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7.2.2 COLOR BALANCE
AUTO COLOR
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Lighting conditions can change dramatically during many live events, especially those held outdoors.
Adding to this problem, production usually involves multiple cameras and, all too often, these may not
have uniform color characteristics.
Ensuring consistent color when switching from one angle to another, avoiding unwelcome brightness or
color shifts as evening falls or when a cloud obscures the sun briefly can be troublesome, and expensive.
To help you overcome these problems, 3Play’s Input Configuration panel provides Auto Color, a unique
feature capable of dynamically adapting the color characteristics of your video sources as lighting
conditions vary. For many productions, simply enabling the Auto Color switch is all it takes to produce a
show that looks amazingly consistent.
MULTICAM
By default, each camera with Auto Color enabled is processed uniquely – without reference to other
sources. Often, though, even greater consistency can be achieved by treating sources in similar
illumination environments as a group. Enable Multicam for several cameras causes Auto Color to evaluate
and adjust these cameras in unison. You might, for example, enable Multicam for court-side cameras in
an interior sports venue, while treating exterior or studio feeds individually.