Working with the Histogram

Controls on the left side of the histogram/curve viewer let you control how you want to view the histogram. The source histogram is white and the result histogram is black. By default both the source and result histogram are displayed in gray. You can view the source or result histogram, or a combination of the two at the current time.

Note The histogram is not updated during playback.

To frame the histogram:

Under Histo View, click the Frame button.

To view the source or result histogram:

Under Histo View, click the button beneath the Frame button and select Source or Result.

To zoom the histogram:

Under Histo View, enter a value in the Zoom box.

To zoom the histogram/curve viewer:

Do one of the following:
- To zoom in, press the Up Arrow key.
- To zoom out, press the Down Arrow key.
- To zoom in/out, press Ctrl + Spacebar and drag (for Windows and Linux) or Cmd + Spacebar (for Mac OS).

To pan the histogram/curve viewer:

Press the Spacebar and drag.

Setting the Source Color

If you have a specific color in mind, you can set the source color by picking it from the remap color input image. Once you select a source color, the result color is automatically generated, and the orange color bar in the histogram/curve viewer moves to indicate where in the range the color exists. Then you can adjust the curve until you're satisfied. While you're doing this, a dashed color bar indicates the changes you've made to the color, relative to the source color you set.

To set the source color:

Click the Source color pot and select a color from the image in the Player.
The result color is automatically generated.

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