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Viewing the grid
The Video Preview window can display vertical and horizontal lines over your video. You can use the grid to 
help you align objects. To view the grid, click the down arrow next to the 
Overlays button ( ) and choose 
Grid.
Set the grid spacing using the 
Horizontal grid divisions and Vertical grid divisions settings on the Video tab in the 
Preferences dialog.
Isolating color channels
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Note: If your video hardware will add a 7.5 IRE setup, click 
the 
Settings button () and select the 7. 5  I R E  S e t u p check 
box in the Video Scopes Settings dialog. Black will be 
displayed as 7.5 in the waveform monitor. If your video 
hardware does not add a 7.5 setup, clear the check box, and 
black will be displayed as 0.
Displaying chrominance using the vectorscope monitor
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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.
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5.Hover over a portion of the monitor to display the luma value at the pointer position:
Displaying color levels and contrast using the histogram monitor
The histogram monitor in the Video Scopes window allows you to monitor color levels and contrast of your 
video. Use the histogram before rendering your project to find and correct out-of-range values that could 
cause problems on the destination playback device.
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6.Use plug-ins such as Brightness and Contrast, Broadcast Colors, and Levels to adjust the color. For more 
information, see Using video effects on page 207. 
Displaying RGB components with RGB parade monitor
The RGB parade monitor in the Video Scopes window displays waveforms for the red, green, and blue 
components of your video signal. The monitor plots RGB values from 0-255 on the vertical axis and three 
times on the horizontal axis.
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Adjusting video scope settings
Click the Settings button ( ) in the Video Scopes window to set your display options. These options adjust 
the display of data in the Video Scopes window and have no effect on your data.
7. 5  I R E  s e t u p
If your video hardware will add a 7.5 IRE setup, you can configure the Video Scopes window so the display 
will be consistent with an external scope connected to a device that adds 7.5 IRE setup.
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Previewing in a player
You can create a full-quality preview that automatically plays in the appropriate media player. You can 
preview the entire project or select a portion.
1.To preview a portion of the project, create a selection containing the portion you want to preview.
2.From the To o l s menu, choose Preview in Player.
3.Select the type of preview file to create. Select a 
template or click 
Custom to configure any compression 
options.
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Using an external monitor
You can feed video directly from the timeline to a television monitor. With this feature, you can make your 
final editing decisions on a broadcast monitor (which differs significantly from a computer monitor) before 
printing the project to tape. To use an external monitor, you must have:
OHCI-compliant IEEE-1394 DV card
DV camcorder or DV-to-analog converter box 
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Optimizing preview quality
Keep in mind that complex effects and/or transitions may not play back in real time from the timeline. What 
effects can and cannot be played back depends on the speed of your computer. You may want to prerender 
more complex portions of a project. For more information, see Prerendering video on page 255.
Note: The compression settings used to create the 
prerendered video must be identical to your captured files for 
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