Source: [Final Cut Pro Quick Start](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/getting-started/final-cut-pro)

# Final Cut Pro Quick Start

## Install and activate Scatter

1. Sign in to your [Video Village Account](https://license.videovillage.com) and find your Scatter license page.
2. Download the **Video Village Plugins** app.
3. On the license page, select `Activate on this device` to launch the Video Village Plugins app and install your license automatically.

### If you can't open the activation link

Select `Get activation code` on the license page and copy the code. Open the Video Village Plugins app, select `Activate a product`, then paste the code when prompted.

4. In the Video Village Plugins app, select `Final Cut`, then select `Install`. (Final Cut Pro must not be running during installation.)

## Color management

**If you will be working in SDR** , leave the Final Cut library set to `Standard Gamut SDR`.

### If you will be working in HDR

If you are grading for Rec. 2020 PQ or want the flexibility to switch between SDR and HDR, set the Final Cut library to `Wide Gamut HDR` and disable Color Conform.

![Final Cut library color processing set to Standard Gamut SDR](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/getting-started/final-cut-library-sdr-setup-39fc1e39.png)

**Disable Color Conform** on all media by selecting all clips and disabling Color Conform in the Media Properties pane. This prevents Final Cut from applying a look to your footage.

![Final Cut Pro Media Properties with Color Conform enabled](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/getting-started/final-cut-color-conform-14b97c90.png)

If you are working with clips from different cameras, you may want to convert them to one common working space using the Video Village Camera Conversion LUTs installed with Scatter.

### Video Village Camera Conversion LUT setup

![Video Village camera conversions in Final Cut Pro's Camera LUT menu](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/filmbox/getting-started/final-cut-camera-conversions-52732cfb.png)

Select all clips from the same camera. In the `Media Info` pane, select the `Info` tab, change the view from `Basic` to `General`, then open the `Camera LUT` menu. Under `Video Village Conversion`, select the transform that matches the selected footage. For graphics or generic video, select `Generic Video (Rec. 709)`.

Once all footage has been assigned the appropriate conversion to `ARRI LogC4`, set Scatter `Source` to `Arri LogC4` and work as though every clip is now in that space.

## Add Scatter to an adjustment clip

Choose `Edit › Add Adjustment Clip`, then apply **Scatter** to that clip from the Video Village section of the Effects browser. Using an adjustment clip allows Final Cut Pro to render Scatter at the timeline resolution, though you can also apply Scatter directly to a clip for shot-specific control.

## Select your camera

![Scatter Source control set to Arri Log C](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/scatter/getting-started/source-control-6eb70153.png)

Set `Source` in Scatter to match the native log color space of your footage, or select `Arri LogC4` if you are using the Video Village Camera Conversion LUTs.

## Interface Tour

![Scatter Source, Family, Strength, Intensity, and Focal Length controls](https://videovillage.com/images/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls-fd6e5681.png)

**[Source](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#source)**: Choose the colorspace of your “log” or “scene-referred” footage or working space.

**[Family and Strength](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#family)**: Select the family of profiled filters, then select the strength of the selected filter family.

**[Intensity](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#intensity)**: Amplify or reduce the effect of the active filter.

**[Focal Length](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/core-controls#focal-length)**: Reduce or enlarge the falloff to approximate other fields of view, expressed in millimeters of focal length on s35mm.

**[Highlight Color Recovery](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/highlight-color-recovery)**: Rebuild color information in blown-out highlight regions by considering the hue of neighboring pixels so diffusion can be calculated more naturally.

**[Highlight Adjustment](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/highlight-adjustment)**: Amplify or reduce diffused highlights either for creative effect or to compensate for clipped highlights that should be brighter than what the sensor was able to record.

**[Edge](https://videovillage.com/learn/scatter/full-guide/edges)**: Select Vignette, Mirrored, or Repeated to determine how Scatter extrapolates beyond image bounds.

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