Part 2: Pinnacle Liquid Edition's Color Correction Tool
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Changing colors – taking a look at the Six Vector color corrector
So you want to take a portion of your picture and change the color – essentially isolate a color and change it to another? In the previous article, I talked about changing the blue sky to another color. With a secondary vector color corrector you can pick one of the six colors in your vectorscope (Red, Magenta, Blue, Cyan, Green and Yellow) and then change the attributes for the entire range of your selected color. This is also called a shotgun color corrector. So in this example, I am taking the pole vault shot from Pinnacle’s sample timeline, selecting the blue and changing it to a crazy reddish purple.
After opening the color corrector and expanding to the full interface (see graphic above), I select the blue color. Then, by grabbing the hue control I can see my sky change into some unearthly shades! But you can actually do a lot more than that. You have 3 way gain control for the color you’ve selected. So for example, perhaps my color is a little too bright in the mids, or I need to bring in some high tones. Liquid Edition’s shotgun color corrector is elegant and intuitive.
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The Big Kahuna – Selective Color Correction
Liquid Edition’s CX tool has always had a great reputation and in large part it’s because of the selective color correction tool. It comes fully intact from Liquid Edition’s big brother Liquid Blue and has extensive controls. Starting at the top here, we have the color wheel with eyedropper tool, the “+” sign to add a selective color and the trash can to delete a selective color. By hitting the “+” key you can select a color from your picture to independently adjust it apart from the rest of your picture.
Moving down from there, you have 3-way primary gain controls for your selected color, saturation, hue and Cb and Cr controls. To the right, the color isolation controls display a YUV snapshot of your selected color. However, you can change these controls (and the colors) at anytime and get real time feedback on your display. Finally, you have separate range and softness controls for your Lightness (L), Saturation (S) and Hue (H). Each parameter has a slider and a numerical value you can use to make your edits. The small circle to the right can be clicked to reset any parameter to its default.
This tool is simply amazing. I still haven’t fully explored the scope of control in this tool. You can take any color and manipulate it. Maybe one color doesn’t fully grab the object whose color you want to manipulate. No problem, pick another color with the zoom tool and tweak it until you are perfectly satisfied with the results. Want to do the Pleasantville effect, otherwise known as the Color Pass? No problem... and the list goes on.
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