Color Matching

You have four options to transfer the color value settings from one clip to another. One Color Match option will almost certainly work better than all others for each particular shot, but it may take trial and error to determine which option works best.

Not all Color Match options use all sampled values. Match All and Match SMH use all of the four pairs, but Match Gain and Match Offset only match the Master pair of colors. In this second case, the gamma, gain, and offset of the Master range is changed to perform the match.

To match a source clip to a back clip:

1. Click a tonal range button.
2. Click the Source picker and sample a pixel in the viewport for that tonal range.



The sampled color is displayed in the Source patch and stored as the source value for the selected tonal range.

3. Click the Back picker and sample a pixel in the viewport for that tonal range.



The sampled color is displayed in the Back patch and stored as the value for the selected tonal range.

4. To match other tonal ranges, repeat the preceding steps.

You may want to match the Master, or you may want to match just the Shadows, the Midtones, the Highlights, or any combination thereof.

5. Click one of the following Color Match options.
   
   

   Select:	To:
   Match All	Match RGB values; match gamma, gain, and offset; and match shadows, midtones, and highlights from source to back.
   Match SMH	Match shadows, midtones, and highlights from source to the back.
   Match Gain	Apply Gain to the source to match it to the back of the master color sample pair.
   Match Offset	Apply Offset to the source to match it to the back of the Master sample pair.

   
   
   

The result patch (the center portion of the color patch) updates to reflect the changes combustion has made to match the color.

Note: Color matching overrides all other adjustments made.