BCC+ Shadows/Highlights

Category: BCC Color & Tone

Effect Name: BCC+ Shadows/Highlights

The BCC+ Shadows/Highlights filter, part of the BCC Color & Tone category, lowers contrast evenly throughout the image by brightening shadow areas and darkening highlights. It is useful for correcting dark foreground subjects due to strong backlighting as well as highlights that are slightly washed out.

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.

• View: Allows you to set the viewer to display various outputs for the filter.
  • Output: Shows the default look of the BCC+ Shadows/Highlights filter on the image.
  • Shadows: Shows the shadow 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.

  Shadow Group

  • Shadows: Raises the brightness of the 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.

  Highlights Group

  • Highlights: Lowers the brightness of the 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.
  • 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.