No effects in master tab for Raw footage

[andrewtucker32]

Hello,

I have raw footage (mxf file) that I need to color grade. When I add it to the timeline and click on it there are two tabs in the effects panel. The normal video effects tab and a master tab. It was my understanding that in the master tab there is supposed to be adjustments I can make for the raw clip. It's completely blank though. Why is this?

[Meg The Dog]

You need to apply the effect you want to use to the master clip. If you want to use the Lumetri Color tools, go to the Effects Panel > Video Effects > Color Correction > Lumetri Color and drag the effect into the Master Clip Effects Controls Pane.

MtD

[andrewtucker32]

With raw video files there is supposed to be adjustments that are supposed to show up in that panel. Like in this screenshot from a tutorial on coloring raw footage.

[Meg The Dog]

That is for a Cinema DNG source file, in your original post you said the file was a .mxf file?

What camera shot your footage?

MtD

[andrewtucker32]

Sorry. It was shot in S-log not raw. My mistake.

[Warren Heaton]

Hi Andrew:

Could you be confusing Fixed Effects with Standard Effects?  Fixed Effects appear if you're looking at an instance of a clip from a Sequence.

An MXF file, for example, will have no pre-applied effects (that is "Fixed Effects") and as such would show nothing if looking at the Effects Controls tab for the master instance of that file; however, if you add the MXF file to a Timeline and then view the instance of the file from there you'll see Motion, Opacity, and Time Remapping for picture and Volume for sound.

-Warren

Terminology side note:  A MXF file isn't a "RAW file".  An accurate way to refer to it would be "Camera Original".