Apple Final Cut Pro X 10.1.2 User Guide

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Turn log processing on or off
Many modern cameras have a log or wide-dynamic-range recording option that provides more 
f-stops of exposure latitude in the image. You can apply log processing to this footage to convert 
its appearance to a standard broadcast look. Some cameras embed metadata in the media file 
that enables Final Cut Pro to turn on the appropriate log processing setting automatically. Many 
cameras do not embed this metadata, and sometimes the metadata...

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Measure video levels
Video scopes overview
Broadcast facilities have limits on the maximum values of luma and chroma that are allowable 
for broadcast. If a video program exceeds these limits, distortion can appear in the form of colors 
bleeding into one another, the whites and blacks of your program washing out, or the picture 
signal bleeding into the audio signal and causing audible distortion. In all these cases, exceeding 
standard signal levels can result in...

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 2 Choose the scope to display from the top section of the Settings pop-up menu.
Choose the scope you want to use from the 
Settings pop-up menu.Viewer Options  pop-up menu
 3 After you choose a scope, choose the display options from the bottom section of the Settings 
pop-up menu.
Note:  You may find it convenient to display scopes below the video image in the Event Viewer. 
To do so, choose Vertical Layout from the Settings pop-up menu in the Event Viewer. For more...

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The Settings pop-up menu in the upper-right corner of the Waveform Monitor provides a variety 
of display options:
 •RGB Parade: Presents three side-by-side waveform displays that display your video as three 
separate red, green, and blue components. The waveforms are tinted red, green, and blue so 
that you can easily identify them.
The RGB Parade view is useful for comparing the relative levels of red, green, and blue 
between two clips. If one clip has more blue...

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 •Chroma: Shows only the chroma component of the video, and is tinted to match the 
video’s colors.
 •Y’CbCr Parade: Presents three side-by-side waveform displays for the separate luma, Cb (the 
blue color difference channel), and Cr (the red color difference channel) components. The 
waveforms are tinted white (for luma), magenta (for Cb), and yellow (for Cr) so that you can 
easily identify the waveform for each component.
 •IRE: Displays the video range in IRE...

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Vectorscope display options
The Vectorscope shows the distribution of color in your image on a circular scale. The color in 
your video is represented by a series of connected points that fall somewhere within this scale. 
The angle around the scale represents the hue displayed, with targets indicating the primary 
colors of red, green, and blue and the secondary colors of yellow, cyan, and magenta. The 
distance from the center of the scale to the outer ring...

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Histogram display options
The Histogram provides a statistical analysis of the image by calculating the total number of 
pixels of each color or luma level and creating a graph that shows the number of pixels at 
each percentage of luma or color. Each increment of the scale from left to right represents a 
percentage of luma or color, and the height of each segment of the Histogram graph shows the 
number of pixels that correspond to that percentage.
The Settings...

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 •Equal levels of red, green, and blue appear as gray.
 •RGB Parade: Presents three graphs that display your video as separate red, green, and 
blue components. The waveforms are tinted red, green, and blue so that you can easily 
identify them.
You can use the RGB Parade view to compare the relative distribution of each color channel 
across the tonal range of the image. For example, images with a red color cast have either a 
significantly stronger red graph or...

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Sharing projects overview
Final Cut Pro provides a variety of destinations, or preconfigured export settings, that you can 
use to output your project or clip. For example, you can export a project or clip as a QuickTime 
movie, export it for viewing on Apple devices such as iPhone and iPad, publish it to websites 
such as Facebook and YouTube, or burn it to a disc. You can also save a frame from your movie or 
export an image sequence. Each of these options uses a different destination.
When you...

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You can easily add destinations or replace the default set of destinations with your own 
customized destinations. For example, if you want to save a frame from your movie as a 
Photoshop file, you need to add the Save Current Frame destination to your set and specify that 
the destination export a Photoshop file. You create and modify destinations in the Destinations 
pane of Final Cut Pro preferences. 
You can also create a bundle of destinations to export several...