Color Balance Node¶

The Color Balance node adjusts the color and values of an image.

Inputs¶

Common

Factor: Controls the amount of influence the node exerts on the output image.
Color: Standard color input.

Lift/Gamma/Gain

Lift: Adjusts the darkest areas of the image (the shadows).
Gamma: Primarily affects the midtones, the middle range of brightness in the image.
Gain: Controls the brightest parts of the image (the highlights).

Offset/Power/Slope (ASC-CDL)

Offset: Adjusts the darkest areas of the image (the shadows).
Basis: Additional offset, allows to specify a negative offset value.
Power: Primarily affects the midtones, the middle range of brightness in the image.
Slope: Controls the brightest parts of the image (the highlights).

Temperature: The blackbody temperature of the input’s primary illuminant. By default a D65 white point is used.
Tint: The amount of green/magenta shift of the input’s white point (the default of 10 matches daylight)

Temperature: The blackbody temperature of the output’s primary illuminant. By default a D65 white point is used.
Tint: The amount of green/magenta shift of the output’s white point (the default of 10 matches daylight)

Correction Formula

The mathematical method to adjust the image’s colors.

Lift/Gamma/Gain:: Adjusts the colors and tonal range of an image by controlling the shadows, midtones, and highlights separately.
Offset/Power/Slope (ASC-CDL):: A standardized model for adjusting the colors and tonal range of an image. This allows the same values to be used across different application to yield the same result. See Advanced for more details on the underlying implementation.
White Point:: Adjusts the color that should be considered white. The white point is specified as setting the inputs color temperature and then the desired output temperature.

\(\text{out} = (i \times s + o)^p\)

where: