Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 848)

848 Part IX Effects
6 Move the pointer into the Canvas where clip 2 is displayed. When the pointer becomes
an eyedropper, click a highlight in the actor’s face in clip 2 that matches, as closely as
possible, the highlight you selected in clip 1.
Note: For best results, it’s extremely important to select an area of color in the clip
being corrected that accurately matches the level of the area of color you selected as
the match color.
7 The Balance control changes, dipping into the blues to compensate for the overly warm
lighting. The color balance of clip 2 now approximates that of clip 1 much more closely.
If you’ve achieved the results you wanted, you can stop. Often, however, use of the
Hue Matching controls is simply the first step taken, and other adjustments will be
made afterward.
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Tip: Holding down the Shift key while moving the balance control you’re working with
will lock the angle along which the balance control moves, allowing you to keep the
exact hue of your adjustment the same.
Click a highlight in clip 2
that nearly matches the
same highlight you
chose in clip 1.
The color balance of both
shots is now similar.