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Modifying the Luma and Chroma of a Clip

Processing and Formatting Commands

Accessing the Format Menu

 

Effects > Processing and Formatting Commands > 

Creating Coloured Frames

Use the Coloured Frame command to generate a clip with one or more identical frames of a solid colour, noise, or SMPTE or PAL colour bars.

To create coloured frames:

1. Click Coloured Frame in the Processing menu.

   The Coloured Frame menu appears.

   
   

   (a) Frame Number field  (b) Frame Mode box  (c) Current audio tone  (d) Current Colour pot  

2. Select the type of frame to generate from the Frame Mode box.

   Select:	To generate frames of:
   Colour	A solid colour.
   Noise	Video static noise.
   Colour Noise	Colour video static noise.
   SMPTE Bars	SMPTE standard colour bars.
   PAL Bars	PAL standard colour bars.

3. Specify the number of frames that you want to generate in the Frame number field.
4. If the Frame Mode is set to Colour, set the colour to be used for the frames in the Current Colour pot. Perform one of the following:
   • Click one of the colour pots that appears below the Current Colour pot to transfer that colour into the Current Colour pot.
   • Click the Current Colour pot to display the colour picker. Use the colour picker to create the current colour as described in Picking Colours.
5. If the Frame Mode is set to Colour, PAL Bars, or SMPTE Bars, you can also generate specific audio tones or silence with the frames.

   Select:	To generate:
   10 kHz Tone	A colour source with a 10 kHz tone.
   1 kHz Tone	A colour source with a 1 kHz tone.
   400 Hz Tone	A colour source with a 400 Hz tone.
   60 Hz Tone	A colour source with a 60 Hz tone.
   Silence	A colour source with empty audio tracks.
   No Audio	A colour source without audio.

6. You can specify up to eight audio tracks for the frame.

   If the Frame Mode is set to PAL Bars or SMPTE Bars, set the following options:

   • In the Luminance box, select 75% or 100% to set the luminance of the colour bars.

   
   

   • In the Softness field, enter a value (0-10) to set the softness between colour bars.
7. Choose a resolution, width, height, pixel aspect ratio, frame depth, and scan mode for the clip. See Resize Settings.
8. Select the destination reel.

   The generated clip appears on the destination reel.