NEW IN CONTINUUM 2021, with the BCC+ Split Tone filter shadows, midtones and highlights can be individually tinted.
Presets and the FX Editor
The FX Editor provides a convenient way to store and retrieve factory installed and/or user generated filter presets. To select a preset, open the FX Editor interface and pick one from the Presets panel. Click the apply button in the FX Editor to return to the host user interface.
To save a custom preset, click the “Create Custom Preset” icon in the top right corner of the parameter list, next to the filter name, set a name for the new custom preset in the dialog that appears and click done.
Filter Parameters
Shadows
- Opacity: Set the opacity of the tint color.
- Color: The Color parameter sets the color of the shadow tint through the use of a standard color picker.
- 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.
Midtones
- Opacity: Set the opacity of the tint color.
- Color: The Color parameter sets the color of the midtone tint through the use of a standard color picker.
- 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 midtones.
Highlights
- Opacity: Set the opacity of the tint color.
- Color: The Color parameter sets the color of the highlight tint through the use of a standard color picker.
- 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.
Preserve Highlights: Preserves the white areas of the image.
Exposure Compensation: Exposure Compensation adds back the brightness loss as a result of the tinting.
PixelChooser: The BCC PixelChooser provides a way for the user to select which pixels in the filtered source are actually going to be affected by the filter, via the generation of image based mattes, gradient mattes and vector shape masks. Mocha planar tracking and vector shape masking options are included in the PixelChooser, which allows for the generation of motion-tracked mask shapes as a hold-back mask.
For more information on the PixelChooser, Click Here.
Working with The Filter
- Apply BCC+ Split Tone from the Grads and Tints unit.
- Turn up the Opacity slider in the Shadows, Midtones or Highlights.
- Change the Split Tone colors by clicking on the Color boxes.In some of the filters, a matte is generated to create the desired effect–in this case, split toning.
- Change your View to Shadows, Midtones or Highlights to see the matte values.The areas that are white in the matte are the areas that will be tinted by the selected tint color. The areas defined as Shadows, Midtones or Highlights can be adjusted by modifying the Position and Range parameters.
- Adjust the Shadows, Midtones or Highlights > Position and Range controls to change what is considered to be Shadows, Midtones or Highlights.
- Change your View to Output to see the image.