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The Parade scope showing YRGB waveforms,
with colorization and extents enabled
Vectorscope
Measures the overall range of hue and saturation within an image. Measurements are relative to
a centered graticule that you can enable that’s overlaid on the scope, which provides a frame of
reference via crosshairs. DaVinci Resolve has a traditional vectorscope, the graph of which
emulates a trace-drawn graph, with 75 percent color bar targets indicating the angle of each of
the primary and secondary colors around the edge of the graph, and an optional skin tone
reference graticule (otherwise known as the In-phase reference).
The Vectorscope can have Colorize enabled to show false color which lets you see which
colors in the Viewer image are where in the video scope graph.
More saturated colors in the frame stretch those parts of the graph farther toward the edge,
while less saturated colors remain closer to the center of the vectorscope, which represents 0
saturation. By judging how many parts of the vectorscope graph stick out at different angles,
you can see how many hues there are in the image, with the specific angle of each part of the
graph showing you which hues they are. Furthermore, by judging how well centered the middle
of the vectorscope graph is relative to the crosshairs, you can get an idea of whether there’s a
color imbalance in the image. If the vectorscope graph is off-centered, the direction in which it
leans lets you know that there’s a color cast (tint) in the image.
The Vectorscope shown in 2x mode, with combined
highlights, mid-tones, and shadows extents
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