
COLOR CORRECTION
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Correcting Video Levels
The rules are that white in the image
needs to sit at 100% or below and black in
the image needs to be at zero or above.
The way to achieve this is by using the
Highlights and Shadows tools which are
found in Exposure in the Color Board.
Once you have set the white and black
levels then you can work on the Midtones.
These three adjustments: Highlights
(white), Midtones (everything between
white and black) and Shadows (black)
can improve an image tremendously,
and are very easy to work with. If you
aren’t going to broadcast you don’t
have to adhere to broadcast standards,
however this is worth doing ...