Color Finale Training Course

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21 new lessons added — covering the latest Color Finale 2 (v2.16)

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Master Color Finale 2 for Final Cut Pro

The course includes the fundamentals of color grading along with expert-guided workflows.

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Learn universal techniques of color grading. Unlock the possibilities of Color Finale 2 plugin.

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Color Finale 2 is a powerful plugin that adds fully-featured, professional color grading tools to Final Cut Pro. This Training Course not only shows how to effectively use the tools in the Color Finale 2 arsenal, it also explains why each tool is so critical to the overall grading process.

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Color Finale Training Course

Course Curriculum

Enjoy a well-rounded learning plan with theory and practice.

68 lessons · 3.7 hours of video content

Module 1 Introduction
  • Lesson 1.1 Course Presentation
  • Lesson 1.2 Color Finale 2 user interface
  • Lesson 1.3 Color Finale 2 and color grading
Module 2 Color Finale 2 Tools
  • Lesson 2.1 Color Wheels
  • Lesson 2.2 RGB Curves
  • Lesson 2.3 Six vectors
  • Lesson 2.4 HSL Curves
  • Lesson 2.5 LUT Browser
  • Lesson 2.6 Ordering layers
  • Lesson 2.7 Choice of color profile
  • Lesson 2.8 Image analysis
  • Lesson 2.9 Shuffle tool and Filters
  • Lesson 2.10 Camera matrix
  • Lesson 2.11 Log Wheels New
  • Lesson 2.12 Color Atlas New
  • Lesson 2.13 Subtractive Grading New
  • Lesson 2.14 Halation / Bloom New
  • Lesson 2.15 Grain and Vignette New
  • Lesson 2.16 Looks and Presets New
  • Lesson 2.17 Film Look (ACES profile) New
Module 3 Color Correction
  • Lesson 3.1 Exposure correction
  • Lesson 3.2 Increase image contrast
  • Lesson 3.3.1 White balance (part 1)
  • Lesson 3.3.2 White balance (part 2)
  • Lesson 3.4 Adjusting black and white levels
  • Lesson 3.5 Adjusting skin tones
  • Lesson 3.6 Black & white, graded variants
  • Lesson 3.7 Skin Tone and Texture EQ New
Module 4 Mask And Tracking
  • Lesson 4.1 Creating a mask
  • Lesson 4.2 Shape Tracking
  • Lesson 4.3 Inverting parent mask
  • Lesson 4.4 Edge mask and parent mask
  • Lesson 4.5 Manual and automatic tracking combined
  • Lesson 4.6 Subtract and Intersect Modes
  • Lesson 4.7 Person Mask New
  • Lesson 4.8 Publish Mask New
  • Lesson 4.9 Creating an outline with Person Mask New
  • Lesson 4.10 Color Finale and FCP Color Mask New
  • Lesson 4.11 FCP Mask New
Example 1 Face One
  • Lesson 1.1 Primary correction
  • Lesson 1.2 Background corrections with edge mask
  • Lesson 1.3 Secondary corrections with masks and tracking
  • Lesson 1.4 Color grading: sunset light effect
Example 2 Face Two
  • Lesson 2.1 Primary correction
  • Lesson 2.2.1 Secondary correction (part 1)
  • Lesson 2.2.2 Secondary correction (part 2)
  • Lesson 2.3 Color grading
Example 3 - Urban Dark
  • Lesson 3.1 Color grading (part 1)
  • Lesson 3.2 Color grading (part 2)
Example 4 - Spike Lee Look
  • Lesson 4.1 Color grading with color mask and image mask
  • Lesson 4.2 Color grading with tracking
Example 5 - Sky
  • Lesson 5.1 Color grading with shape and parent mask
  • Lesson 5.2 Edge mask with manual tracking
Example 6 - Black and White with Selective Colors
  • Lesson 6.1 Inside/outside mask with subtraction mask
  • Lesson 6.2 Inside/outside mask
  • Lesson 6.3 HSL mask with inverted mask
Example 7 Blade Runner Look
  • Lesson 7.1 Color grading and blur Filter
  • Lesson 7.2 Gradient mask
  • Lesson 7.3 Blur filter RGB-HSL
Example 8 - Compositing New
  • Lesson 8.1 Mask and primary correction New
  • Lesson 8.2 Gaussian filter with Edge Mask New
  • Lesson 8.3 Color grading New
  • Lesson 8.4 Publish Mask New
Example 9 - Creating a Shadow New
  • Lesson 9.1 Creating a soft black outline New
  • Lesson 9.2 Edge Mask in Subtract mode New
Example 10 - Creating a Beam of Light New
  • Lesson 10.1 Masks and color correction New
  • Lesson 10.2 Bezier Path mask New
Conclusion
  • Conclusion

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Course Instructor

Matteo Orlandi

Matteo Orlandi is the owner of VideoCorsiPro and has been teaching and training since 2007, specializing in Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. Matteo is a musician (guitar), arranger, sound engineer and videomaker. From 1996 to 2015 he worked as an audio visual manager in a modern art gallery, as well as working in editing for weddings. This Color Finale Training Course has been adapted from Matteo’s original Italian version.

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