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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 10 Secondaries 215
In addition to sampling individual color values, you can also use the eyedropper to
sample an entire range of values.
To use the eyedropper to sample a range of values:
m Click the eyedropper, then drag over the range of pixels you want to sample with the
crosshairs.
The HSL controls expand to include the entire range of hues, saturation, and lightness
in the pixels you sampled. As a result, the keyed matte in the Previews tab is much
more inclusive.
You can also use the eyedropper to expand an existing range of HSL values.
To expand the HSL selection using the eyedropper:
m Click the eyedropper, then hold the Shift key down and either click a single pixel or
drag over a range of pixels with the crosshairs.
The crosshairs disappear, and the HSL controls are expanded to include the range of
sampled values you dragged on to expand the keyed matte in the Previews tab.
Note: When selecting a range of multiple HSL values, you can only select a contiguous
range of values. You cannot, for example, exclude yellow if you’ve included both red
and green (assuming you also need to exclude blue, as seen in the screenshot below).
If you need to select discontiguous HSL ranges, you should use multiple secondary
operations.
The HSL Controls
You don’t have to use the eyedropper to select a range of HSL values. You can also use
the HSL controls at the top of the Basic tab to select specific ranges of hue, saturation,
and lightness directly.
Each of these qualifiers can be turned on and off individually. Each qualifier that’s
turned on contributes to the keyed matte. Turning a qualifier off means that aspect of
color is not used.