User's Manual

It can often be handy to set one monitor as ‘video monitoring’ and another as your scope view.
To do this, use a short cable to connect the SDI loop out from ‘monitor 1’ to the SDI in of ‘monitor 2’.
You can view SD video in 4:3 pillar box or 16:9
widescreen by selecting from the ‘set’ options in
Blackmagic SmartView setup. Set ‘SD aspect to 16:9’
when viewing anamorphic standard definition video.
The video monitoring display setting shows the video signal
as it will normally appear on a television screen or monitor
Waveform Display
The waveform display provides a digitally encoded waveform similar to traditional luminance
waveform monitors, which is used to monitor and adjust the luma (brightness) levels of your
video signal.
Traditional luminance waveform monitors only supported composite analog standard definition
video. However, SmartScope Duo 4K’s waveform view works in Ultra HD and HD as well as SD
so you have a consistent and easy way to adjust luma levels, even when monitoring high
definition digital video formats!
Select waveform from the display drop down menu in Blackmagic SmartView setup. You will
want to make sure the blacks in your waveform do not drop below 0% and the whites do not
exceed 100% as this means you are getting illegal luma values.
The waveform monitor is a graphical representation of the image, showing luma values in the
same position relative to those within the frame. For example, if part of your sky is overexposed
you will see it in the same horizontal position on the waveform display as it appears in
the frame.
Depending on your footage, your waveform will look different. If you are monitoring video which
is high contrast, you might not see any values in the mid grays. The picture below shows a
waveform for an evenly exposed image with a dark patch on the left, and brighter values from
the centre of the frame out to the right.
16Using SmartScope Duo 4K