2009-02-23

HF100 Red Saw Tooth Fix for Final Cut Pro and Express

Copy and paste the green text below into a plain text editor

scriptid "Red Sawtooth Fix" //DO NOT LOCALIZE 
filter "Red Sawtooth Fix"; 
group "HF100 Fixes"; 

// Blurs the V channel in YUV a little bit

InformationFlag("YUVaware") 

code 

float colorSpace; 
colorSpace = kFormatYUV219;

BlurChannel(src1, dest, 0/renderres, 1, 0, 0, 0, aspectof(dest));  
BlurChannel(src1, dest, 0/renderres, 0, 1, 0, 0, aspectof(dest)); 
BlurChannel(src1, dest, 0/renderres, 0, 0, 1, 0, aspectof(dest)); 
BlurChannel(src1, dest, 1/renderres, 0, 0, 0, 1, aspectof(dest)); 

Save the text file as Red Sawtooth Fix.txt in
/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Support/Plugins if you use Final Cut Express or
/Library/Application Support/Final Cut Pro System Support/Plugins if you use Final Cut Pro

Restart Final Cut Pro or Express and look for the filter in the "HF100 Fixes" folder under the Video Filters menu

Apply the filter to any HF100 clip with red color in it and enjoy smoother reds.

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