great tutorial. now how could we do to make color corrections with a hdr or hlg profile of sony cameras
Thank you! So I’m pretty sure you’d select those clips, head into the inspector and press the info button, select settings in the drop down menu of buttons at the bottom, and change ‘color space override’ to ‘Rec 2020’. From there, you’ll be able to work with HLG footage.
Dylan.. amazing video. I am currently a color finale user. I request you make a separate video especially on usage of masking using CF. And I wish CF provides color match capabilities like Cinematch does. Thats quite helpful for multicam shoots. Anyway.. very nice video. Thank you. 🙏
Thanks so much, my friend! That's a good idea. I'm actually creating a color grading course at the moment that's going to feature a lot of tutorials with Color Finale. I'll make some videos on color matching as well. Thanks for the kind words!
@@dylanjohndickerson a color grading course will really be helpful to us . I am not beginner but want everything from fcpx. That’s where CF comes. I want to use it’s full potential. Let it be a doc, short film or a commercial. I want to learn every aspect of CF even though finally it comes my own creativity and needs. Dylan, I want to buy your CG course. I hope you will be accessible even after selling the course. Looking forward to that. 🙏 btw just followed you on Instagram. 🫡
@@MayurMahapatraFilms Definitely sign up for my newsletter so you can get notified once the course is live then! I'll put the link below. Glad to hear you're interested in it 😊 And thanks for the follow brotha!
Pretty awesome. I just got it! Your the best, dude!
Awesome! You’ll love it 👊🏼
This is awesome, I've been using Color Finale for the past year and really like using it, but I know I am not even scratching the surface with what this plugin can do, in fact, I got it because I refused to have to learn Davincci Resolve and slow down my workflow. Would you say that what Color Finale does is comparable to Dav Resolve?
Thanks Jaime! Their newest update adds some features that moves it really close to Davinci Resolve, however it still doesn't compete. I think for the majority of people though, the features that Color Finale 2 Pro provides does more than enough. If you want to become a professional colorist, then I'd use Resolve.
1 year later. Appreciate this. I’ve vastly been under utilizing this plug in.
My pleasure! I'm creating an FCP and Color Finale 2 Pro color grading masterclass if your'e interested. If you sign up to my newsletter, I'll notify you when it releases 😊
www.dylanjohnmedia.com/courses
@@dylanjohndickerson thx for letting me know. I’ll probably take you up on that offer. Your explanations work for me
@@CAMAS_7 It'll me at a slower pace than this and more in depth. I realize I went quite fast in this tutorial.
Awesome video, thank you! This will be very helpful!
You're welcome Larry! If you haven't picked up the plug in yet, I reached out to Color Finale and got a discount code for subscribers (DYLANJ20). It'll be valid for one month!
@@dylanjohndickerson Thank you! I had picked it up a few days ago so your tutorial was right on time. Now if I could only find a discount for Neat video LOL.
@@LarryFlaxman Haha let me see if I can grab you one. It's about time I made an updated video on the plug in anyways.
Do you have issues with the picker tool not working you in the latest update? I have the Plugin selected in the inspector too.
Best color grading tutorial hands down! Thank you 🙏🏼
Hell ya! Glad you think so Gal 👊🏼 You may enjoy some of my others as well. Cheers mate!
Subscribed! I just making the switch from Premiere Pro to FCPX hopefully it will be a smooth transition 😂
@@Life_Of_Gal Thanks my dude! Haha welcome to the FCP fam! It should be a fairly easy transition once you learn all the ins and outs. Final Cut is an incredibly smooth and speedy editor so I think you're going to really enjoy working with it.
Excellently done Dylan, it's a steep learning curb but I'm really gonna push myself to get better at color grading, thank you!
Thanks Akil! You didn’t think I made things to complex. Did you?
@@dylanjohndickerson No you didn't, you took your time and went through everything and I appreciate it!
@@jahkiley Okay cool. I got a comment recently saying I did, so I'm happy to hear that you think I didn't. Thanks for the feedback brotha! I appreciate you!
dang man this was fire
Thanks my friend!
what a amazing tutorial , i'm goona watch more than 10 times !
Thank you so much! I put quite a bit of effort into this some, so I’m glad you enjoyed it 😄 thanks for letting me know!
I really enjoy the tutorial !
Dylan, I have a slight headache after this Video but not due to you, just the amount of information you squeezed in there !! I need to stop watching your Channel as you’re costing me a fortune 😢 but I’m now very interested in a few things this plug-in provides to help me on my steep learning curve so thanks again !! You are the man!
Well damn! Perhaps I'll go slower next time. Color Finale 2 Pro is a fantastic plugin, but don't feel like you have to get it. If you are curious to see more with it, check out this color grade walkthrough I did with the plugin ruclips.net/video/AVtHee78pCA/видео.html
Thanks Paul!
Whoa! this is good!
Yo thanks Edwin!
Best video on this!!
Thanks so much Victor 😊 I put a lot of time into it so that makes me happy to hear you like it.
Congrats on hitting 10k Dylan🎉
Thanks so much Joe! 🤘
Great Value your video, Thanks!!!!
Is it worth Color Finale 2 Pro over the Color Finale 2?
Hands down yes. I would say it’s arguably not even worth it to just get Color Finale 2.
@@dylanjohndickerson Thanks Bro!!!!
@@MarceloGori you're welcome!
Cố lên anh bạn !!! Chúng ta sắp đạt 10k thành viên rồi !!!
Thanks so much man!! I just hit the milestone! Woop Woop! 🎉
@@dylanjohndickerson chúc kênh ngày càng phát triển, ra được nhiều video hay cho mọi người xem nhé @@
Thank you ! Excellent Video !
You’re welcome! Thanks so much for letting me know that you liked it 🤙🏼
Another great video sir, thanks for taking the time to make these videos and share them with us. I am curious on your thoughts of this ColorFinale when using consumer grade cameras such as the go pro and budget friendly drones for color correction. I have a background in photography, I am very clear on shooting in Raw etc. However for basic youtube videos and the ease of use the smaller cameras go pro and small drones work best for the motorcycle adventure trips I am normally doing. I would still like to get better overall quality video for youtube videos and don't see the cost of the more expensive drones as well as size of them being able to work with my budget nor do I see a chance of stock videos being an option for me as well. I have been uploading to stock agencies for years with the raw files from cameras and I have never seen a pay out worth the effort in my mind for a small one man operation. I know lots of folks would disagree, but if you were working with smaller consumer grade video cameras, would you still consider this ColorFInale as large of an asset for video production knowing you will not be shooting in log settings.? I know you are very busy and thanks in advance if you can answer this question for me. Thank you and have a blessed weekend.
Dale
Hey Dale, I think it's worth it in my opinion, but that's just me.
@@dylanjohndickerson Thank you for taking the time to reply sir, I have bought it, downloaded it and I believe i am in a pickle, I can't update my computer due to "country living and worse than dial up internet, it keeps locking up for the updates and it won't currently run with my version less than needed for the filter plug in." I may have to drive to dallas, 4 hours aways and see if the apple store will let me use their internet to do the updates, but with my current version of Final Cut pro, I am a buck and half short of it working dag nabit. Thanks again and I hope you have a blessed weekend.
dale
Great tutorial, thanks for putting this up 👍
Thanks so much! Thanks for letting me know you liked it 👊
Hi! I've just bought it ! what an amazing tutorial. Thanks ! ;)
Awesome Johan! You’re going to love it 😊 and thanks so much!
Great tutorial thank you!
Glad it was helpful, Benjamin! Thanks for watching and commenting 👊
Wow. I have to go through this again.
😊👊🏼
That was a great tutorial. Thanks!!!
You're welcome Jean-Paul! Thanks for the comment 😊
@@dylanjohndickerson Hy Dylan, sorry to bother but I have had the strangest thing happen to Colorfinasle layers window. If I make adjustmenst the window flashes white and it is extreemly annoying and distracting, has this happened to you?
@@jean-paulmalherbe4260 I had that occasionally happen to me accept it was a red flash haha. Hopefully they'll fix that bug soon. I'd consider reaching out to them and letting them know. Luckily it doesn't affect the work!
@@dylanjohndickerson awesome thanks. I have reached out to them but still awaiting a response. Not sure if I am using the correct email. But will keep trying. Really enjoying your videos. Learning a lot. 🤘
@@jean-paulmalherbe4260 Glad to hear it Jean-Paul! Thanks for watching man. Any requests for tutorials? Filmmaking or editing wise?
absolute banger just learned more in 30 mins than i did in highschool
😂 let’s goooo
Thank you!
You're welcome!
one quick question! when shooting at night time, would you say that its better to not shoot in log profiles based on your experience? Thanks!
As long as you can keep the majority of your shot in the center on the waveform or a little more more than center, you'll be okay. Just don't underexpose the shot if you can help it.
Great video bro 🙏
Thanks Jakub! 👊🏼
Amazing tutorial. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Amazing video!
Thank you! 🙏🏼
This is awesome! Great tutorial. Plugin is sick! 🔥
Appreciate it brotha! 👊
Thanks you so much, Best Tutorial .
You're welcome! 😄 Thanks for watching!
Thanks for always amazing tutorials
My pleasure Kun!
Is there a way to add keyframes?
awesome... nice .. thanks
You're welcome! ☺
Good job 👍
Thanks!
WOW best tutorial ever, thank you!! this helped me greatly.
Glad to hear it Nico! ☺️ thanks for letting me know!
@@dylanjohndickerson are you in the SoCal region? I’m looking for a mentor…I could assist you on shoots so I can learn. Thanks!
I am not my dude. I live in Vietnam lol. Quite a distance from SoCal.
@@dylanjohndickerson Oh right on! Keep killing it 💯💯💯
@@nicomedialife thanks dude 🤙🏼
Very useful
Glad to hear it Napat!
Great Colour Finale Video, thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it Tony! Thanks for commenting!
Hey Dylan!
Thank for this useful tutorial
A small pro tips for removing teal in hair or shadows is to desaturate all the low light in luma vs sat.
Long Life to your channel
Hey there! I did that actually in one of the steps. Perhaps you missed it. Since all of her hair doesn't technically lie in the darkest shadows, desaturating the luma value range that her hair is in would cause a lot of other things in the shot to become desaturated.
You can see it at 30:15 . Thanks for helping out!
OMG the video I needed!!!
I got you my friend!
Thx for doing this. Awesome!
You're welcome! 😊
Ciao Dylan, thanks a lot! A problem that I keep having randomly is that, when I want to work with masks, the "mask menu" doesn't pop up on the video image (on the left) Do you know what I am doing wrong?
Hey Marinus! Off the top of my head, I don't know. You did select one of the layers (corrections) first right?
I use this color finale for my workflow. but after upldate when use HSL to change the value mask it flash Red on my preview footage. I thought it was mine, but i found in this video thoo. hope color finale fix it >.
Thanks dude! Ya it does that sometimes. Luckily it doesn’t cause a problem though! Hopefully they’ll fix it in the next update.
awesome video thanks!
You're welcome! Attwood Media! 👊
My understanding of ACES… You take whatever your capture colour space is and convert it into the ACES colour space (which is a very large colour space). You do this with all your footage from all cameras and then you match these cameras within the ACES colour space. Now that they are matched and in this one common and large colour space any adjustments you make after this should result in consistency across your shots. If you didn’t do this you might match the cameras and then subsequent adjustments might not have consistent results between cameras meaning you’d have to correct for this. You then output to your delivery colour space (rec709/2020 etc) as ACES is not for final delivery.
Thank you for that Luke! That really helps out 🙏
The simple implementation of ACES in Color Finale is: click on Color Management/Use ACES. For the "Input Space", find the camera the footage was shot with. For the "Output Space", find the device profile you are grading on. These are known as the Input and Output Transforms. Simply done. But as far as I can see there's no way to turn it on as a saved preset, similar to the "Recent presets" below the "Edit Layers" button. Final note: ACES only works on Log footage. Use one of the other Color Management settings for other footage.
An excellent explanation for ACES is given by a series of videos by Cullen Kelly, the above taken from this one: ruclips.net/video/v8P3rshGgdM/видео.html
He's working with Resolve, so Color Finale doesn't have quite the control that is available with the Resolve nodes, but the transforms work the same.
IMPORTANT: Color Finale has updated the plugin and it gives way to some awesome new features not covered in this tutorial or even in Color Finale's own training.
It is FULLY covered in this however 🎨 www.fcpcolorgradingmasterclass.com 🎨
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Best tutorial about color finale so far! btw that beauty box plugin is insane. what plugins do you have for final cut? maybe you should do a video about them, believe that is a lot of people here interested knowing that. Thanks again for this video! Top!!
@@92joaofernandes yo thanks João! That means a lot!
Right?? Beauty Box is so so amazing. The downside is the cost, but it pays for itself when clients see that they look way better than they actually do and decide to hire you for more videos lol.
And you’re right! I’ll do a video about my favorite plug ins soon 🤙🏼
Thanks fr the video, but LUT's have to be added and are not automatically added if on your computer. I wish you would have gone through that process a little bit more. I actually bought the plug in just for that gallery view option... Thanks
Oh really? They seemed to upload automatically for me. Well, the good news is all you have to do is click the LUT folder for import. The plug in can do so much more than just the gallery view option. I'd give the rest of it a whirl when you get the chance 😊
@@dylanjohndickerson Thank man, Where are you storing your LUT's if I may ask... Maybe I could that... Thanks!
@@ekphotography I just put them in a folder I created in my Documents called 'LUTs'. And then I have all the different LUT folders in there.
HI Dylan, Great Tutorial. Curious what you do for masks to take down walls around the subject. When I export to MP4 I get the sea shore compression where I put the mask. I've now tried this in FCP and FCP with color Finale. Yet a ProRes version looks fine. Is the answer DaVinci?
Hey! Thanks so much! I don't quite understand though. What do you mean by 'take down walls'? And what is 'sea shore compression'?
@@dylanjohndickerson Hey, sorry. "Take Down walls" = Darken the walls in a scene around the subject / actor. "Sea Shore" = on those walls I can see lines from where I added a mask to darken the walls. They are very defined lines from the mask.
boss as always !
😎👊
Thank you, and great job on the tutorial! (Subscribed ✅ and this thing too 👍🏻)
I greatly appreciate it, my friend 🙏 Thanks for the sub and commenting to let me know you enjoyed it!
Hi Dylan do you have a link for Rec 709 for canon? I am not sure Witch one is the right one. I've heard a lot of people talk about it but just not sure where to get it? Thank you
Hey Desmond! I don't actually, but if you search for it in Google you should be able to find it. Try 'Canon log to rec 709 normalization LUT'
@@dylanjohndickerson Thank you, where did you get the one you have in this video?
@@lionroots11 Color Finale has a built in feature that allows you to convert LOG footage to Rec 709. You just hit 'assume LOG'. Could that be it? I do have my own LUTs that I created that convert LOG footage to Rec 709 AND they stylize it. www.dylanjohnmedia.com/luts
Good Job
Thanks!
Great video, Dylan. I recently purchased Color Finale (because of another video of yours - you getting any kickbacks? 😀) and I could do with some extra support.
Nice! How are you liking it so far? I've got a few people that purchased it through my referral link but nothing too crazy. Extra support here I come! I'm creating a flurry of color grading tutorials with the plug in in the coming weeks so press the notification button so YT will tell you when they come out.
@@dylanjohndickerson I am still learning and discovering the possibilities of it. As an 'amateur video content creator' I enjoy that learning process. Only 18 months ago I had not even done anything in Final Cut Pro, haha
Anyway, I am a fan of your channel for many months and subscribed since the day I ran into it. Looking forward to your tutorials. Thanks for making them!
@@gert-janvanbuseck wow! Impressive! It's all consistency isn't it? Just messing around in the software and putting in the time to learn. Props Gert! Thanks for your support 🙏🏼😊
You are a Legend ❤️
Move over Will Smith. I Am Legend
😱 So educational... ☺ Color Finally should pay you for making such in depth training for their plug-in. Cause honestly, they don't offer anything valuable let alone something on the scale this training video is.
Only thing I wished is that I had the plug-in so I can practise the things you teach. Hopefully, soon I will safe and I can buy it, unless you get a discount code soon 😍😍 Anyway, I will bookmark this video to watch it back once I get the plug-in.
Btw, is it possible to make a video explaining the difference between Color Finally 2 and Color Finally 2 Pro ?
Thanks so much dude! I actually reached out to them and got a 20% off code! It's only good for one month though. It's DYLANJ20
As for the difference between the two, I actually don't know lol. I emailed them so we'll see what they say. Thanks for the support!
@@dylanjohndickerson This is really cool .. thanks for sharing it .. I will definitely consider buying once the paycheck has been cashed lol
I think the Pro version adds LUT creation, and I think the grouping feature. Although the grouping doesn't include all the elements as far as I can see.
@9:25, it should be noted that the Layers affect the image from bottom to top, unlike the effects window in FCPX. This can be confusing. Thank you.
Very true! I thought I mentioned that. Perhaps not.
@@dylanjohndickerson You may have and I just missed it. :)
Very good, I will have to watch this about another three times at least!
So many questions...
I have noticed that the Assume Log doesn't really do a good job if you shoot log ETTR (expose to the right). The exposure slider doesn't help. I ended up making the same flow with a LUT in the layers to go from LOG to 709.
When I'm working with slog2 footage in chromatic, I can choose to put the log to REC709 LUT at any stage in the stack. Am I right in thinking that the colour finale stack goes in reverse order from the bottom to the top, so that adding a new process stacks on top of the previous one?
Also, when comparing with the CoreMelt Chromatic Group process, is there no way to include exposure, contrast, white balance, temp, tint, saturation, sharpness etc into a Color Finale group? Without those elements the other clips don’t look the same, which kind of defeats the object of the group technique. I am having to copy and paste onto other clips, which is fine until I want to tweak the temperature control and have it change on all the other clips… Is there a way round this? Am I missing something?
Where do these fit into the flow of processing? Is the exposure, contrast etc before the layers? Where does the sharpening happen in the chain?
When I tried using Assume Log on the input it did not do a good job because I tend to expose to the right by 1.7 If I tried to adjust the exposure down to compensate it just acted like lowering the gain, so the image went duller as the top end was lowered. This tells me that the exposure is actually after the input log LUT, which is not very useful. I ended up ignoring the colour management tab, leaving it on assume video, and starting a layer group with the LUT that I needed. Can I confirm that this would still mean that the LOG curves were hitting the LUT rather than a flat looking REC709 hitting the LUT?
There is a tab called Presets, maybe that is something I should look into?
Also, I have a large collection of LUTs, most of which I don’t use, but when I go to add a LUT I have to scroll through all of them in a big gallery to find the ones that I do need. Is there a better way to organise these with folders? They are organised on my hard drive but in Color Finale they all display at once.
Nice! 👌🏽
Thanks!
Hai bro when I use color finale plugin in Mac OS big sur I get the green scree in fcp10.5
Green screen?
You Rock man 👌 very good job 👏👏👏
Thanks my dude! 👊
Color correcting/grading SLOG3 do you see much difference using "Assume Log" or leaving "Assume Video" in the color management, and using the Color wheels? It seems to me that using "Assume Log" for SLOG3 to be in a REC709 space, the clip is way more saturated. 🤔
I would use assume LOG for SLOG3 as the first step. Assume LOG should be used when your footage was shot in LOG and not converted to Rec 709. So just that flat image. That'll add the contrast and saturation back in. If your footage's color space is standard Rec 709, Assume Video will just add a tad bit of contrast and saturation to help make your shot pop a bit more.
@@dylanjohndickerson thank you, I can always play with saturation and then use curves to grade.
@@mirkofischietti7856 True true. Curves are the jam. Definitely one of my favorite ways to grade.
@@dylanjohndickerson just to be sure if I understood well. When I'm importing my clips from my A7SIII into FCPX these clips are not converted to Rec 709, right? And if i keep Assume Video in the color management I can always bring back contrast and saturation using the wheels and curves, am I right? Sorry if I'm being annoying 😅
@@mirkofischietti7856 you’re not being annoying at all man! That’s what I’m here for. So you’re correct on both of those statements. If you shot in Slog, the clips aren’t automatically converted to Rec 709. You can convert log footage either by using a conversion/normalization LUT (or Assume Log) or adjusting contrast and saturation yourself.
I freaking love you dude! 👍👍👍👍
I gotchu broooooo 👊
Wow amazing!!!!❤❤❤🤙🤙🤙🤙
Thank you so much 😀
Some how False Color does not do anything when I click it... any clue?
Interesting 🤔 I’m not sure why that would happen. I realize I’m responding to this a bit late. Have you found the solution?
@@dylanjohndickerson Apparently is a compatibility problem with the new macOs and MacBook Pro M1 Max
Legendary
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How do you not have more followers. Keep it up
Hey! Thank so much! I'm not sure haha. It's been 4 years though, so I'm not holding my breath lol.
@@dylanjohndickerson I know its a shit ton of work, but keep at it! Make use of tik and RUclips shorts, there's those in other countries who will cut up your existing videos for really cheap too!
@@thefourthperspective Ya great call! Thanks for the support 🙏🏼
Thnak you
You’re welcome Yigal!
Cinema grade vs Color Finale
Good call! I'll try and make that in the near future 😊