BCC+ Grade

Category: BCC Color & Tone

Effect Name: BCC+ Grade

The BCC+ Grade filter, part of the BCC Color & Tone category, allows for independent fine tuning of color, saturation and the look of a clipʻs shadows, midtones and highlights.

Working with the Filter

FX Editor and Presets

• Use the FX Editor to load or save presets for reuse.
• To load a preset: Open the FX Editor, select a preset from the Presets panel, and click Apply to return to the host application.
• To save a custom preset: While in the FX Editor, click the Create Custom Preset icon in the parameter list, enter a preset name, and click Done. Additionally, a custom preset can be saved from the main menu bar by selecting File->Save Preset.
• To import custom presets from another drive: While in the FX Editor, select File->Import Preset from the main menu bar.

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.

Beat Reactor

The Beat Reactor is an audio-driven animation system that links effect parameters to an audio track. This allows visual effects to react dynamically to sound without manual key-framing.

For more information, see Beat Reactor Documentation.

• View: Allows you to set the viewer to display various outputs for the filter.
  • Output: Shows the default look of the BCC+ Grade filter on the image.
  • Shadows: Shows the shadow areas. Useful when determining the look of the channel exposure used in the output.
  • Midtones: Shows the spot midtones areas. Useful when determining the look of the channel exposure used in the output.
  • Highlights: Shows the highlight areas. Useful when determining the look of the channel exposure used in the output.

  Master Group

  • 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 Group

  • 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 Group

  • 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 Group

  • 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.
  • 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.
• GPU Rendering:Specifies how the effect is rendered.
  • Default: Uses product-wide default of 16 bit half-float GPU rendering.
  • 16 Bit Float: Manually force 16 bit half-float GPU rendering.
  • 32 Bit Float: Manually force 32 bit full-float GPU rendering.
  • Disabled: Forces CPU rendering.