multiple V lines and power windows

howdy,

call me oldskool, however I like to edit by placing clips on separate V lines to cut between shots.
however, I am running into a problem now I am trying to use power windows to correct things.
the mask not only works on the V line I want, but also the V line above.

Is there anyway to stop this please?
I have attached screenshots to show what I mean.

Many thanks!

The one I am trying to mask

V1.png (833.98 KiB) Viewed 442 times

The one I am trying to mask

V1.png (833.98 KiB) Viewed 442 times

Use the Unmix button in the Viewer so that you're color-correcting the actual clip you want. The "V1" / "V2" label in the upper right of the thumbnail will tell you what track you're correcting at the moment.

For a lot of reasons, when I color correct I like to have the editor (or the conform artist) flatten the file so that there's a minimal number of video tracks, with all extraneous material removed, for precisely this reason. I can move more quickly through the project during color correction without any confusion.

I totally get that during editing, there are very good reasons to have a dozen or more video tracks floating around for alternate takes, angles, different coverage, and so on. But once the edit is locked, I think it makes sense in terms of workflow to flatten the timeline for color.

Awesome.
As I am flighting back and forth between edit / colour not quite ready to flatten.
However, will bear that in mind "when" I am "happy" with part of the edit - and I used to think deciding when to stop fiddling with a photograph was a hard decision!