Match hue controls – Apple Final Cut Express 4 User Manual
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 Blacks slider: Drag this slider to adjust the minimum level of black in the affected clip,
deepening or reducing the level of absolute black in your image. To move the slider
in increments, click the small arrows to the right or left of the slider.
 Saturation (Sat) 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
color from 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 the Saturation 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 a computer display.
Match Hue Controls
The Match Hue controls provide a way to adjust the color balance of the current clip,
based on a specific hue, to match a similar hue in another clip. A common example of
when you might use the Match Hue controls is when you are matching the flesh tones
of an actor in two shots that have different lighting.
The Match Hue controls do not affect the contrast of your image. Adjusting the Whites,
Blacks, and Mids level sliders to maximize the contrast in your image is still going to be
the first step in your color correction process, even when using the Match Hue controls.
Note: The Match Hue controls are intended to match similar colors to one another.
They cannot be used to match completely opposite colors.
Although the Match Hue controls work well as a starting point to help you quickly
match the overall color balance of two shots, you’ll probably want to further adjust the
end result by hand to achieve the exact effect you’re looking for.
Auto Level controls
Match Hue eyedropper
Match Color indicator
Reset Match Color
button
Match Hue controls