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3. Click the pop-up menu at the top of the Color inspector, then do one of the following:
• Add a new instance of the Color Board effect: Choose Color Board from the Add
Correction section at the bottom of the menu.
For more details and methods, see Add color corrections in Final Cut Pro.
• Correct a Color Board effect already applied to the clip: Choose the Color Board
effect you want to correct from the Corrections section at the top of the menu.
Color Board controls appear in the Color inspector. The effect also appears in the
Effects section of the Video inspector.
4. At the top of the Color inspector, click the button for the correction you want to make:
• Color: Adjusts the tint.
• Saturation: Adjusts the chroma level.
• Exposure: Adjusts the luma level.
5. Drag the controls (or select a control and press an arrow key), or enter values in the
value sliders.
To make fine adjustments, hold down the Option key as you drag a control.
You can adjust the whole clip image or just the shadows, midtones, or highlights.
Dragging a control up adds color to the image or increases the chroma or luma level;
dragging a control down removes color or reduces the chroma or luma level. In the
Color pane, you can also drag the controls left or right to choose the color to add or
subtract.
To reset the values for a pane, click the Reset button in the top-right corner.