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Contrast

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Contrast is a Colour effect.

The frame before Contrast is appliedThe same frame with Contrast applied
Drag the handle. Contrast applied on the right, the original frame on the left.

Pushes or pulls brightness values from mid-grey.

ParameterControlRangeDefaultUnit
ContrastSlider0 to 200; higher100Per cent
MixSlider0 to 100100Per cent
BlendDropdownNormal · 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 · LuminosityNormal-
MatteLayerAny layer in the compositionNone-
InvertCheckboxOn or offOff-
ChannelDropdownLuminance · Alpha · Red · Green · BlueLuminance-

In the Effect Controls panel:

  • Matte is an input to an effect, scaling the strength. Invert inverts the mattes for calculating strength.
  • Contrast controls the intensity of the effect. 100 is neutral, 0 flattens the picture to grey and 200 doubles the distance every value sits from mid-grey. The response is finest near 100 and coarsens towards either end.
  • 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.