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USING ADOBE PREMIERE PRO
Effects and transitions
Last updated 1/16/2012
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(Optional) Choose Mask from the Output menu to view the areas selected for adjustment. White represents areas
that allow 100% color correction, and black represents areas protected (masked) from color correction. The gray
areas allow partial application of the color correction. This Mask view updates as you make further adjustments to
the Secondary Color Correction controls.
Choosing Mask from Output menu to display selected areas (white) and protected areas (black).
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Use the following controls to specify how a color correction is applied to a color or range of colors:
Soften
Applies a Gaussian blur to the selected area generated by the Secondary Color Correction controls. The range
is from 0 to 100, and the default setting is 50. This control is useful for softening the application of the color correction
to selected areas so that it blends with the rest of the image.
Edge Thinning
Thins or spreads the edge of the selected area generated by the Secondary Color Correction controls.
The range is from –100 (thin, sharply defined edges) to +100 (spread, diffused edges). The default value is 0.
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Select the Invert Limit Color option to adjust all colors except the range that you specified using the Secondary
Color Correction controls.
More Help topics
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Luma Corrector effect
” on page 358
“
Luma Curve effect
” on page 359
“
RGB Color Corrector effect
” on page 360
“
RGB Curves effect
” on page 361
“
Three-Way Color Corrector effect
” on page 363
Replace a color
If you need more control than the Color Replace effect offers, use the Secondary Color Correction controls in the RGB
Corrector, RGB Curves, and Three-way Color Corrector. These controls let you apply changes to a single color or a
range of colors.
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In a Timeline panel, select the clip you want to adjust so it appears in the Program Monitor.
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If you want to replace a color in the displayed clip with a color in another clip in your project, open that other clip
in the Source Monitor.
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Apply the Color Replace effect to the clip you want to adjust.