Joe’s Sampled Color Levels performs a semi-automatic levels adjustments based upon up to three sampled colors. The plugin’s controls are similar to Photoshop’s Levels eyedroppers but add additional ways of using the color samples. Final Cut Pro’s built in color controls help the simple interface offer a huge range of quick color correction options.

This adjustment can be used to calculate automatic White Point correction, auto-Gamma adjustments and Black point adjustments. Each of the three color samples can be used as a color or value adjustment. When Value Averaging is unchecked, adjustments work against sampled colors, attempting to move them towards gray. When Value Averaging is on, hue is maintained and the sample is used to adjust the overall value of the image. To fine-tune a sampled color, turn down the color detail arrow and adjust the color.

Example Images

Joe's Levels - Sampled Color Original Image
Original Image
Joe's Levels - Sampled Color
White Point:RGB Color: R255 G255 B255
Value Average:off
Gray Point:RGB Color: R30 G36 B65
Color & Value:off
Black Point:RGB Color: R20 G21 B23
Value Average:off


Joe's Levels - Sampled Color Original Image
Original Image
Joe's Levels - Sampled Color 1
White Point:RGB Color: R184 G224 B236
Value Average:off
Gray Point:RGB Color: R109 G140 B161
Color & Value:off
Black Point:RGB Color: R26 G17 B13
Value Average:off


Joe's Levels - Sampled Color Original Image
Original Image
Joe's Levels - Sampled Color Example Image
White Point:RGB Color: R247 G251 B255
Value Average:off
Gray Point:RGB Color: R95 G101 B96
Color & Value:off
Black Point:RGB Color: R20 G21 B23
Value Average:off
Joe's Levels - Sampled Color Example Image
White Point:RGB Color: R247 G251 B255
Value Average:off
Gray Point:RGB Color: R139 G145 B176
Color & Value:off
Black Point:RGB Color: R20 G21 B23
Value Average:off

Controls

Joe's Levels Sampled Color Controls
White Point
Sampled color used as the brightest color in the levels adjustment. Red, Green and Blue values are calculated independently. No white point correction take place when the sampled color’s brightness is set to 100.
Value Average
Tells the effect to calculate the white-point adjustment based upon the overall value of the sampled color. Value averaging calculates the mathematical average of the RGB color values and uses that value as the basis for the levels corrections.
Gray Point
Selects the color used to calculate the Gamma adjustment. Each primary color’s Gamma curve is reversed shifting the selected color in neutral gray. No gray point correction takes place when the sampled color’s saturation is set to 0.
Color & Value
Selects the method for determining Gamma adjustments. When Color & Value is unchecked, Gamma adjustments are based on each primary color’s distance from their average color. When checked, adjustments are based on each primary color’s distance from absolute gray.
Black Point
Switches on the blur for the checked channels, the same radius blur will be applied to the channels selected. No black point correction takes place when the sampled color’s brightness is set to 0.
Value Average
Turns on Value Averaging for the Black Point sample.

Notes on selecting colors

Because each sampled color is based on the result of previous adjustments, it may be helpful to temporarily disable the filter’s effect while selecting colors.

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