Primary Color Correction: Color Manipulation Tools - The Art and Technique of Digital Color Correction - page 133

Fig. 4.40 Avid Media Composer Curves.
Fig. 4.41 DaVinci Resolve Curves.
We've discussed curves in the Tonal Tools chapter, but that was in the
context of making adjustments to the tonal range of the picture. Curves
can also be used to adjust color in a very quick and intuitive way.
To show you the power of curves, let's run through a quick tutorial.
Call up the “flowerbench” file in an application like Resolve, Color, After
Effects, Color Finesse, or Avid Media Composer that has curves. As shown
in Chapter 2 page 53, curves can make tonal corrections easily in the
master curve. I'll be doing this tutorial in Avid Media Composer because I
like the nice color coding of the curves in that application.
When dealing with curves, the RGB or YRGB Parade waveform is
the most intuitive way to monitor your image while you are making
corrections.
Take a look at the RGB Parade waveform with the “flowerbench”
image up ( Figure 4.42 ) .