Color Fill

This plug-in provides a quick way to fill a layer with a solid color and is an efficient replacement for solid layers. Color Fill can be directly applied to a layer to fill it with a color either colorizing the layer, or using a channel as a transparency matte. By using Color Fill, you can prevent cluttering the Timeline Window and often save rendering time.

Color

The user specified Color fully replaces the original colors of the layer. The Opacity slider can be used to control how much the color is blended with the source.

Color Sliders

These sliders offer an easy interactive way to select a color. Unlike using the standard color picker, this interface updates the plug-in immediately to give you live feedback as you change the color. The standard color picker can also be invoked by clicking on the color wheel icon in the upper right.

Opacity

The amount of Color applied is controlled by Opacity. A value of 100% will fully replace the original layer colors with the specified Color. When Opacity is set to 0, no Color is applied. With values between 0 and 100%, the Color is blended with the original layer colors.

Use for Alpha (Map Color To)

This popup menu allows you to choose any channel as the transparency matte. This makes Color Fill useful as a replacement for solid layers. Instead of using a solid with a Track Matte in the Timeline Window, Color Fill offers a much more extensive list of channels, as well as many other useful features.

When the Colorize checkbox is enabled, this control will be renamed to 'Map Color To' and the selected channel will be used as a guide for tinting. In this mode, the layer's alpha will remain unchanged.

Invert

If Invert is enabled, the selected channel for Use for Alpha will be inverted.

Colorize

You can use Colorize to tint the layer rather than affecting the transparency. When enabled, Use for Alpha will change to 'Map Color To', and the alpha channel will remain unchanged.

Blend With Original

Use this slider to blend the result of the effect with the original input layer. If Blend With Original is set to 100, the effect will not render.