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Waveform display shows the clips contrast range
These contrast adjustments are not limited by one another. For example, raising or lowering the
Gamma master wheel by a large amount may push the highlights of the image higher or the
shadows of the image lower, regardless of the current Lift or Gain contrast setting.
As a result, these controls are somewhat interactive, and you may find yourself going back and
forth between controls as you make your final contrast adjustments. This is one of the reasons a
control surface is valuable, as it allows you to adjust all three settings simultaneously.
Oset Color and Master Controls
The fourth set of Color Balance and Master Wheel controls is actually shared with the Log
controls and with the Offset sliders in the Primaries palette. These are the Offset controls, which
let you make linear adjustments to rebalance the entire tonal range of the RGB channels.
The Offset color balance control: Works as a simultaneous adjustment to all three
Offset sliders located in the Primaries palette; adjustments made to the Offset color
balance control also alter the Offset sliders. Used subtly, this makes it easy to neutralize
color imbalances in the darkest part of the image, while simultaneously rebalancing
every other part of the image. Used more dramatically, this control makes it easy to add
a color wash throughout the entire image.
The Offset master wheel: Acts as a global adjustment to image lightness, an operation
sometimes referred to as setup, raising or lowering all YRGB channels together.
When using a DaVinci control surface, the Offset color balance control is adjusted in either Lift/
Gamma/Gain or Log modes via the fourth trackball, while the Offset wheel is adjusted via the
ring surrounding the fourth trackball.
Shared Adjustment Controls
The three modes of the Color Wheels palette all share two pages of controls for making more
specific adjustments to different aspects of the image such as Contrast, Saturation, Hue,
Highlight retrieval, Color boost, and so on.
Page 1 Adjustment Controls
The shared Contrast, Pivot, Saturation, Hue, and Lum Mix controls are located in a set of “Page
1” controls found at the bottom of the Color Wheels palette.
The Page 1 adjustment controls
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