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ately blue; however, observe the red pixels peaking due to Katie's pink dressing gown (see Figure 15.6). If you
skim to the point when Katie's camera flash goes off and position the skimmer on the white flash frame (at
55:12 if you're viewing this clip in the Event Browser), the Histogram displays the pixel count at 100. From the
Settings drop-down menu, you also can choose to view just the Luma, the RGB Parade (the red, green, and blue
channels displayed separately), or the individual Red, Green, and Blue channels of the video signal.
Figure 15.6
The Histogram.
Working with the Color Board
Manual color adjustments are made using the Color Board. Once you've selected the clip that you want to work
with in the Timeline, you can go directly to the Color Board by choosing Window
⇒
Go to Color Board or by
pressing +6. The Color Board also can be accessed from the Inspector's Video pane, and you'll most likely
use this method when making multiple corrections to a clip. In the Inspector, under the Color section, you'll
find a strip with four buttons named Correction 1. The first two buttons relate to color masks and shape masks,
which we'll be discussing later in the chapter, and the third button is the familiar curved arrow that resets all
corrections back to their default settings. The fourth gray button opens the Color Board; this button changes col-
or when adjustments have been made to the selected clip.
Further Corrections can be added by clicking the + button at the top of the Color section. These appear as se-
quentially numbered strips below the first Correction and each Correction has access to its own Color Board
(see Figure 15.7). Separating Corrections in this way allows you to use one Correction to make primary correc-
tions to the entire image and a second Correction to make secondary corrections to just an isolated color on the
image. To delete a Correction, simply select it in the Inspector and press the Delete key.
