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Effects and transitions
Last updated 11/30/2015
5 In the Color Replace Settings dialog box, move the pointer over the Clip Sample image so it becomes an eyedropper,
and then click to choose the color to be replaced. You can also click the Target Color swatch and select a color in the
Adobe Color Picker.
6 Choose the replacement color by clicking the Replace Color swatch and selecting the color in the Adobe Color
Picker.
7 Broaden or reduce the range of the color you’re replacing by dragging the Similarity slider.
8 Select the Solid Colors option to replace the specified color without preserving any gray levels.
Remove color in a clip
To quickly remove color in a clip, apply the Black & White effect from the Image Control bin of the Video Effects bin.
1 Set up your workspace for color correction.
2 Select the clip in a Timeline panel and apply either the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-way Color Corrector. See
also
Apply effects to clips.
3 In the Effect Controls panel, click the triangle to expand the Fast Color Corrector or the Three-way Color Corrector
controls.
4 (Optional) Select the Show Split View option if you want to view a before and after comparison of your adjustment
in the Program Monitor. You can specify whether the split view is horizontal or vertical by choosing from the Layout
menu. You can also adjust the relative proportion of the before and after views.
5 (Optional for the Three-way Color Corrector only) Do any of the following:
• To restrict your adjustments to a specific tonal range, choose Shadows, Midtones, or Highlights from the Tonal
Range menu. Choosing Master applies adjustments to the entire tonal range of the image. If necessary, use the
Tonal Range Definition controls to define the different tonal ranges.
• To restrict your adjustments to a color or range of colors, click the triangle to expand the Secondary Color
Correction controls. Define the color or color range by using the Eyedropper tool or slider controls, or enter
numeric values.
6 Scrub the underlined text or enter a value lower than 100 for the Saturation control. You can also click the triangle
to expand the control so you can drag the slider.
Mix color channels in a clip
1 In the Effects panel, click the triangle to expand the Video Effects bin, and then click the triangle to expand the
Adjust bin.
2 Drag the Channel Mixer effect to the clip in a Timeline panel.
Note: If the clip is already selected in a Timeline panel, you can drag the Channel Mixer effect to the Video Effects section
of the Effect Controls panel.
3 Decrease or increase a channel’s contribution to the output channel by doing any of the following to a source color
channel:
• Scrub an underlined value to the left or right.
• Click an underlined value, type a value between –200% and +200% in the value box, and press Enter (Windows)
or Return (Mac OS).
• Click the triangle to expand the Channel Mixer controls, and drag the slider to the left or right.