Color correction filters, Distort filters – Apple Final Cut Pro 7 User Manual

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Result

Filter

Performs an arithmetic operation on the clip and a second specified
clip. You can choose the operator and the channel from pop-up
menus.

Compound Arithmetic

Inverts one or all channels of the selected clip. A Channel pop-up
menu allows you to choose which channel or channels to invert,
and the Amount slider lets you adjust the amount of inversion to
apply.

Invert

Color Correction Filters

Color correction filters let you adjust the black, white, and midtone color balance of your
clips. For detailed information on using these filters, see

“Color Correction with Color.”

Result

Filter

Gives you a fast method for dealing with clips that have luma,
chroma, or RGB levels that exceed the broadcast limits for video.

Broadcast Safe

1

A basic filter for performing simple color correction. While not as
fully featured as the Color Corrector 3-way filter, it’s more likely to
be supported by real-time hardware.

Color Corrector

1

Gives you more precise color control with separate adjustments to
the color balance of the blacks, midtones, and whites of your image.

Color Corrector 3-way

1

Lets you eliminate unwanted color that sometimes appears in the
highlights of an image when you apply one of the color correction
filters.

Desaturate Highlights

1

Lets you eliminate unwanted color that sometimes appears in the
blacks of an image when you apply one of the color correction
filters.

Desaturate Lows

1

Allows you to raise or lower the levels of the highlights, midtones,
and blacks of each channel—red, green, and blue—in RGB color
space individually.

RGB Balance

Allows you to limit illegal RGB values with fine-grained control.

RGB Limit

1

1 Works in 32-bit floating point if your sequence is set for high-precision rendering in the Video Processing tab of the

Sequence Settings window.

Distort Filters

The Final Cut Pro Distort filters are design-oriented filters that create texture effects.

Result

Filter

Offsets pixels in a clip using the luma of a second selected image,
called the map. Use the Direction and Outset controls to define the
direction and amount of the offset, and the Luma Scale and Repeat
Edge controls to define the appearance of the offset.

Bumpmap

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Video Filters Available in Final Cut Pro

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