The Color inspector
To activate the Color inspector, click the triangle next to the video filmstrip. The triangle will become multicolored. When a newly added clip is selected in the timeline, the Color inspector will show the color correction preference as checked in the Final Cut Pro Settings/Preferences (see Chapter 2). The color triangle shows the color wheels, but it could optionally show the color board if that has been set in Settings/Preferences.
Figure 10.18 – Left: Color wheels; Right: Color board
A detailed explanation of color correction is in Chapter 14; however, to give you a tour of the inspector settings, I will cover the Color inspector controls here. As shown in Figure 10.18, there are two sets of basic color controls that both achieve the same results. As stated, the preferred set will show as the default when setting it up in Settings/Preferences. You can change the selection and select all of the color control panels from the...