Ultimatte-9 Operations Manual
March 1, 2000
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BACKING COLOR: RED
DEFAULTS: GATE 1/3 = 0%, GATE 2 = 0%
GATE
1/3
GATE
2
BENEFITS
TRADE-OFFS
0%
0%
Removes Red Spill while
permitting some shades of Red
to be reproduced in the
foreground.
Allows RED to exceed GREEN
by the amount GREEN
exceeds BLUE.
Unable to reproduce Magenta in
foreground (or any shade of pink in
which the Red should exceed
Green.) Magenta will be
reproduced as Blue.
Unable to remove Red spill from
Green foreground objects.
100%
0%
Removes Red Spill from Green
foreground objects as well as
all other foreground colors.
Limits RED to the LOWER of
BLUE or GREEN.
Unable to reproduce Magenta or
Yellow in foreground.
Magenta will be reproduced as
Blue.
Yellow will be reproduced as Green.
0%
100%
Permits reproduction of
Magenta in foreground (and
any shade of Pink in which
Red exceeds Green).
Allows RED to exceed GREEN
by the amount BLUE exceeds
GREEN (or by the amount
GREEN exceeds BLUE when
BLUE is lower than GREEN).
Will not remove Red Spill from
shades of Blue in the foreground.
Will not completely remove Red
Spill from shades of Green in the
foreground.
100%
100%
Removes Red Spill from
shades of Green in the
foreground.
Permits reproduction of
Magenta in foreground.
RED is limited to the level of
BLUE regardless of the level of
GREEN.
Cannot reproduce shades of Red in
the foreground.
Yellow will become Green.
Cannot remove Red Spill from Blue
or Cyan. (Red Spill will desaturate
Cyans.)
Table 5: Gate Functions (Red Backing)
