I save them as effect preset, skim over this preset's icon in the effects tab to preview them on other clips in realtime without having to apply them first. Although the Color effect within FCP X is terribly sketchy with it's increments from 0-100%, I stack instances of it like a would nodes in Resolve. I learned FCP X's color board mainly through tutorials by Denver Riddle. It would be nice to see a collaboration between Denver and Apple in order to integrate color finale officially inside FCPX as part of the color tools (something like the lumetri tools inside premiere) It is still the best plugin available for fcpx.

like the random disappear of the floating window and the buggy color pickers). So, it all depends on the type of project you are working, and not just in terms of budget.Īnyway Color Finale needs further development in order to reach Resolve (it doesn't have specialised curves, qualifiers and motion trackers, just to name few features), and also has some annoying bugs (some of those I guess related to the restriction given by the fxplug architecture and limitations. Color Finale instead is really good when building not so complex gradings, and obviously, lets you work inside FCPX. What I mean is that Resolve is a way more powerful tool (and has a smooth and faster workflow for color grading). IMHO Color Finale and Resolve are two complementary software.

Colorfinale basic tutorial