Apple Final Cut Pro 6 - Manual (Page 1357)

572 Part III Color Correction and Video Quality Control
 Balance Reset button: Click this button to reset the Balance control to its default
settings and restore your clip to its original color mix. Holding down the Shift key
while clicking this button also resets the level and saturation controls (described in
one of the next sections) to their default settings.
 Hue control: Rotate the Hue control to change the overall hue of the affected clip.
 Hue Reset button: Click this button to reset the Hue control to its default settings and
restore your clip to its original hue. Holding down the Shift key while clicking this
button also resets the level and saturation controls (described in one of the next
sections) to their default settings.
Auto Level and Contrast Controls in the Color Corrector Filter
Using the Auto Level controls and the Whites, Mids, and Blacks sliders to maximize the
contrast of your image is usually the first step you take when color correcting a clip.
 Auto White Level button: Click this button to analyze your clip and find the maximum
level of white in the frame. The Whites slider is then adjusted to move the maximum
white level to 100 percent as viewed in the Histogram.
 Auto Black Level button: Click this button to analyze your clip and find the maximum
level of black in the frame. The Blacks slider is then adjusted to move the maximum
black level of your clip to 0 percent as viewed in the Histogram.
 Auto Contrast button: Click this button to perform the functions of both the Auto
White Level and Auto Black Level buttons simultaneously.
Level sliders
Auto Black Level button
Saturation slider
Auto White Level button
Auto Contrast button