Apple Color 1.5 - Manual (Page 308)

• Green Lift: Adjusts the green channel only, enabling color correction based on a lift
adjustment for that channel.
• Blue Lift: Adjusts the blue channel only, enabling color correction based on a lift
adjustment for that channel.
Maximum
Averages adjacent pixels together (how many is based on the Brush Size parameter) to
produce a single, larger pixel based on the brightest value in that pixel group. Larger
values result in flattened, almost watercolor-like versions of the image. This node is also
useful for expanding the white areas and smoothing out grayscale images that you’re
using as mattes. This node has one parameter:
• Brush Size: Defines how many pixels are averaged into a single, larger pixel. Extremely
large values result in progressively larger, overlapping square pixels of uniform color,
emphasizing lighter pastel-like tones in the image.
Minimum
Averages adjacent pixels together (how many is based on the Brush Size parameter) to
produce a single, larger pixel based on the darkest value in that pixel group. Larger values
result in flattened, darkened versions of the image. This node is also useful for expanding
the black areas and smoothing out grayscale images that you’re using as mattes. This
node has one parameter:
• Brush Size: Defines how many pixels are averaged into a single, larger pixel. Extremely
large values result in progressively larger, overlapping square pixels of uniform color,
emphasizing darker, muddier tones in the image.
Printer Lights
Provides Red, Green, and Blue parameters for color correction that work identically to the
printer points controls in the Advanced tab of the Primary In room. For more information,
see
Printer Points Controls .
Saturation
Raises or lowers overall image saturation, making the image more or less colorful. If you
use the Saturation node to completely desaturate an image, all three color channels are
blended together equally to create the final monochrome result, which looks different
then if you had used the B&W node. This node has one parameter:
• Saturation: The default value of 1 produces no change. 0 is a completely desaturated
image, while the maximum value of 10 produces an excessively saturated, hyper-stylized
version of the image.
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