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Chapter 13 Color correction 415
Click the Color Board button  in the Color section of the Video inspector. (After
you make any Color Board adjustments, the button changes color.)
Click the upper-left corner of a clip in the Timeline and choose Color Adjustment Â
from the pop-up menu.
Click to return to the
Video inspector.
Click the Reset
button to remove the
adjustments in this
pane.
Use the Action pop-up
menu to create
or choose a color
correction preset.
Choose the correction
to work with.
Drag the controls to
change the values.
2 If the clip has multiple corrections applied to it, choose the correction to adjust from
the Correction pop-up menu in the Color Board’s upper-right corner.
3 To add or remove a color tint, click Color (or press Command-Control-C), and drag the
controls in the Color pane.
 To adjust the tint for the whole image: Drag the Global control (the large gray control).
 To adjust the tint in the darker areas of the image: Drag the Shadows control (the
black control).
 To adjust the tint in the midtones: Drag the Midtones control (the small gray control).
 To adjust the tint in the brighter areas of the image: Drag the Highlights control (the
white control).
Dragging the controls up adds the color to the video, and dragging them down
subtracts the color (eectively adding the opposite color). Dragging the controls left
and right chooses the color to add or subtract.
Tip: ∏ To move the selected Color Board control up or down, press the Up Arrow or
Down Arrow key. In the Color pane, you can also use the Left Arrow or Right Arrow key
to move the selected control left or right.