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Step 1
To choose a display mode, go to the Source or Program Monitor, and click on the panel’s menu. It is a little arrow in the far upper right corner of the Monitor that looks like an arrow.
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Step 2
“Composite Video” will display the normal mode of the video clip and the “Alpha” mode will display the video’s transparency as a grayscale image.
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Step 3
“Vectorscope” displays a graph measuring the video’s color components. This includes the video’s hue and saturation. A vectorscope maps the video’s color information onto a circular chart.
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Step 4
“YC Waveform” displays the luminance information as a green waveform. Bright or light objects produce a pattern near the top of the graph while dark objects produce a pattern toward the bottom. Generally, luminance and chroma values should be about the same, and in the 7.5 to 100 range.
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Step 5
“YCbCr Parade” displays a monitor measuring the Y, Cb and Cr components of the video separately, in IRE. The vertical axis on the graph represents the video’s signal intensity in units called IRE. “Y” represents luminance, “Cb” represents blue minus luma and “Cr” represents red minus luma. The Intensity control adjusts the brightness of the waveforms. It does not affect the video output signal.
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Step 6
“RGB Parade” displays a monitor measuring the levels of the red, green, and blue channels in a clip. This is useful for viewing the distribution of the colors in a clip. The levels of each color channel are measured proportionately to each other using a scale of 0 to 100.
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Step 7
The “Vect/YC Wave/YCbCr Parade” will display a monitor showing vectorscope, and YCbCr Parade. The “Vect/YC Wave/RGB Parade” will display a monitor showing vectorscope and RGB Parade. “All Scopes” displays a monitor with different graphs, which will show you vectorscope, YCbCr Parade and RGB Parade all at once.
