From the course: Color for Video Editors
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Using a waveform to judge contrast and white/black levels
From the course: Color for Video Editors
Using a waveform to judge contrast and white/black levels
- Now that we've discussed that scopes can be your superpower, let's dive into DaVinci Resolve. And let me show you how we can use video scopes to technically evaluate shots. So as I mentioned on using DaVinci Resolve, and I've already gone ahead and imported the exercise files into resolve. If you missed the movie earlier in this title about how to use and open the exercise files, be sure to go back and check that out. In this DaVinci Resolve project I have this timeline right here called video scopes open. And that's the timeline I'm going to use to demonstrate how to use the scopes in this title. Where do we find scopes in DaVinci Resolve? Well they can be found down here in the lower right-hand corner with this button right here. And by default they display it as just a small little window in the lower right hand corner. I want to make that much bigger by clicking this expansion button right here. Once I've expanded the scopes into their own floating window here, I can choose how…
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The role video scopes play in evaluating shots2m 25s
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Using a waveform to judge contrast and white/black levels11m 13s
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Using a vectorscope to judge overall color and saturation4m 58s
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Using RGB Parade and RGB Overlay waveforms to judge color balance5m 54s
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Using a histogram to judge contrast and color balance3m 14s
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Additional scope concepts: Skin tone, colorfulness, and shot matching9m 30s
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