Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - Manual (Page 356)

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4. Move the current-time indicator to a frame that provides the best example of colors that need to be adjusted.
5. (Optional) Do any of the following to set preview options when correcting color:
To view only the luminance values in a clip, choose Luma from the Output menu. This option only affects the preview in the Program
Monitor, it doesn’t remove the color from the video.
To display a before and after view of the clip in one monitor, select the Show Split View option. You can specify whether the split view is
horizontal or vertical by choosing from the Layout menu. You can also adjust the relative proportion of the before and after views.
6. (Optional) Use the Tonal Range Definition control to define the shadow, midtone, and highlight areas in the clip. See also Define the tonal
ranges in a clip .
Only the Luma Corrector, RGB Corrector, and Three-Way Color Corrector effects let you apply adjustments to a specific tonal range.
7. (Optional) Click the triangle to expand the Secondary Color Correction controls if you want to correct the exposure for a specific color or
range of colors. Use the Eyedropper tool or the other Secondary Color Correction controls to specify the colors to correct. See also Specify a
color or range of colors to adjust .
All Color Correction effects have Secondary Color Correction controls except the Fast Color Corrector effect and Video Limiter effect.
8. Do any of the following:
To adjust color balance and saturation using color wheels, adjust the Hue Balance and Angle wheels or numeric controls in the Fast
Color Corrector or Three-Way Color Corrector effect. See also
Color balance, angle, and saturation controls .
To adjust luminance or color using a curve control, use the curve adjustments in the Luma Curve or RGB Curves effect. See also Adjust
color and luminance using curves .
To adjust luminance by setting the black, gray, and white levels, use the levels controls in the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-Way
Color Corrector effect. See also
Adjust luminance using levels .
See Luma Corrector effect and RGB Color Corrector effect .
To adjust luminance or color using numeric controls, use the controls in the Luma Corrector or RGB Color Corrector effect.
Use keyframing to animate your color correction adjustment. This is especially useful when the lighting changes in a clip. See also
Adding, navigating, and setting keyframes .
9. (Optional) Apply the Video Limiter effect after you’ve made your color corrections to make the video signal conform to broadcast standards
while preserving as much of the image quality as possible. It’s recommended to use the YC Waveform scope to make sure the video signal
is within the 7.5 to 100 IRE levels.
See Video Limiter effect .
For more information, search for “Video Limiter effect” in Premiere Pro Help.
Quickly remove a color cast
The Fast Color Corrector and the Three-Way Color Corrector effects have controls to quickly balance colors so the white, grays, and black are
neutral. The adjustment that neutralizes the color cast in a sampled area is applied to the entire image. This can remove the color cast in all
colors. For example, if an image has an undesirable bluish cast, when you sample an area that should be white, the White Balance control adds
yellow to neutralize the bluish cast. This yellow adjustment is added to all the colors in the scene, which should remove the color cast in the entire
scene.
1. Select the clip in a Timeline panel and apply either the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-Way Color Corrector effect. See also Adjust
luminance using levels .
2. In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle to expand the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-Way Color Corrector controls.
3. (Optional) Select the Show Split View option if you want to view a before and after comparison of your adjustment in the Program Monitor.
You can specify whether the split view is horizontal or vertical by choosing from the Layout menu. You can also adjust the relative proportion
of the before and after views.
4. Select the White Balance eyedropper and click to sample an area in the Program Monitor. It’s best to sample an area that is supposed to be
white.
If you only want to affect one color or a specific range of colors in the clip, use the Secondary Color Correction controls in the Three-Way
Color Corrector.
5. (Optional for the Three-Way Color Corrector only) Do any of the following:
To color balance by neutralizing a medium-gray area of the image, select the Gray Balance eyedropper and click an area that’s
supposed to be a medium gray.
To color balance by neutralizing a black area in the image, select the Black Balance eyedropper and click an area that’s supposed to be
black.
The Gray Balance control adjusts the sampled area to become a neutral gray and the Black Balance control adjusts the sampled area to
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