BCC Color Balance

Category: BCC Color & Tone

Effect Name: BCC Color Balance

The BCC Color Balance filter, part of the BCC Color & Tone category, performs a true photographic RGB color correction, allowing you to make independent adjustments to the red, green, and blue channels of the image.

Working with the Filter

Presets and Common Controls

• BCC filters come with a library of factory installed presets plus the ability to create your own custom presets and preview them with the BCC FX Browser™.
• BCC filters also include common controls that configure global effect preferences and other host-specific effect settings.

For more information about working with presets and other common controls, Click Here.

Effect Controls

Mocha Mask and Track

Continuum effects include integrated masking and matte tools that allow you to restrict the effect to specific regions of the image.

• Mocha masks: used to create custom spline masks. Mocha also includes Matte Assist ML and Matte Refine ML, which use machine learning to generate and track masks.
• Pixel Chooser: used to generate geometric shapes, gradients, or mattes based on channel, luma, or color-based selections. Additionally, an AI depth map generator, and an AI-powered face detection model allow for precise control of masks and mattes.

For more information, see Mocha and Pixel Chooser.

Compare Mode

The Compare Mode is used to view the filtered result alongside the original source layer. Several split-screen and side-by-side display options are available.

For more information, see Compare Mode.

• Type:The Type Mode menu specifies the method used to make the RGB balance adjustments.
• Photo Positive: Simulates a color correction effect on a device that produces a positive image, such as a video camera. Brighter pixels are affected more than darker ones, and pixels for which the channel is completely off (0) are not affected at all. Use Photo Positive to correct colors in the lighter sections of the image.
• Photo Negative: Simulates a color correction effect on a device that produces a negative image, such as an enlarger. Darker pixels are affected more than brighter ones, and pixels for which the channel is completely on (255) are not affected at all. Use Photo Negative to correct colors in the darker sections of the image.
• Linear: Applies the corrections equally to all pixels in the image.
• Red Balance, Green Balance, and Blue Balance: Adjust the relative intensity of each corresponding RGB channel.
• Mix with Original: Blends the source and filtered images. Use this parameter to animate the effect from the unfiltered to the filtered image without adjusting other settings, or to reduce the effect of the filter by mixing it with the source image.