Working with Color Correction Effect Templates in the EffectáPalette
The following list of reminders and suggestions can help you work quickly when you are using saved Color Correction effect templates in the Effect Palette.
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Press Ctrl+8 (Windows) or Command+8 (Macintosh) to open the
Effect Palette or to make the Effect Palette active.
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The Effect Palette becomes inactive whenever you perform an action
in another area of the interface (for example, when you move the
position indicator in the Timeline). Pressing Ctrl+8 (Windows) or
Command+8 (Macintosh) is a quick keyboard method for reactivating
the Effect Palette. The Effect Palette must be active before you can use
it to apply a Color Correction effect template.
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Use the Tab key to make one side or the other of the Effect Palette
active.
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For example, if the effect categories list on the left side of the Effect
Palette is active, press the Tab key to activate the list of templates on
the right side. Press the Tab key again to activate the effect categories
list. Clicking a specific item in either list also activates that side of the
Effect Palette.
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To display a group of effect templates in the Effect Palette, select the
bin or the color-corrected sequence that contains the templates in the
effect categories list on the left side of the palette.
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Use the Up Arrow and Down Arrow keys to move through the active
list.
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For example, you can quickly move from the most recent correction to
the third most recent in the list by pressing the Down Arrow key twice.
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The Effect Palette remembers the currently selected item in the list of
corrections even when it becomes inactive or is closed.
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For example, if you have the most recent correction in the list selected
and then leave the Effect Palette to perform another operation or close
the Effect Palette, that correction will be the selected correction when
you reactivate or reopen the Effect Palette.
This makes it easy to apply the same template successively to a
number of segments, especially if you have navigation buttons such as
Fast Forward, Rewind, Go to Next Uncorrected Shot, and Go to
Previous Uncorrected Shot mapped to the keyboard. Once you have
the template you want selected in the Effect Palette, you simply
navigate to another segment, press Ctrl+8 (Windows) or Command+8
(Macintosh) to activate the Effect Palette, and then press Enter
(Windows) or Return (Macintosh) to apply the template.