BCC+ Flashing

Category: BCC Film Style

Effect Name: BCC+ Flashing

The BCC+ Flashing filter, part of the BCC Film Style category, allows you to use photographic filters to lower the contrast of your shadows or highlights. The motion picture lab can expose a small amount of light to the film at various stages of the developing and printing process. For example, Negative plus Dupe Negative flashing lifts blacks, while Print plus Master Positive flashing softens whites.

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.

• ViewSets the viewer to display different aspects of the filter.
  • Output: This is the main result of the full filter applied back over the input clip
  • Shadows: Displays a matte isolating the shadow regions.
  • Threshold: Displays a matte isolating the highlighted regions.

Shadow Group

• Brightness:Sets the brightness of the shadows
• Presets: Select one of the filters from the pop-up menu.
• Color: Sets the color of the flashing through the use of a standard color picker.
• Position:Sets the shadow values to be adjusted.
• Range: Determines the range of values to be used for the shadows. A higher range value considers more values as shadows.

Highlights Group

• Brightness:Sets the brightness of the highlights
• Presets: Select one of the filters from the pop-up menu.
• Color: Sets the color of the flashing through the use of a standard color picker.
• Position:Sets the highlight values to be adjusted.
• Range: Determines the range of values to be used for the highlights. A higher range value considers more values as 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.