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Chapter 13 Special FX
Diagnostic Displays (Overview)
Avid Liquid Color Correction provides various diagnostic displays for assessing and analyzing video sig-
nals. You can select them from the top left-hand list box (above the Diagnostic Display area), or by click-
ing their respective buttons.
Vector Display
The Vec to r D i s pl ay allows you to analyze, control and adjust the color components in a video signal.
It is called automatically when you activate the Hue-Saturation button (see figure).
Vector Display with mouse pointer
 The abbreviations R (red), Mg (magenta), B (blue), Cy (cyan), G (green) and Yl (yellow) stand
for the color signal locuses. The circular degree scale (0 to 359° with 0° at “three o’clock”) indi-
cates the color angle.
 The C
b
axis runs horizontally and the C
r
axis runs vertically.
 The square formed by the dotted line encloses the range of 75 % color range (see also Legalizer on
page 751).
 The permissible range as defined by CCIR Standard 601 is specified by the dimensions of the
axes (see also Legalizer on page 751).
 Single-clicking the segmented rectangle in the bottom right-hand corner instantly takes you to
the Ve c t or li g ht D is p la y.