Chapter 7. Using Artist Color With Apple Color; Primary In - Avid Technology Artist Color User Manual

Chapter 7: Using Artist Color with Apple Color
This section describes the color correction process by examining important functions in some of the Apple color rooms (Primary
In, Secondary: Vignette Control, and Color FX).

Primary In

Contrast
Most colorists begin by correcting the contrast of an image before adjusting its color. Artist Color lets you adjust the Shadow, Mid-
tone, and Highlight contrast using the three Trackwheels as follows:
• To adjust Shadow, use the left Trackwheel;
• To adjust Midtone, use the middle Trackwheel;
• To adjust Highlight, use the right Trackwheel.
Contrast can be further adjusted by engaging Mouse Injection and changing the Luma curve control.
To change Luma curve:
Press the Mouse Injection Soft Key.
1
Press R3 to left-click and create a control point.
2
Use the center Trackball to hover over a control point, then press and hold R3 and use the Trackball to move the control point.
3
To adjust Master Lift, Master Gain, and Master Gamma controls in the Basic tab:
Press Bank 1.
1
Turn Soft Knobs 4–6 to control Lift, Gain and Gamma, respectively.
2
Color Balance
After correcting image contrast you can adjust the color balance. Fast, coarse adjustments to color balance (Shadow, Midtone, and
Highlight) can be made using the Trackballs to set the primary color balance, as follows:
• The left Trackball controls the Shadow Color Balance wheel; R1 resets Hue and Saturation.
• The middle Trackball controls the Midtone Color Balance wheel; R3 resets Hue and Saturation.
• The right Trackball controls the Highlight Color Balance wheel; R5 resets Hue and Saturation.
More detailed adjustments can be made by engaging Mouse Injection to change the red, green, and blue curve(s). Numeric ad-
justments can be made to the Red, Green, and Blue Lift, Gamma, and Gain controls by selecting Bank 2 to go to the Advanced tab
and then turning the Soft Knobs.
Saturation
When the quality of the colors is satisfactory, the next step is to raise or lower the saturation (also called intensity) of the colors
in the image. Select BANK 1 and use the Soft Knobs to adjust the Saturation, Highlight Sat., and Shadow Sat. controls in the Basic
tab. This allows adjusting the overall saturation or only the saturation within specific tonal regions.
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