The ‘lift, ‘gamma’, ‘gain’ and ‘offset’ color wheels give you total control over the color and tonal
balance of your clips. To make a uniform adjustment to all colors for each tonal region, drag the
dial underneath the color wheels back and forth
The primaries bars make color adjustments easier when using a mouse.
For more accurate control of each color using a mouse, you can change the color wheels to
‘primaries bars’ which let you adjust each color and luminance channel for the lift, gamma and
gain controls separately. Simply select ‘primaries bars’ from the dropdown menu near the top
right of the color wheels.
• Adjusting the ‘lift’: With your clip selected on the color timeline, click on the ‘lift’ dial
underneath the first color wheel. Slide it back and forth and watch how it affects your
image. You’ll see the brightness of the dark regions of your picture increase and decrease.
Set it to where you want the dark areas to look their best. If you decrease the lift too
much, you’ll lose details in the blacks and you can use the parade scope to help avoid
this. The optimal position for blacks on the waveform is just above the bottom line of the
parade scope.
• Adjusting the ‘gain’: Click on the ‘gain’ dial and slide it back and forth. This adjusts the
highlights which are the brightest areas of your clip. The highlights are shown on the
top section of the waveform on the parade scope. For a brightly lit shot, these are best
positioned just below the top line of the waveform scope. If the highlights rise above
the top line of the waveform scope, they will clip and you will lose details in the brightest
regions of your image.
• Adjusting the ‘gamma’: Click on the ‘gamma’ dial underneath the color wheel and slide it
back and forth. Asyou increase the gamma you’ll see the brightness of the image increase.
Notice the middle section of the waveform will also move as you adjust the gamma. This
represents the mid tones of your clip. The optimal position for mid tones generally falls
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