Color controls – Apple Color 1.0 User Manual
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Chapter 3
Using the Color Interface
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 When you enter timecode in a field, you don’t need to enter all of the separator
characters (such as colons); they’re automatically added between each pair of digits.
 You can type a period to represent a pair of zeros when entering longer durations.
For example, type “3.” (3 and a period) to enter timecode 00:00:03:00. The period is
automatically interpreted by Color as 00.
 To enter 00:03:00:00, type “3..” (3 and two periods).
These periods insert pairs of zeros into both the seconds and frames position.
 Type 3... to enter 03:00:00:00.
 Use the plus (+) symbol to enter a series of single-digit values for each time position.
For example, type “1+5+8” to enter timecode 00:01:05:08.
Color Controls
Color controls are used in several rooms in Color to let you choose and modify colors
using the HSL model.
 Dragging within the main color wheel lets you simultaneously adjust the hue and
saturation of the selected color.
A crosshair within the color wheel shows the current color value that’s being selected.
The remaining controls depend on the type of color control being displayed.
 Dragging up and down within the multicolored Hue slider lets you adjust the hue.
 Dragging up within the single-colored Saturation slider increases the saturation of
the current hue, dragging down decreases its saturation.
 Dragging up within the single-colored Brightness slider increases the brightness of
the current color, dragging down decreases its brightness.
Customizing Color Controls
The angle at which colors appear on the color wheel of color controls can be
customized to match the interface of other color correction systems you may be used
to. In addition, the speed with which control surface joyballs adjust the corresponding
Color color controls can be adjusted. For more information, see “