You can pick colours by adjusting colour model channel sliders. You can also enter channel values directly into the fields
below each slider.
The Mode box, Colour Model box, and Bit Depth box settings, and channel value units (percentages or bit-values) are saved
on a per-user basis, at the end of each session.
To pick colours by setting colour model channel values:
- Click a colour pot to open the colour picker.
The Current Colour pot and Reference Colour pot both display the incoming colour.
- (Optional) To pick a colour at a bit depth different from the one of the displayed image or clip, select a an option from
the Bit Depth box.
NoteThe option selected in the Bit Depth box only affects the representation of colours in the picker: it does not affect the
bit depth of the displayed image or clip.
- From the the Mode box, select how the numeric values represent each channel.
Select: |
To: |
Colour |
Use a range based on bit depth (0-255 for 8-bit, 0-1023 for 10-bit, 0-4095 for 12-bit). Only available with Bit Depth set at 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit.
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Colour % |
Use a percentage value, relative to the entire range of the selected bit depth, ranging from 0-100%. Only available with Bit Depth set at 8-bit, 10-bit, or 12-bit.
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Range |
Use the full range of colours in a 16-bit floating point colourspace, entered as a floating-point number. The brackets enclose
the 0-1 range. Only available with Bit Depth set at 16fp.
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[0-1] |
Display the 0-1 range inside the full 16-bit floating point range, where 0 and 1 are enclosed by brackets. You can still use
values outside the 0-1 range. Only available with Bit Depth set at 16fp.
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- From the Colour Model box, select the colour model you want to work with.
Select: |
To set colours using the: |
RGB |
Red, green, and blue channels. |
HLS |
Hue, luma, and saturation channels. |
YUV |
Luma (Y) and chroma (U, V) channels. |
- Adjust the sliders, drag the numeric fields, or enter the values in the fields for each slider.
As you adjust the sliders, the colour in the Current Colour pot changes to reflect the current colour. You can compare the
current colour to the incoming colour in the Reference Colour pot.
- To apply the selected colour, click the Current Colour pot.