Although the following procedure uses the
color wheel adjustments. The same adjustments can be made by entering
numeric values or using the slider controls in the Fast Color Corrector
and Three‑Way Color Corrector effects.
Set up your workspace for color correction.
Select the clip in the Timeline panel and apply either
the Fast Color Corrector or the Three‑Way Color Corrector effect.
See also Apply an effect to a clip.
In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle to expand
the Fast Color Corrector or the Three‑Way Color Corrector controls.
(Optional) Select the Show Split View option if you want
to view a before and after comparison of your adjustment in the
Program Monitor. You can specify whether the split view is horizontal
or vertical by choosing from the Layout pop‑up menu. You can also
adjust the relative proportion of the before and after views.
(Optional for the Three‑Way Color Corrector only) Do
any of the following:
To restrict your color correction to a
specific tonal range, choose Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights from
the Tonal Range menu. Choosing Master applies color correction to
the entire tonal range of the image. If necessary, use the Tonal
Range Definition controls to define the different tonal ranges.
You can choose Tonal Range from the Output menu to view a tri‑tone
preview of the tonal ranges in the Program Monitor.
To restrict your adjustments to a color or range
of colors, click the triangle to expand the Secondary Color Correction
controls. Define the color or color range using the Eyedropper tool,
slider controls or enter numeric values. See also Specify a color or range of colors to adjust.
To adjust the color balance, do any of the following
using the color wheel:
To change all the colors without affecting
the gain or magnitude, rotate the outer ring. Rotating the ring
to the left, rotates all colors towards green. Rotating the ring
to the right, rotates all colors towards red.
Rotating the outer ring of the color wheel (left) changes
the hue angle (right).
To shift the colors towards a target color with
gain and magnitude adjustment, drag the Balance Magnitude circle
out from the center towards the color you want introduced into the
image. The farther you drag the Balance Magnitude from the center,
the introduced color is more intense. Drag the Balance Gain handle
to fine‑tune the intensity of the Balance Magnitude adjustment.
You can make the adjustment very subtle.
Adjusting the Balance Gain to fine‑tune the Balance Magnitude
setting.
Note: The Three‑Way Color Corrector effect lets you make
separate adjustments to the three tonal ranges using individual
wheels for the shadows, midtones, and highlights.
Use the Saturation control to adjust the color saturation
in the image. Moving the slider to the left (lower value) desaturates
the colors. Moving the slider to the right (higher values) increases
the color saturation.
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Rotating the outer ring of the color wheel (left) changes the hue angle (right).
Adjusting the Balance Gain to fine‑tune the Balance Magnitude setting.
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