Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 979)

Color Balance
Color balance generally refers to the overall tint of an image reflecting the color
temperature of the primary source of light. For example, sunlight is generally bluer than
interior tungsten light, which tends to be more orange. Although most film and video is
shot to make sure that the whites in an image are a true neutral white, different film
stocks and video color balance settings result in slight tints in the image.
Use this filter to adjust the color balance of an object by boosting or lowering the individual
amount of reds, greens, and blues in the shadows, midtones, and highlights of an image.
You can use this filter to correct for improper color balance, or to change the color balance
in an image for a stylized effect.
Original image Midtone Blue = 0.20, Highlight Blue = -0.5
Parameters in the Inspector
Shadow Red: Picks the color gain applied to the shadow range of the red color channel.
Values range from –1.0 (no color) to 0 (unaltered color) to 1.0 (maximum color).
Shadow Green: Picks the color gain applied to the shadow range of the green color
channel.
Shadow Blue: Picks the color gain applied to the shadow range of the blue color channel.
Midtone Red: Picks the color gain applied to the midtone range of the red color channel.
Midtone Green: Picks the color gain applied to the midtone range of the green color
channel.
Midtone Blue: Picks the color gain applied to the midtone range of the blue color channel.
Highlight Red: Picks the color gain applied to the highlights of the red color channel.
Highlight Green: Picks the color gain applied to the highlights of the green color channel.
Highlight Blue: Picks the color gain applied to the highlights of the blue color channel.
Mix: Sets what percentage of the original image is blended with the color-corrected
image.
979 Chapter 16 Using Filters