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112 Chapter 6 Monitoring

The Preview Display

The preview display either shows you the frame at the current position of the playhead

in the Timeline, as it appears with all the corrections you’ve applied in all rooms (unless

you choose Grade > Disable Grade), or the currently enabled Still Store image.

Whichever image is shown in the preview display is mirrored on the broadcast monitor

that’s connected to the video output of your computer. The preview display is also

affected by LUTs that you import into your Color project.

Note: The only other time the current frame is not displayed is when one of the

alternate secondary display methods is enabled in the Previews tab of the Secondaries

room. For more information, see “Previews Tab” on page 219.

The preview display in the Scopes window can be toggled between full and partial

screen modes.

To toggle the preview image between full and quarter-screen:

m Double-click the image preview in the Scopes window.

m Control-click or right-click the preview image in the Scopes window, then choose Full

Screen from the shortcut menu.

All video scopes are hidden while the preview display is in full-screen mode.

Video Scopes

The number of scopes that can be displayed depends on the window layout you’re

using; you can display two video scopes in single display mode and three video scopes

in dual display mode. For more information, see Chapter 8, “Video Scopes,” on page 141.

Using the Preview Display as Your Evaluation Monitor

Whether or not the preview display in the Scopes window is appropriate to use as

your evaluation monitor depends on a number of factors, the most important of

which is the amount of confidence you have in the quality of your preview display.

Many users opt to use the preview display as an evaluation monitor, especially when

grading scanned film in a 2K workflow, but you need to make sure that you’re using a

monitor capable of displaying the range of contrast and color necessary for

maintaining accuracy to your facility’s standards. Also, success depends on proper

monitor calibration, combined with color profiling and simulation of the eventual film

output using LUT management, which is covered later in this chapter.

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