User Manual

Preparing to Capture Video
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11. Adjust the Sat and Hue sliders (composite or S-Video) or the RY Gain and BY Gain sliders
(component) until the angle and amplitude of the six color vectors fall within the target
boxes on the Vectorscope monitor.
There is no hue adjustment for PAL video.
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You can also monitor hue with a vectorscope in the Color Correction tool. See “Working with the
Waveform Monitors and Vectorscope Monitor” in the Help.
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If you incorrectly select or deselect the 100% Bars button, the factory presets for
Saturation or RY and BY Gain are incorrect. Adjusting these controls in this condition
results in oversaturated or undersaturated video.
Luminance Settings for Video Input
The following table describes recommended luminance settings for video input.
Limitations When Using Consumer Decks or Decks Without
Time-Base Correctors
This topic describes difficulties you might encounter when working with consumer video decks
and tapes or decks that do not provide time-base correction or stabilized timing on their outputs.
Parameter SMPTE Bars
Full-Field Bars at 75% or 100%
Signal Level
Black level (setup) Adjust Line slider to approximately 190 Adjust Line slider to approximately 150
Adjust Black or Brightness slider to place
black level at:
• 7.5 IRE (for NTSC)
• 0.0 IRE (for NTSC-EIAJ)
• Not applicable for PAL
Adjust Black or Brightness slider to place
black level at:
• 7.5 IRE (for NTSC)
• 0.0 IRE (for NTSC-EIAJ)
• 0.3 V (for PAL)
White level (gain) Adjust Line slider to approximately 220 Adjust Line slider to approximately 150
Adjust Gain/Y Gain slider to place white
level at:
• 100 IRE (for NTSC and NTSC-EIAJ)
• Not applicable for PAL
Adjust Gain/Y Gain slider
to place white level at:
• 100 IRE (for NTSC and NTSC-EIAJ)
• 1.0 V (for PAL)