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Table Of Contents
- Color User Manual
- Contents
- Color Documentation and Resources
- Color Correction Basics
- Color Correction Workflows
- Using the Color Interface
- Importing and Managing Projects and Media
- Creating and Opening Projects
- Saving Projects and Archives
- Moving Projects Between FinalCutPro and Color
- Reconforming Projects
- Importing EDLs
- Exporting EDLs
- Relinking QuickTime Media
- Importing Media Directly into The Timeline
- Compatible Media Formats
- Converting Cineon and DPX Image Sequences to QuickTime
- Importing Color Corrections
- Exporting JPEG Images
- Setup
- Monitoring
- Timeline Playback, Navigation, and Editing
- Video Scopes
- Primary In
- Secondaries
- Color FX
- Primary Out
- Managing Corrections and Grades
- The Difference Between Corrections and Grades
- Saving and Using Corrections and Grades
- Applying Saved Corrections and Grades to Shots
- Managing Grades in the Timeline
- Using the “Copy to” Buttons in the Primary Rooms
- Using the Copy Grade and Paste Grade Memory Banks
- Setting a Beauty Grade in the Timeline
- Disabling All Grades
- Managing Grades in the Shots Browser
- Using the Primary, Secondary, and Color FX Rooms Together to Manage Each Shot’s Corrections
- Keyframing
- Geometry
- Still Store
- Render Queue
- Calibrating Your Monitor
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Setting Up a Control Surface
- Index
Chapter 8 Video Scopes 161
Sampling Color
The 3D video scope also provides controls for sampling and analyzing the color of the
currently displayed image. Three swatches at the bottom of the video scope let you
sample three different colors for analysis.
Note: These controls are visible only when the 3D scope is occupying an area of the
Scopes window.
To sample and analyze a color:
1 Click one of the three color swatch buttons at the bottom of the 3D scope.
2 Drag within the image preview area to move the color target to the area you want to
analyze, and release the mouse button.
As you drag the color target over the image preview, three things happen:
 The color swatch updates with that color.
 The H, S, and L values of the currently analyzed pixel are displayed to the right of the
currently selected swatch.