Adobe Premiere Elements 12 - Manual (Page 166)

Color Pass (Windows only)
The Color Pass effect converts a clip to grayscale, with the exception of specified colors. Use the Color Pass effect to highlight a particular area of
a clip. For example, in a clip of a basketball game, you could highlight the basketball by selecting and preserving its color, while keeping the rest of
the clip displayed in grayscale. Note, however, that with the Color Pass effect, you can isolate only colors, not objects within the clip.
Specify Color Pass settings
1. Apply the effect.
2. In the Project Assets panel, select the clip with the effect and click the Applied Effects button. Then click the Setup button to the right of the
effect name in the Applied Effects panel.
3. In the Color Pass Settings dialog box, select the color you want to preserve by clicking a color in the Clip Sample area on the left (the
pointer becomes an eyedropper), or by clicking the Color swatch and selecting a color in the Color Picker dialog box.
4. Drag the Similarity slider to increase or decrease the range of the specified color.
5. To reverse the effect, so that all colors except the specified color are preserved, select Reverse and click OK.
6. Click Done.
Color Replace (Windows only)
The Color Replace effect replaces all occurrences of a selected color with a new color, preserving any gray levels. Using this effect, you could
change the color of an object in a clip by selecting it, and then adjusting the controls to create a different color.
Replace a color
1. Apply the effect.
2. In the Project Assets panel, select the effect and click the Applied Effects button. Then click the Setup button to the right of the effect name
Applied Effects panel.
3. In the Color Replace dialog box, select the color you want to replace by clicking a color in the Clip Sample area on the left (the pointer
becomes an eyedropper), or by clicking the Target Color swatch and selecting a color in the Color Picker dialog box.
4. Choose the replacement color by clicking the Replace Color swatch.
5. Broaden or reduce the range of the color you’re replacing by dragging the Similarity slider.
6. Select the Solid Colors property to replace the specified color without preserving any gray levels, and click OK.
7. Click Done.
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