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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 9 Primary In 193
To remove control points from a curve:
m Drag a point up or down until it’s outside the curve control area.
To remove all control points from a curve:
m Click the reset button (at the upper left-hand side of each curve graph) for the curve
you want to clear control points from.
Using Curves to Adjust Contrast
One of the most easily understood ways of using curves is to adjust contrast with the
Luma curve. The Luma curve actually performs a simultaneous adjustment to the red,
green, and blue channels of the image (as you can see if you take a look at the Parade
scope while making Luma curve adjustments), so the overall effect is to adjust the
lightness of the image.
Note: Adjustments made to the Luma curve may affect its saturation. Raising luma by a
significant amount can reduce its saturation.
You can draw a general correspondence between the controls described previously in
“Using the Primary Contrast Controls” and the black point, midtones, and white point
of the Luma curve. For example, moving the black point of the curve up raises the
black point.
Moving the white point of the curve down lowers the white point of the image.