User Manual

Qualifier Parameters
Each of the Qualifier modes, except for the 3D qualifier, has parameters that correspond to the
relevant color components for that mode, with which you can identify a range and softness,
similar to using the sample tools. These parameters can be edited precisely with virtual sliders
using the pointer, or using the knobs of a supported grading control panel. However, mouse
and tablet users can take advantage of each qualifier’s draggable white overlays, for more
direct adjustment.
 Drag the left and right edges of any qualifier control overlay to adjust the Low and High
values (or the Width value of the Hue control).
 Drag the center of any qualifier control to change the center or to simultaneously
change the Low and High parameters together.
 Option-drag the left and right edges of any qualifier overlay to adjust softness.
These draggable controls work for the HSL, RGB, and LUMA qualifier controls (the 3D qualifier
works differently).
Draggable qualifier controls
HSL Qualification Controls
The HSL Qualifier is by far the most versatile mode of the Qualifier palette. It’s also the qualifier
that’s easiest to understand, and the easiest to adjust by hand if you don’t feel the need to
sample the image. By selecting range and softness for each of three different color
components, hue, saturation, and luma, you can isolate a wide variety of colorful subjects, or
ranges of image lightness and saturation.
The HSL Qualifier controls in close up
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