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Using SmartScope Duo 4K
To check YUV levels, select YUV parade from the ‘display’ drop down menu. This view is useful
because the luma (brightness) values are separated from the chroma (color) values, which is the
format of video signals for television broadcast. The left waveform shows the luma information
and the second and third waveforms show the chroma information. YUV parade view is useful
for calibrating a video signal’s chroma values to a color bar test pattern, so that colors are
represented accurately and the signal being broadcast will be displayable by television sets.
Color correcting is a constant adjustment process to attain the best looking images without
generating illegal levels!
RGB parade view
YUV parade view
Select between RGB parade and YUV parade from the
‘display’ drop down menu in Blackmagic SmartView
Setup
Color Correction Terminology
Blacks –
Black levels in the video signal
Mids –
Mid-gray levels in the video signal
Whites –
White levels in the video signal
