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• Digitally relighting areas of the image: The same feature can be used in a different way,
drawing custom shapes to isolate regions of the image and add beams or pools of light
where previously there were none. This can come in handy in situations where the
lighting is a bit flat, and you want to add some interest to a feature in the scene.
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• Making modifications changing the Primary In correction: A somewhat unconventional
use of the Secondaries room is to apply an additional correction to the entire image
on top of the original correction you made with the Primary In room. When all three
secondary qualifiers are set to include the entire image (which is the default setting),
adjustments made with the color balance, contrast, and saturation controls affect
everything in the frame, just as they do in the Primary In room. You can use this to
keep stylized adjustments separate from the baseline corrections you’re making in the
Primary In room. For more information on this type of workflow, see Managing a Shot’s
Corrections Using Multiple Rooms.
Where to Start in the Secondaries Room?
The process of secondary color correction is fairly straightforward and involves the
following steps.
• Stage 1: Isolating the Region You Need to Adjust
• Stage 2: Making Color Balance, Contrast, and Saturation Adjustments
• Stage 3: Moving Through the Eight Tabs to Make More Corrections
Stage 1: Isolating the Region You Need to Adjust
There are three basic methods you can use to isolate, or qualify, features or areas within
an image in the Secondaries room:
• Key on a range of color, saturation, or brightness.
• Use a shape as a mask.
• Use one of the secondary curves to selectively adjust a portion of the spectrum.
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