In this section of the adjustment panel, the sliders available adjust the tone of the entire video image, while the Tinge sliders let you modify the clarity, vibrancy, and saturation levels.
To adjust the tonal level of your videos, do this:
1. | Manually adjust color tone using the available sliders as follows: |
• | Exposure: use on videos that are over or underexposed. A negative value darkens the all the colors in the video, while a positive value lightens them. |
• | Contrast: use to adjust contrast, or the difference between light and dark areas of the video image. |
• | Brightest: use to brighten/darken the colors in the video image that are close to whites. Darkening the lighter colors can enhance their contrast and make highlights stand out more. Drag the slider left to darken, reducing the clipping in highlights. Drag it right to brighten and clip the colors that are close to white. |
• | Bright: is applied to areas of the video image that are overexposed, which can recover detail in the highlights and brighter areas. Drag the slider left to recuperate lost detail in highlights by darkening them. Drag it right to brighten the video image without clipping the brighter areas. |
• | Midtone: use to adjust the overall brightness of the video image by changing the midtone colors only. Drag the slider left to darken, or right to brighten. |
• | Dark: can be used to help enhance detail in dark sections of the video image by brightening shadows and underexposed areas. Drag the slider left to darken the video image without clipping the shadows. Drag it right to recuperate lost detail in shadows by brightening them. |
• | Darkest: use to brighten/darken the colors in the video image that are close to blacks. Brightening the darker colors can enhance their contrast and make shadows stand out more. Drag the slider left to darken and clip the dark colors. Drag it right to brighten and reduce clipping in shadows. |
2. | Manually adjust the sliders to adjust the video image tinge as follows: |
• | Clarity: use to adjust video image clarity. Dragging the slider to the right makes the video image appear crisper, while to the left makes it appear more "dreamy". |
• | Vibrance: use to make the colors in the video image brighter and more vivid, by enhancing the duller colors. |
• | Saturation: use to adjust the saturation of color in the video image. A negative value moves the colors towards black and white, while a positive value increases the overall intensity of color in the video image. |
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