ADOBE PREMIERE PRO 2.0
User Guide
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Tonal Range
Specifies whether the luminance adjustments are applied to the entire image (Master), the highlights
only, midtones only, or shadows only.
Brightness
Adjusts the black level in a clip. Use this control so that the black picture content in your clip appears as
black.
Contrast
Affects the image’s contrast by adjusting the gain from the clip’s original contrast value.
Contrast Level
Sets the clip’s original contrast value.
Gamma
Adjusts the image’s midtone values without affecting black and white levels. This causes changes in contrast,
much like changing the shape the curve in the Luma Curve effect. Use this control to adjust images that are too dark
or too light, without distorting shadows and highlights.
Pedestal
Adjusts an image by adding a fixed offset to the image’s pixel values. Use this control with the Gain control
to increase an image’s overall brightness.
Gain
Affects the overall contrast ratio of an image by adjusting brightness values by multiplication. The lighter pixels
are affected more than darker pixels.
Secondary Color Correction
Specifies the color range to be corrected by the effect. You can define the color by hue,
saturation, and luminance. Click the triangle to access the controls.
Note:
Choose Mask from the Output menu to view the areas of the image that are selected as you define the color range.
Center
Defines the central color in the range that you’re specifying. Select the Eyedropper tool and click anywhere
on your screen to specify a color, which is displayed in the color swatch. Use the + Eyedropper tool to extend the
color range, and use the – Eyedropper tool to subtract from the color range. You can also click the swatch to open
the Adobe Color Picker and select the center color.
Hue, Saturation, and Luma
Specify the color range to be corrected by hue, saturation, or luminance. Click the
triangle next to the option name to access the threshold and softness (feathering) controls to define the hue,
saturation, or luminance range.
Soften
Makes boundaries of the specified area more diffuse, blending the correction more with the original image.
A higher value makes the increases the softness.
Edge Thinning
Makes the specified area more sharply defined. The correction becomes more pronounced. A higher
value increases the edge definition of the specified area.
Invert Limit Color
Corrects all colors except for the color range that you specified with the Secondary Color
Correction settings.
See also
“Adjusting color and luminance” on page 260
Luma Curve effect
The Luma Curve effect adjusts the brightness and contrast of a clip using a curve adjustment. You can also specify
the color range to be corrected by using the Secondary Color Correction controls.
The Luma Curve effect has the following controls:
Output
Lets you view adjustments in the Program monitor as the final results (Composite) or tonal value adjust-
ments (Luma), or display of the alpha matte (Mask).