Remove color in a clip, Mix color channels in a clip – Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 User Manual
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Broaden or reduce the range of the color you’re replacing by dragging the Similarity slider.
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Select the Solid Colors option to replace the specified color without preserving any gray levels.
See also
Color Replace effect (Windows only)
Remove color in a clip
To quickly remove color in a clip, apply the Black & White effect from the Image Control bin of the Video Effects
bin.
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Set up your workspace for color correction.
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Select the clip in the Timeline panel and apply either the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-Way Color Corrector.
3
In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle to expand the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-Way Color
Corrector controls.
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(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 pop-up menu. You can also adjust the relative proportion of the before and after views.
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(Optional for the Three-Way Color Corrector only) Do any of the following:
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To restrict your adjustments to a specific tonal range, choose Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights from the Tonal
Range menu. Choosing Master applies adjustments to the entire tonal range of the image. If necessary, use the
Tonal Range Definition controls to define the different tonal ranges. You can choose Tonal Range from the
Output menu to view a tri-tone preview of the tonal ranges in the Program Monitor.
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To restrict your adjustments to a color or range of colors, click the triangle to expand the Secondary Color
Correction controls. Define the color or color range by using the Eyedropper tool or slider controls, or enter
numeric values. See also “
Specify a color or range of colors to adjust
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Scrub the underlined text or enter a value lower than 100 for the Saturation control. You can also click the triangle
to expand the control so you can drag the slider.
Mix color channels in a clip
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In the Effects panel, click the triangle to expand the Video Effects bin, and then click the triangle to expand the
Adjust bin.
2
Drag the Channel Mixer effect to the clip in the Timeline panel.
Note: If the clip is already selected in the Timeline panel, you can drag the Channel Mixer effect to the Video Effects
section of the Effect Controls panel.
3
Decrease or increase a channel’s contribution to the output channel by doing any of the following to a source
color channel:
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Scrub an underlined value to the left or right.
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Click an underlined value, type a value between –200% and +200% in the value box, and press Enter (Windows)
or Return (Mac OS).
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Click the triangle to expand the Channel Mixer controls, and drag the slider to the left or right.
April 1, 2008