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3 In the View Area menu bar, select Options.
4 Select Show Overlays.
5 Set your preference for overlay attributes.
The new overlay attributes are set.
Modifying Exposure and Contrast in the Image Display
You can modify the overall brightness of images displayed on the workstation or broadcast monitor, as well
as the contrast between light and dark colours. Note that these settings affect only the display, and do not
modify the underlying colour values of the clips.
To modify exposure and contrast interactively in an image window
1 Click in an image window to make it active.
2 Do any of the following:
■ Press and hold Shift+E while clicking and dragging the mouse to modify the exposure offset (overall
brightness). Dragging to the right increases values and dragging to the left decreases them.
■ Press and hold Shift+C while clicking and dragging the mouse to modify the contrast between light
and dark colours.
■ Click Reset to restore the default values.
To modify exposure and contrast using the Image Display settings
1 Access the Image Display Viewer settings.
2 Do either of the following:
■ Edit the Exposure slider to modify overall brightness.
■ Edit the Contrast slider to modify the contrast between light and dark colours.
NOTE If you have applied a colour transform to the display, then you cannot modify the exposure and contrast
unless there is a dynamic ExposureContrast operator in the CTF file.
Enabling Aspect Ratio Display in the Player
When you work with clips that have a resolution that does not use square pixels, such as NTSC or PAL, you
can adjust the display so that it appears with the correct aspect ratio. By default, the adjusted image is sent
to the broadcast monitor. You can switch the adjusted display from the broadcast monitor to the Player.
To enable the aspect ratio display in the Player:
1 Click the Timeline tab.
2 In the View Area menu bar, select Options.
3 Select Show Viewing Settings.
4 Enable the Use Ratio button.
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