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Video Output Tool Settings
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Video Output Tool Settings
Specific options apply to different projects, resolutions, and Avid input/output hardware. You
might not see all of the following options in your Avid editing application. The Video Output
tool is not available in software-only versions of Avid editing applications.
Option Description
Input menu Defines the video input for SD projects: Composite, Component, S-Video, or SDI. For
HD projects, the menu displays HD-SDI. For SD or HD projects, if you are capturing DV
media through a 1394 port on your system, the menu displays Host-1394. For more
information, see “Capturing Directly from a DV Device” on page 234.
Waveform Monitor
and Vectorscope
Monitor buttons
Opens or hides the Waveform monitor and the Vectorscope monitor.
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Your Avid editing application supports the SMPTE/EBU component standard for
625 timing and Betacam component levels for 525 timing. Your Avid editing
application does not support the MII component video standard.
Sliders Let you change the value for each setting.
Preset buttons These buttons are highlighted when the factory preset levels are displayed.
SignalLock Lets you switch between the following:
• Professional: preset sync using a wider bandwidth for non-TBC sources.
• Consumer: automatic sync using time-base correctors (TBC) internal to the video
source
Settings menu Lets you save the settings for an individual tape each time you calibrate bars.
100% Bars button Select this option when the source tape has color bars with 100% (versus 75%)
chrominance levels.