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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
168 Chapter 9 Primary In
When using a control surface, the Encoder Sensitivity parameter in the User Prefs tab of
the Setup room let you customize the speed with which these controls make
adjustments. For more information, see “Control Surface Settings” on page 103.
Adjusting Contrast in the Shadows, Midtones, and Highlights
The primary contrast sliders consist of three vertical sliders, which are used to adjust
the black point, the distribution of midtones, and the white point of the image.
Each slider is a vertical gradient. Dragging down lowers its value, while dragging up
raises its value. A blue bar shows the current level at which each slider is set, while the
third number in the Output display (labeled “L”) below each color control shows that
slider’s numeric value.
Adjusting the Black Point with the Shadow Slider
The behavior of the shadows contrast slider depends on whether or not the Limit
Shadow Adjustments preference is turned on (for more information, see “User Interface
Settings” on page 104).
Adjusts black point Adjusts midtones distribution Adjusts white point
Output: 0.00h 0.00s 0.001
Output: 0.00h 0.00s 0.501
Output: 0.00h 0.00s 1.001
Shadow Midtone Highlight