User Manual

Color Balance Controls
The red, green and blue color balance knobs in the panel’s mid section are for
adjusting the color balance of the lift, gamma and gain levels. The white controls are
for adjusting the RGB values for the gain, or highlights and the black controls are for
adjusting RGB values of the lift, or the shadows. The black/flare button lets you adjust
the RGB values for the gamma, or mid tones, by holding down the button and adjusting
the lift RGB knobs.
The color balance controls let you make fine adjustments to the red, green,
blue channels for the master gain/white, gamma and pedestal/black levels
There is also a custom control that will be uniquely assignable in a future update.
Currently, the custom control knob is set to Y gain control. This increases or decreases
the overall luminance, or brightness, of the image. More information about color
balance control is provided in the following ‘controlling cameras’ section.
Lens Controls
The lower section of the panel is where most of the control will occur during production.
The first item you will probably notice is the joystick control. This is used to open and
close the iris, also known as the white level or gain control and for adjusting the master
black level, also known as the pedestal control.
Gain is adjusted by leaning the joystick forwards or backwards to open or close the iris.
Increase or decrease the pedestal by rotating the ring wheel underneath the joystick’s
knob clockwise or counter clockwise. This gives you fine control over both parameters
using the same controller.
170ATEM Camera Control Panel