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Colour balance
Colour balance is a Colour effect.
What it does
Section titled “What it does”Lift adjusts shadows.
Gamma adjusts mid-tones.
Gain adjusts highlights.
Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”| Parameter | Control | Range | Default | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lift | Colour | Each channel -1 to 1, scene-linear | 0, 0, 0, 1 | - |
| Gamma | Colour | Each channel 0.1 to 4, scene-linear | 1, 1, 1, 1 | - |
| Gain | Colour | Each channel 0 to 4, scene-linear | 1, 1, 1, 1 | - |
| Mix | Slider | 0 to 100 | 100 | Per cent |
| Blend | Dropdown | Normal · Darken · Multiply · Colour burn · Linear burn · Darker colour · Add · Lighten · Screen · Colour dodge · Lighter colour · Overlay · Soft light · Hard light · Linear light · Vivid light · Pin light · Hard mix · Difference · Exclusion · Subtract · Divide · Hue · Saturation · Colour · Luminosity | Normal | - |
| Matte | Layer | Any layer in the composition | None | - |
| Invert | Checkbox | On or off | Off | - |
| Channel | Dropdown | Luminance · Alpha · Red · Green · Blue | Luminance | - |
In the Effect Controls panel:
- Matte pulls Lift toward 0 and Gamma and Gain toward 1 per pixel: white applies the full grade, black none. Invert reads that matte inverted.
What each control does
Section titled “What each control does”- Lift adjusts the tint and brightness of shadows.
- Gamma adjusts the tint and brightness of mid-tones.
- Gain adjusts the tint and brightness of highlights.
- Mix: how much of the result replaces the original.
- Matte and Invert drive the strength of the effect from another layer’s brightness; see Effects.