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Preparing to Capture Video
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Top: full-field color bars (the leftmost bar is 100% white). Bottom: SMPTE standard split bars (the leftmost bar
in the top row of bars is 75% white, the second bar in the center row of bars is 7.5 black level, and the second
bar in the bottom row of bars is 100% white).
5. If you are capturing from a consumer-grade video deck (such as a home VCR) or a deck that
has no built-in time-base corrector, and you are having trouble with the incoming video
quality, click the SignalLock button and select Consumer in the Video Input tool.
For more information, see “Limitations When Using Consumer Decks or Decks Without
Time-Base Correctors” on page 218.
6. Click the 100% Bars button if the source tape contains 100% bars for calibration.
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In 100% bars, the luminance waveform plot displays fairly even steps from the first bar (white)
to the last bar (black). In 75% bars, the white bar is at 100%, which causes a larger step from the
first bar (white) to the first color bar.
7. Open the Waveform monitor by clicking the Waveform Monitor button.