by selecting simple edit, all settings are applied for the duration of your clip.
this means that you'll have only one keyframe at the first frame of your clip. if you want to change settings at different frames of the clip, you'll have to clear simple edit. when simple edit is selected, the only toolbar button available is apply default settings.
you can customize your color correction using the following:
· proc amps the processing amplifier (proc amp) controls allow you to adjust different aspects of your clip:
hue adjusts the tint of the colors in the image.
saturation adjusts the saturation (vividness) of the image's colors.
contrast adjusts the difference in luminance between the lightest and darkest areas of the image.
brightness adjusts the level of black in the image.
· color balance these controls let you adjust the mixture of colors in your clip.
any changes you make to the color balance (cyan to red, magenta to green, or yellow to blue) affect your clip globally, from the lightest white to the darkest black.
auto white balance when you click this button, an eyedropper tool appears over your image in the preview window. click the eyedropper tool on an area of white or medium gray in your image. this automatically applies a color shift to your clip to compensate for different lighting conditions.
1 you can also use a keyboard shortcut to select auto white balance.
2 press a, then use the eyedropper tool.
color sliders drag a slider toward a color you want to increase in your clip, or away from a color you want to decrease. you can also enter a value in the text box beside each slider. increasing a color by a certain value automatically decreases the opposite color by the same value. for example, if you move the cyan/red slider towards red, you also decrease cyan by the same amount, as shown in the following diagram:
