Specifications

Using Blackmagic UltraScope
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Waveform Display on Mac OS X always shows Luminance view.
2. Waveform Display
The Waveform Display is similar to traditional composite waveform monitors seen in many broadcast
studios.
On Mac OS X, B/W is always selected to show the luminance view, which provides a digitally encoded
waveform similar to traditional luminance waveform monitors. The luminance view is very useful when
adjusting luma (brightness) levels in an image. Turn on the GAMUT function, and any illegal luma levels
will be highlighted in bright red, so they are easy to see. Instructions for setting luma limits can be found in
the Error Logging Display section of this manual. Traditional luminance waveform monitors only supported
composite analog standard definition video. However UltraScope’s luminance view works in high definition
as well as standard definition, so you have a consistent and easy way to adjust luma levels even when
monitoring high definition digital video formats!