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 Contrast – Adjustment range from 25 - 400% (default 100%).
 Hue – Adjustment range between -180° and +180°. Adjusts the master color of
the video signal from the attached source, swinging the entire image through the
color wheel’s spectrum.
 Saturation – Adjustment range from 0-500%. Zero saturation results in a ‘black
and white’ picture; increased saturation results in richer colors. High saturation
values can exaggerate the color portion of the signal.
(Note that over-saturated colors are considered illegal for broadcast
transmission, and may result in display problems on some devices.)
Hint: your TriCaster system provides Waveform/Vectorscope monitors, an invaluable aid
to calibrating your video sources.
White Balance – this secondary control group adds U Offset and V Offset controls to
the Proc Amp.
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 The U portion of the video signal carries blue and yellow color information.
Rotating the U Offset knob clockwise shifts the signal toward blue, while a
counter-clockwise twist shifts the signal toward yellow.
 The V portion of the video signal carries red and green color information. Rotate
V Offset clockwise to shift the signal toward red and counter-clockwise to shift
the signal toward green.
To automatically white balance – click and hold the mouse button over the Color
(eyedropper) button, and then slide the pointer onto the monitor for the