CHAPTER 4

Color Control Tools

In Chapter 3 we discussed two of the most important color-manipulation tools: the hue offset wheels and the individual red, green, and blue gain, gamma, and shadow controls. In this chapter we’ll continue to explore those tools but also look at other tools that are available in Color and other applications.

Hue Offset Wheels or Color Balance Controls

The hue offset wheels are analogous to the triple trackballs that most serious colorists use as their main color-manipulation tools. In Final Cut Pro, they’re known as the three-way color corrector. Avid has them in their entire line of products, where they’re known as hue offset wheels , and Color has them, called Color balance controls. Many plug-ins have them, ...

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