Apple Color 1.0 - Manual (Page 235)

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Color FX
When the primary and secondary color correction controls
aren’t enough to achieve the look you need, Color FX lets you
create sophisticated effects using a node-based interface.
The Color FX room is a node-based effects environment. It’s been designed as an open-
ended toolkit that you can use to create your own custom looks by processing an
image with combinations of operations that take the form of nodes. Each node is an
individual image processing operation, and by connecting these nodes into
combinations, called node trees, you can create sophisticated effects of greater and
greater complexity.
This chapter covers the following:
 The Color FX Interface (p. 235)
 How to Make Color FX (p. 236)
 Creating and Connecting Nodes (p. 238)
 Adjusting Node Parameters (p. 239)
 Bypassing Nodes (p. 241)
 Creating Effects in the Color FX Room (p. 242)
 Using Color FX with Interlaced Shots (p. 247)
 Saving Favorite Effects in the Color FX Bin (p. 248)
 Node Reference Guide (p. 249)
The Color FX Interface
The Color FX room is divided into four main areas:
 Node List: A list at the left of the Color FX room that contains every image processing
operation that you can add. Some of these nodes are single input, performing that
operation to whatever image is input into them, while others are multi-input, taking
multiple versions of the image and combining them using different methods. All
nodes are alphabetically organized.