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Timeline Element Properties
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The Preview Window
The preview window and the pipette of the secondary color correction
are the easiest way to select a color vector. This window will show you
the image of the frame currently selected by the timeline cursor. It can
be displayed on the screen with the button PIPETTE of the color mask
controls (see section “Color Mask Controls” on page 7-46). Then the
button a+P will be switched on automatically as well, enabling you to
INVERT With this button you can invert the color vector that is
currently selected. Afterwards all colors that were previ-
ously deselected are selected.
RESET The button RESET sets the selected color vector back to
its default values.
Soft With this slider and its entry field to the right you can ad-
just an overall softness for the selected color vector as
well as for an already set softness. By dragging this slider
to the left you will reduce the softness; by dragging it to
the right it will be increased. The softness entry field to
the right of the slider will change accordingly. You can
also set the softness in the entry field directly by entering
a value and afterwards pressing [Enter] on your key-
board. When adjusting the overall softness, all values of
the softness entry fields above the controls as well as the
softness corner points of the selection shapes will be al-
tered as well.
This item is most useful when performing a quick color
correction. You just have to pick roughly your color vec-
tor, e.g. with the pipette, and afterwards you can adjust
your selection swiftly by using the Soft setting.
a When the preview window is displayed on the screen,
you can switch its view to a display of the alpha channel
of the currently selected color vector with this button. In
this view you can discern immediately the parts of the
image that will be affected. Black areas will not be affect-
ed, while all parts shown in white will undergo a color
correction. Further information about the preview win-
dow can be found in section “The Preview Window” on
page 7-47.
a+P When the preview window is displayed on the screen,
you can use this button. It will switch the view of the
preview window and show you the original image se-
lected by the timeline cursor together with an alpha
mask of the selected color vector. The colors that are cur-
rently selected by the color vector will be shown in grey.
Further information about the preview window can be
found in section “The Preview Window” on page 7-47.