Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 672)

672 Part IX Effects
Color controls
The color controls give you several ways to select a color value.
 Disclosure triangle: Click to display sliders and number fields corresponding to the
hue, saturation, and brightness of the range of colors available.
 Eyedropper button: This button lets you quickly select a color that’s in an image in the
Viewer or Canvas. Click this button, then click an image in the Viewer or the Canvas
to pick up that color.
 Hue direction control: If you’re keyframing changes in color, click this control to
indicate the direction on the color wheel Final Cut Express HD uses to interpolate the
color change.
 Color picker: Click to choose a color using the standard color picker.
 Hue, Saturation, and Brightness controls (H, S, and B): Hue determines which color is
chosen; saturation determines how vivid the color is. If saturation is 0, the resulting color
is always white. Brightness determines how bright or dark the color is. If brightness is 0,
the resulting color is black; if brightness is 100, the color is the lightest possible value.
Clip control
You can use the image from one clip in a filter to change another clip.
m Drag any clip from your sequence to this control to apply it to the filter.
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Tip: You can drag Final Cut Express HD generators to clip controls as with any other clip.
To clear a clip that’s currently attached:
m Control-click the clip control, then choose Clear from the shortcut menu.
Hue direction control
Click the disclosure
triangle to display the
hue, saturation, and
brightness controls.
Color picker
Hue, saturation, and
brightness controls
Eyedropper button
Clip control