Apple Final Cut Pro X (10.0.9) - Manual (Page 361)

Chapter 13 Color correction 361
5 To adjust the clip’s luma level, click Exposure (or press Command-Control-E), and drag the
controls in the Exposure pane.
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To adjust exposure for the whole image: Drag the Global control on the left.
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To adjust exposure in the darker areas of the image: Drag the Shadows control.
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To adjust exposure in the midtones (similar to a gamma control): Drag the Midtones control.
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To adjust exposure in the brighter areas of the image: Drag the Highlights control.
Dragging the controls up increases the luma level, and dragging them down reduces the level.
These controls do not move left and right.
You can also select the control and enter values numerically using the corresponding value slider.
You can use the Command Editor to assign a keyboard shortcut to turn color corrections on
and off while making adjustments in the Color Board, and to assign keyboard shortcuts to many
other Color Board functions. For more information, see
View keyboard shortcuts in the Command
Editor on page 452.
Reset and turn off Color Board color corrections
1 In the Timeline, select a clip whose color corrections you want to remove.
2 In the Color Board, do any of the following:
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To reset the currently selected control to its neutral state: Press Delete.
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To reset all of a pane’s controls to their neutral state: Click the Reset button in the pane’s
upper-right corner.
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To reset all three Color Board panes back to their neutral state: In the Color section of the Video
inspector, click the Reset button to the right of the Correction setting.
Click here to turn the
correction on or off.
Color Board
Reset button
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To turn Color Board corrections off without resetting them: In the Color section of the Video
inspector, deselect the checkbox for the correction.
Turning the corrections off and on makes it easy to quickly see the effect of your adjustments.
Target a specific color using a color mask
A color mask isolates a particular color in the image. You can apply a color mask to a clip to
correct a specific color, or to exclude that color from corrections to the rest of the image, or both.
For example, you could mute a brightly colored shirt in the background that distracts attention
from a clip’s main subject.
Using a color mask to control the color correction allows you to pick a color and then
independently adjust that color (reduce, enhance, or change it) or adjust everything except that
color (for example, add a tint or reduce the brightness or chroma levels).