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You also have the option to use the Tone Curve tool. The
Tone Curve tool works in much the same way as it does in
Photoshop. Dragging a point on the curve alters Shadow, Dark,
Light and Highlight values. You can also affect the values of the
individual colour channels of Red, Blue and Green by clicking on
the red, green or blue Edit Channel buttons.
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Below the Light panel comes the Colour panel. Here you
can alter White Balance manually by adjusting the Temp,
Tint, Vibrance and Saturation sliders or by using the White
Balance Selector (W). You can also use the Colour Mixer
and alter the Hue, Saturation and Luminance values to the
primary colours to achieve the desired look in your shot.
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Split Toning is a colour control method that lets you
add a colour tint to both highlight and shadow areas in
your image. You can choose the colour, strength and balance
of colours between bright and dark areas by using the Split
Toning tools. For example, you can add blue to the shadow
areas and then add yellow to the highlights of your image.7
You can use the Colour Mixer tool in various ways. You
can choose to just alter the Hue of the primary colours,
adjust the Saturation of each primary colour or make each
primary colour lighter or darker. For our workflow example, we
altered the Blues Luminance to make them much stronger and
more vibrant.
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The next panel contains Detail adjustments. This is
where you can control Sharpening in your image by
using the Radius, Detail and Masking sliders as well as using
the adjustment sliders for Noise Reduction and Colour Noise
Reduction. It is highly recommended that you work with your
image at 1:1 magnification to clearly see their effects.
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Next you can open up the Effects panel. This contains
the Clarity, Dehaze, Vignette and Grain sliders. Clarity and
Dehaze help control mid-tone contrast while Vignette gives you
a number of ways to darken the image edges. Grain lets you
add a film grain effect and choose the size and roughness of
the grain you are adding to the image.
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