BCC+Grade

NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, the BCC+ Grade filter allows for independent fine tuning of color, saturation and the look of a clipʻs shadows, midtones and highlights.

Presets and the FX Editor

The FX Editor provides a convenient way to store and retrieve factory installed and/or user generated filter presets. To select a preset, open the FX Editor interface and pick one from the Presets panel. Click the apply button in the FX Editor to return to the host user interface.

To save a custom preset, click the “Create Custom Preset” icon in the top right corner of the parameter list, next to the filter name, set a name for the new custom preset in the dialog that appears and click done.

Common Controls

Master

• Hue: Rotates the hue of the image.
• Saturation: Adjusts the saturation of the image*.*Positive values saturate, negative values desaturate.
• Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the image. Positive values brighten, negative values darken.
• Contrast: Adjusts the contrast of the image. Positive values increase contrast, negative values decrease contrast.
• Gamma: Adjusts the gamma of the image. The gamma adjustment leaves the white and black points the same and only modifies the values in-between. Positive values lighten the midtones, negative values darken the midtones.
• Temperature: Sets the color of the image to be either warmer or cooler. Dragging the slider to the right makes the image cooler (bluer) and dragging the slider to the left makes the image warmer (redder).
• Cyan/Magenta: Adds either Cyan or Magenta to the image. Dragging the slider to the right makes the image more magenta and dragging the slider to the left makes the image more cyan.
• Red: Adds or subtracts red from the image.
• Green: Adds or subtracts green from the image.
• Blue: Adds or subtracts blue from the image.
• Flash Amount: Controls the amount of flashing effect. Flashing allows you to use color filters to lower the contrast of your shadows or highlights.
• Flash Color: The Color parameter sets the color of the flashing through the use of a standard color picker.

Shadows

• Position: Selects the shadow values to be adjusted.
• Range: Controls the range of values to be used for the shadows. A higher Range value considers more values as shadows.
• Hue: Rotates the hue of the shadows.
• Saturation: Adjusts the saturation of the shadows . Positive values saturate, negative values desaturate.
• Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the shadows. Positive values brighten, negative values darken.
• Contrast: Adjusts the contrast of the shadows. Positive values increase contrast, negative values decrease contrast.
• Gamma: Adjusts the gamma of the shadows. The gamma adjustment leaves the white and black points the same and only modifies the values in-between. Positive values lighten the midtones, negative values darken the midtones.
• Temperature: Sets the color of the shadows to be either warmer or cooler. Dragging the slider to the right makes the shadows cooler (bluer) and dragging the slider to the left makes the shadows warmer (redder).
• Cyan/Magenta: Adds either Cyan or Magenta to the shadows. Dragging the slider to the right makes the shadows more magenta and dragging the slider to the left makes the shadows more cyan.
• Red: Adds or subtracts red from the shadows.
• Green: Adds or subtracts green from the shadows.
• Blue: Adds or subtracts blue from the shadows.

Midtones

• Position: Selects the midtone values to be adjusted.
• Range: Controls the range of values to be used for the midtones. A higher Range value considers more values as shadows.
• Hue: Rotates the hue of the midtones.
• Saturation: Adjusts the saturation of the midtones. Positive values saturate, negative values desaturate.
• Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the midtones. Positive values brighten, negative values darken.
• Contrast: Adjusts the contrast of the midtones. Positive values increase contrast, negative values decrease contrast.
• Gamma: Adjusts the gamma of the midtones. The gamma adjustment leaves the white and black points the same and only modifies the values in-between. Positive values lighten the midtones, negative values darken the midtones.
• Temperature: Sets the color of the midtones to be either warmer or cooler. Dragging the slider to the right makes the midtones cooler (bluer) and dragging the slider to the left makes the midtones warmer (redder).
• Cyan/Magenta: Adds either Cyan or Magenta to the midtones. Dragging the slider to the right makes the midtones more magenta and dragging the slider to the left makes the midtones more cyan.
• Red: Adds or subtracts red from the midtones.
• Green: Adds or subtracts green from the midtones.
• Blue: Adds or subtracts blue from the midtones.

Highlights

• Position: Selects the highlight values to be adjusted.
• Range: Controls the range of values to be used for the highlights. A higher Range value considers more values as highlights.
• Hue: Rotates the hue of the highlights.
• Saturation: Adjusts the saturation of the highlights. Positive values saturate, negative values desaturate.
• Brightness: Adjusts the brightness of the highlights. Positive values brighten, negative values darken.
• Contrast: Adjusts the contrast of the highlights. Positive values increase contrast, negative values decrease contrast.
• Gamma: Adjusts the gamma of the highlights. The gamma adjustment leaves the white and black points the same and only modifies the values in-between. Positive values lighten the midtones, negative values darken the midtones.
• Temperature: Sets the color of the highlights to be either warmer or cooler. Dragging the slider to the right makes the highlights cooler (bluer) and dragging the slider to the left makes the highlights warmer (redder).
• Cyan/Magenta: Adds either Cyan or Magenta to the highlights. Dragging the slider to the right makes the highlights more magenta and dragging the slider to the left makes the highlights more cyan.
• Red: Adds or subtracts red from the highlights.
• Green: Adds or subtracts green from the highlights.
• Blue: Adds or subtracts blue from the highlights.

PixelChooser: The BCC PixelChooser provides a way for the user to select which pixels in the filtered source are actually going to be affected by the filter, via the generation of image based mattes, gradient mattes and vector shape masks. Mocha planar tracking and vector shape masking options are included in the PixelChooser, which allows for the generation of motion-tracked mask shapes as a hold-back mask.

For more information on the PixelChooser, Click Here.