NewTek TriCaster TCXD300, User Manual

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5. You should be able to just notice the difference between the 7.5 IRE bars and the
brighter 10.5 IRE bar.
6. Raise the Contrast level, brightening the 10.5 IRE bar quite a bit. You may notice that
the large white bar second from the left at the bottom (Super White) becomes
overblown, showing blooming into its neighboring color bars.
7. Dial Contrast back down until the Super White bar is just white, not blazingly so, and
does not bleed into the other bars. The 10.5 IRE bar in the PLUGE should be just distinct
from the 7.5 IRE bars again at this point.
PAL
1. Warm up the monitor as previously mentioned.
2. Set the monitor’s Color (or Saturation) , Contrast and Brightness to their lowest settings.
3. Slowly raise Brightness until the black bar just begins to lighten.
4. Adjust the Contrast until the bars seem to be evenly graduated (ignore the white bar).
5. Tweak the Contrast watching the white bar carefully. When it stops getting brighter in
response, pull it back slightly to the point where it just starts to have a dimming effect
again.
C.3.4 COLOR ADJUSTMENTS
Having set the black and white levels earlier, let’s continue…