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davedelizza
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June 14, 2022
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HSL Secondary, adjustment layer, bug and workflow

  • June 14, 2022
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So I seemed to have discovered what others already have, and the HSL secondary does not work through adjustment layers. I suppose this makes sense since there is no pixel information in an adjustment layer, but that's still pretty wonky. The next part of it though, is that when I copied and pasted my HSL secondary adjustment from the clip to all the other clips, the settings carried over, but the actual color key did not so I had to just go through every single one and color pick the skin tones again. Is that a bug or is that just the way that it works?  The more I get into color correcting in Premier, the more I am starting to see the shortcomings that people often gripe about 

I would love to be wrong about this, so please tell me I'm wrong

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R Neil Haugen
R Neil Haugen
Brainiac
February 21, 2023

To make a key, the HSL tab needs the actual pixels ... it must be applied to a clip.

 

There's also track matte work, where you duplicate a clip up a couple times, put the TM effect on the middle clip set to the track above and luminance. Then on the track above, you can set any key you want in the Lumetri HSL tab. Leave the mask set to black/white.

 

And then on the middle clip, you can use any control in Lumetri on the clip.

 

The intriguing thing about this, is you are working on the original pixels, no matter what changes have been applied in the clip on V1. And ... the changes are applied to the clip on V1, not either of the upper two.

 

Which doesn't help trying to get a key and paste results from that key across clips. But again, an HSL key needs to work from the pixels. Exact, real pixels. And not referred to some other spot on another clip that might be moved or not. Which can be frustrating.

 

Neil

 

 

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krstrobe
Participating Frequently
September 6, 2023

So, is this a new bug? This page shows to do it with an adjustment layer... https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/hsl-secondary-controls.html

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Casey22016754nok1
Participating Frequently
February 20, 2023

Did you ever discover a fix for this? I'm experiencing the exact same problem. HSL Secondary works on actual clips, but when I try to apply it to an adjustment layer, it doesn't work. Very frustrating and googling doesn't seem to provide any answers, only other posts like yours where a solution is never given.

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davedelizzaAuthor
Known Participant
February 21, 2023

Don't recall if I did, when I did this I think I just had to do it on clips and then transfer it to an adjustment layer or whatever other workaround 

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