Settings
To adjust your analog audio levels on Blackmagic Video Assist 4K, simply tap the audio meter
and then drag the sliders for each channel left or right.
Video Scopes
Blackmagic Video Assist 4K has a set of four real time video scopes that you can use to monitor
the internal data levels of your video signal. You can choose to display a waveform, parade,
vectorscope or histogram. Using these scopes you can monitor your tonal balance and check
the levels of your video to avoid crushing your blacks and clipping the highlights, plus monitor
any potential color cast in your clips.
Each scope provides an accurate graphical analysis of the various characteristics of the video
signal, showing you the relative strength and range of individual video components including
luma, chroma, saturation, hue, and the red, green, and blue channels that together, comprise
the color and contrast of your video signal.
The video scopes menu bar showing the scope display options
Enabling the scopes
To access the video scopes, tap the histogram in the lower left of the screen on
your Video Assist 4K. This will open the ‘display select’ menu bar at the bottom of the
screen. From here, you can choose the scope you want, for example, waveform,
parade, vectorscope or histogram. To view the video image without a scope,
select ‘video’.
Tap outside of the ‘display select’ menu bar to close the menu.
Adjusting the scopes
With a scope selected, tap inside the image to open the adjustment sliders and
video icon.
The adjustment sliders and video icons
NOTE
To record audio plugged into the XLR connectors on Blackmagic Video
Assist 4K, select ‘XLR line’ or ‘XLR mic’ in the audio settings.
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