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4. The vectorscope monitor displays the chrominance of the video signal:
5. Hover over a portion of the monitor to display the chroma value at the pointer position:
Displaying luminance using the waveform monitor
The waveform monitor in the Video Scopes window allows you to monitor the luminance (brightness or Y component) of your
video signal. The monitor plots luminance on the vertical axis and the width of the current frame on the horizontal axis.
If you want to include chroma (color or C component) information in the waveform monitor, choose Composite from the drop-
down list at the top of the monitor window. When you choose Luminance, chroma information is omitted.
1. From the View menu, choose Video Scopes to toggle the display of the Video Scopes window.
2. Choose Waveform from the drop-down list.
3. Position the cursor in the frame you want to analyze. If the Update Scopes While Playing button ( ) is selected, you can
monitor the waveform during playback.
Frame Vectorscope display of frame
Chroma value