BCC Color Match

Category: BCC Color & Tone

Effect Name: BCC Color Match

The BCC Color Match filter, part of the BCC Color & Tone category, simplifies the process of matching the color or luma values of two clips in the timeline. For instance, if two clips with different lighting conditions are spliced together, the color and luma values will differ between the clips. Match Color automates the process of removing or balancing the difference between the two clips by setting color or luma values for the quarter, mid and three-quarter areas 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.

• Quality: Sets the quality of the effect. The choices are Faster or Smoother. Smoother uses an algorithm which produces a better result but takes twice as long to render.
• View: Allows you to set the viewer to display various outputs for the filter.
  • Normal: Displays the filtered source image. Choose this option before rendering.
  • Highlight: Displays the source image’s highlights as a black and white mask.
  • Midtone: Displays the source image’s midtones as a black and white mask.
  • Shadow: Displays the source image’s shadows as a black and white mask.
  • HMS Colorized: Displays the three zones using three colors, so you can quickly tell which areas of the image are in which zone.
• Master Level: Sets all three Level parameters with a single control after you adjust individual Highlight, Midtone and Shadow Levels. The Level controls affect how much the source luminance is changed to match the target luminance.
• Master Color: Sets all three Color parameters with a single control after you adjust individual Highlight, Midtone and Shadow Colors. The Color controls affect how much the source colors are changed to match the target colors.
• Highlight Source, Midtone Source and Shadow Source: Sets the source color for the highlight, midtones and shadows that you want to match between the source and the target. The source is the filtered clip.
• Highlight Target, Midtone Target and Shadow Target: Sets the target color for the highlight, midtones and shadows that you want to match between the source and the target. The target is the clip whose color you are sampling.
• Highlight Level, Midtone Level and Shadow Level: Adjusts how much the source luminance is changed to match the target luminance.
• Highlight Color, Midtone Color and Shadow Color: Adjusts how much the source colors are changed to match the target colors.
• Highlight/Midtone Bias and Midtone/Shadow Bias: Adjusts the crossover points between the three zones, distinguishing highlight from midtone, or midtone from shadow.
• 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.