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Bruce G. Macbryde
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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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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

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...

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Bruce G. Macbryde

Bruce G. Macbryde, a Final Cut Pro trainer with 20+ years of experience, spanning from the original release in 1999 to the latest version. He served as a sales manager for Australian Authorized Apple distributors (1998-2004) and later as a training manager for Apple-developed software through 2009. He established Wedding Media Productions in 2004, a wedding video business in Sydney, Australia. Bruce is a YouTube creator for the VideoTutors channel, with 500+ video tutorials. He began teaching marketing at NSW TAFE in the early 1980s, specializing in technology and business software such as Microsoft Office, Adobe Pagemaker, and Photoshop during a 7-year stint in New Zealand.
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