Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1368)

Chapter 27 Color Correction 583
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 Saturation slider: This slider raises or lowers the overall saturation, or intensity of
color, in the affected clip. Drag the slider all the way to the left to desaturate the clip
completely. This results in a grayscale image. Drag the slider to the right to increase
the saturation of color in the affected clip. To move the slider in increments, click the
small arrows to the right or left of the slider.
Note: Be very careful when raising the saturation of a clip using this slider. It is very
easy to raise the saturation too high, resulting in saturation values that are illegal for
broadcast. Never adjust the saturation of clips based on how they appear on your
computer display. NTSC and PAL video never look as vivid on a computer display as
they do on a properly calibrated broadcast video monitor, and it’s often tempting to
overcompensate when basing your adjustments on the way video looks on a
computer display. It’s a good idea to enable the Excess Chroma option (in the Range
Check submenu of the View menu) to warn you when you’re boosting the saturation
too much. For more information, see “
The Importance of Using a Properly Calibrated
Broadcast Monitor ” on page 553 and “ Displaying Excess Luma and Chroma Levels
in the Viewer and Canvas ” on page 524.
Match Hue Controls in the Color Corrector 3-Way Filter
The Match Hue controls allow you to adjust the hue of the current clip to match a
similar color in an adjacent clip of your sequence. A common example is matching the
flesh tones of an actor in two different shots with different lighting.
For more information on using the Match Hue controls in the Color Corrector and Color
Corrector 3-way filters, see “
Match Hue Controls in the Color Corrector
and Color Corrector 3-Way Filters ” on page 597.
Example: Using the Color Corrector 3-Way Filter
While the Color Corrector filter lets you adjust the overall color balance of a clip, the
Color Corrector 3-way filter gives you even more control by allowing you to adjust the
color balance of the shadows, midtones, and highlights individually. All three of these
affected parts of your picture overlap, allowing you to make extremely involved
changes to your picture. For additional information, see “
Blacks, Midtones, and Whites ”
on page 510.