Broadcast Safe Color Controls

The Broadcast Safe Colors tool automatically reduces the luminance or saturation of portions of the image, or isolates unsafe or safe colors that you can then adjust manually.

Select:	To:
Format	Set the unsafe colors as NTSC or PAL.
Method	Determine how the unsafe colors will be fixed, or identify the colors so you can fix them.
Max Signal Amplitude	Adjust the video signal amplitude, where 120 is maximum, and 90 is the minimum. The default amplitude is 110.
Replacement Color	Click to select the replacement color from the color picker. Then click Set.

To use the Broadcast Safe tool:

From the Tools tab, drag the Broadcast Safe tool from the Color Correction folder to the dependency graph in the Schematic view.
From the Format list, select NTSC or PAL (your video format).

From the Method list, select one of the following:

Select:	To:
Reduce Luminance	Automatically reduce the luminance of the offending portions of the image to broadcast legal. Use Maximum Signal Amplitude to adjust the limits of the luminance. Note: The Maximum Signal Amplitude should be limited to 110.
Reduce Saturation	Automatically make any overly saturated portions of the image broadcast legal. Use the Maximum Signal Amplitude to adjust the limits of the saturation.
Key Out Unsafe	Cut out the unsafe colors from the image, leaving only the safe color regions.
Key Out Safe	Cut out the safe colors from the image, leaving only the unsafe color regions.
Replace Color	Fill the unsafe portion of the image with the selected color.

Note Use the Key Out Unsafe and Key Out Safe options to see any problem colors in your image immediately. For example, you can fix the problems in the Color Corrector by adding the output of the Broadcast Safe tool as the masking input to the Color Corrector.

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