User guide

Creating a color match effect

$ Click and drag your mouse in the Preview Window over an area that best

represents the tonal range that you want to adjust. A tracking rectangle

representing the tonal range for your selected area appears, and the auto

balance is performed immediately.

¦NoteYou’ll see your selected color displayed in the target clip color box, and

represented in the color map for the affected tonal range.

Matching colors from a reference clip to a

target clip

1 Use the position controls (slider or transport controls) to move through your

entire Premiere Pro Timeline sequence to a frame in a reference clip that

contains the colors you want to match. You’ll see this image in the

Reference Window, and also on your video monitor. By default, the frame

displayed corresponds to the position of Premiere Pro’s current-time

indicator. For more details on these controls, see “Using the transport

controls” on page 40.

¥Tip If you know the exact time code of the frame in your reference clip,

you can enter it in the time code box.

2 To select the color you want to match from your reference clip, do one of the

following:

$ Click the reference clip color box for the tonal range you want to affect

(shadows, midtones, highlights, or global) to display a tracking rectangle

in the

Reference Window. Resize and drag the tracking rectangle to select

your reference color.

Tracking

rectangle

Slider