Color Match
The Color Match plug-in allows you to match the color between clips. You can use this plug-in to match two cameras shooting the same scene or for artistic effect.
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Apply the Color Match plug-in to the video that you want to process. You can use the plug-in as a media, event, track or output effect.
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Select the Match brightness checkbox if you want the plug-in to attempt to match the brightness in the source and target frames.
When the checkbox is cleared, color matching is performed without adjusting the brightness.
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Click a button in the Source Image area to select the image you want to use as a reference for color matching.
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To match to the current frame in the Trimmer window, click the Trimmer button
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To match to the contents of your clipboard, copy the source image to the clipboard in another application (or use the Copy Snapshot to Clipboard command in the Video Preview or Trimmer window) and then click the Paste from Clipboard button
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To select an image you want to adjust to, click the File button
in the Color Match Plug-in and navigate to an image file. -
To capture a portion of your screen and match to it, click the Screen button
The cursor turns into a crosshair, allowing you to capture a portion of your screen. -
To match to the current frame in the Video Preview window, click the Preview button
in the Color Match plug-in.
You can achieve different results by sampling different parts of your source image.
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Click a button in the Target Image area to select the image you want to match to your source.
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To match the current frame in the Trimmer window to your source image , click the Trimmer button
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To match the contents of your clipboard to the source image, copy the target image to the clipboard in another application (or use the Copy Snapshot to Clipboard command in the Video Preview or Trimmer window) and then click the Paste from Clipboard button
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To match your source image to another image, click the File button
in the Color Match Plug-in and navigate to an image file. -
To capture a portion of your screen and match it, click the Screen button
The cursor turns into a crosshair, allowing you to capture a portion of your screen. -
To match to the current frame in the Video Preview window to the source image, click the Preview button
in the Color Match plug-in.
You can achieve different results by sampling different parts of your source image.
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Drag the Strength slider in the Color Match plug-in to adjust the amount of color matching applied to your clip.
Moving the slider all the way to the left (0) bypasses color matching; moving the slider all the way to the right (1) displays only the processed video. In the intermediate settings, original and adjusted video are mixed.
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Use the Video Preview window to verify your color matching and adjust the settings as needed.