Atomos Samurai Blade - Manual (Page 20)

Atomos Samurai Blade – User Manual Edition 1: June 2013 18
Waveform Monitor Types
Inside the Waveform Monitoring menu, two types of Waveform Monitors
are available for use:
Luma Parade, RGB Parade, Vectorscope and Vectorscope Zoom are
enabled simply by touching the corresponding icon and will be by default
displayed at the bottom right hand corner.
Luma Overlay
Luma Overlay shows the levels of brightness from an input source
and makes it clear where overexposed or dark areas are on an image.
Low values indicate an underexposed area, while high values indicate
overexposed areas.
RGB Parade
RGB Parade will monitor the level of Red, Green and Blue from an input
source. The RGB channels are displayed side by side. Each colour
channel is measured from -6 to 108.
The Waveform Monitor will remain on screen when hiding the overlays
ensuring the focus remains on calibrating your image.
Vectorscope
The Vectorscope display shows emperical colour information of hue
(shown as a phase vector), vector and color strength (measured by
outward distance from the centre). It is invaluable for setting camera
white and black points, identifying areas that are desaturated and for
determining if your shot requires color balancing. You can also use this
function to colour match previous scenes and shots..
Vectorscope Zoom
The Vectorscope Zoom shows an accurate scaled up view of 8:1.
Waveform Monitor Settings
From within the Waveform Monitoring menu, press the Settings icon to
access the display settings for the waveform.
To change the size of the waveform, press on the 1/4, 1/3 or Full Screen
icons and the display will update immediately.
To toggle between Waveform Monitor sizes of 1/4, 1/3 and Full Screen
from the Home Screen, press the bottom corner of the waveform.
The Dynamic Range slider directly controls the intensity of the waveform
while the Transparency slider adjusts the transparency values of the
waveform display on screen.
8. Monitoring and Recording
cont.
Luma Overlay Vectorscope
Vectorscope Zoom RGB Parade
Settings icon
Waveform Size settings
Dynamic Range Transparency