NewTek TriCaster Advanced Edition User Guide - Manual (Page 323)

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5. You may need to redo the last two steps several times, balancing the adjustments of these two
controls until all four of the lighter bars evenly match the smaller rectangles just beneath them. (Note
that a perfect match simply may not be possible on some monitors.)
6. Check your results with some familiar imagery, and make any further tweaks you feel are required.
PAL
1. If your monitor has a “Blue-gun only” setting, enable it. Raise the Color or Saturation setting until the
three right hand bars all appear to be the same shade.
2. If the monitor lacks a “Blue-gun only” feature, you can obtain a colored filter such as a Kodak Wratten
#47B gel, and hold that between your eyes and the monitor for a similar result.
3. Turn off the “Blue-gun only” feature (or dispense with the filter if you used one), and examine the red
bar. It should appear not be so vivid that it bleeds onto the nearby bars.
4. Check your results with some known familiar imagery, and make any further tweaks you feel are
required.
C.4 FURTHER READING
You may find it helpful to review the white paper, available from NewTek’s website, entitled “NewTek
TriCaster Scopes – How and Why”, by Allan Tépper. This document provides many helpful insights into
waveform and vectorscope use, as well as the development and application of video standards.