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The Waveform RGB option provides like ability using RGB color calibration in place of YUV.
With respect to the Vectorscope, dragging inside the scope moves the cross-hairs, resulting in
either a U Offset (drag horizontally), V Offset (drag vertically) or Hue shift (drag outside the
cross-hairs to rotate the hue through the color spectrum.)
Let’s get back to the Control settings pane now, and discuss the meaning of the Color Correction
values we’ve been tweaking:
Gain is similar to Saturation, except that when you adjust the Gain, you increase or decrease the
saturation of just one color channel of the video signal. Adjustments affect other colors in the
image only to the degree that they are composed of it. For example, if you look on the 3-Band
color Vectorscope, you will see that modifying Red Gain affects Red, Magenta and Yellow.
Offset, while similar, affects every color in the video signal, even black. Rotate clockwise to
increase red saturation, counter-clockwise to decrease it. Adjusting Red Offset shifts the entire
signal diagonally in the Vectorscope.
8.8 TOOL SHED
There are many repetitive tasks when creating a video, and if you find yourself drifting from the
fun of creation and getting burdened by click...drag, click...drag, it’s time to stop and take a look
within the Tool Shed tab. This collection of ready-to-use tools will help you create faster, with
more effort spent on telling the story, and less time devoted to wondering how to do it.
This is something that merits exploration, and should prove to be quite fun! Better yet, there is
an assistant just a button away. If you would like more information on any of the tools, select
that tool and click the Help button.
Most Tool Shed functions follow a very simple recipe: Select a clip (or a series of clips) choose a
tool and click Perform. There are far too many tools in the Tool Shed to explain all of them;
fortunately, many are self-explanatory and so simple to use that you’ll want to make sure the
client isn’t peeking over your shoulder when you click!
Let’s have a peek at a representative sampling of Tool Shed abilities.