Color Grading in FCPX

Hi Everyone!

I have a question about color grading and wanted to reach out here to see if anyone could help. I shoot with a canon 5D Mark III and shoot in visiontech picture style. I use colorfinale for color grading in fcpx and add in sharpness and contrast in post. I recently ran across pen weddings and absolutely love the look they have and it is what I have been ultimately been trying to achieve. I was wondering if anyone could tell me what exactly makes her footage have the smooth "matte" (might not be the correct term) feel to it while still having the sharpness and contrast look right. I can achieve the coloring but with my contrast and sharpness my footage does not have the look like the picture attached. Any help would be awesome, new to the color grading world and trying to soak up as much knowledge as I can.

Here is the link to the full video: vimeo.com/191656408

They might have used a plugin from Motion VFX called "mLooks Wedding": www.motionvfx.com/mplugs-6.html

Hi Liz,

two things are noticeable, even for me, the non-expert:

a) that actually fancy 'misty' look (I don't know the correct term for it either), by squeezing the DR and avoiding a zero black:



b) the skins are 'flat', no wrinkles. no spots, no nothing.
Yep, following is very uncharming but: the lady on the right, her neck should show much more 'annual rings' (or 'turtle neck' is it called here, and it doesn't mean the pullover style …)

So, what Joe suggests: at last for the skin tones, it looks like some of those specialised 'finisher/healer/smoothener/make-up' plug-in is in use.
Search the Usual Suspects, here's one BlackFriday bargain:
www.fcpeffects.com/products/skin-smoother-2

and fx/factory lists another one, also offering 20% on all its products:
fxfactory.com/blog/after-effects/smooth-...e-pro-ae-and-motion/


… the top-google finds I don't list here, that company is banned at fcp.co, and has, in my subject observation, actually a worse track-record for failing plugins in 10_3 and giving no support to customers…-

mLooks Wedding: www.motionvfx.com/mplugs-6.html . There you will find the exact look you are looking for.

that company is banned at fcp.co, and has, in my subject observation, actually a worse track-record for failing plugins in 10_3 and giving no support to customers…-

Would that be, by chance, Pixel Film Studios?