During operation, your video assist will use the battery with the lowest charge first, then swap
over to the other when depleted without interruption. The battery icon will turn red once the
remaining capacity is lower than 25%.
Video Scopes
Blackmagic Video Assist 4K and 12G models have a set of four real time video scopes that you
can use to monitor the luminance and chroma levels of your video signal. You can choose to
display a waveform, parade, vectorscope or histogram. Using these scopes you can monitor
your tonal balance and check the levels of your video to avoid crushing your blacks and
clipping the highlights, plus monitor any potential color cast in your clips.
Each scope provides an accurate graphical analysis of the various characteristics of the video
signal, showing you the relative strength and range of individual video components including
luma, chroma, saturation, hue, and the red, green, and blue channels that together, comprise
the color and contrast of your video signal.
The video scopes menu bar showing the scope display options
Enabling the scopes
To access the video scopes, tap the scopes icon or the display histogram, depending
on your model. From here, you can choose the scope you want, for example, waveform,
parade, vectorscope or histogram. To view the video image without a scope,
select 'video'.
Tap the scopes icon to close the menu. You can now access the transport controls and
view the audio meters.
Changing Settings
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