Apple Motion 5.1.1 - Manual (Page 773)

Chapter 19 Filters 773
2 Drag the Color Balance filter from the stack to the Layers list, onto the topmost layer of the
composite (the keyed foreground layer).
Color Balance filter appears on top of the Keyer filter in the Layers list.
3 In the Filters Inspector, click the Highlights color well in the Color Balance controls.
Highlights are often a good place to start when you need to match the color temperature of one
image to another.
4 In the OS X Colors window, drag from the center of the color wheel toward orange, which is the
predominant color of the background layer’s lighting in this example.
As you drag in the color wheel, the color of highlights in the Canvas changes, with the color in
the brightest highlights of the foreground image changing the most. Midtones are less affected,
and shadows aren’t affected at all.
After Color Balance Before
Stop adjusting when the color of the foreground layer’s highlights matches the color of similar
highlights in the background.
Tip: You can also use the eyedropper tool in the Highlights color control to sample a highlight
color in the background layer. (Click the eyedropper, then click a color in the background.)
This can be a simpler adjustment, but it can also be tricky to sample the best color for a
natural-looking match.
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