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Spearhead Display The Tektronix color tool set has always been about allowing the user to marry the Art & Science irrespective of the color space they are working in. How To Guide...
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Figure 2. Diamond and Split Diamond Display. Introduction With the introduction of the WFM8300 Tektronix is also introducing two new displays known as the Spearhead (Luma, Saturation and Value) and the Luminance Qualified Vector (LQV) Display. These new displays do not replace existing displays, but rather complement the existing displays and are designed to enable even greater precision for high-end Post Production Colorist in the process of marrying the art and science of color grading.
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Dotted Lines) from left to right on the top upper diagonal of the triangle and Value (Blue Dotted Lines) on the lower diagonal of the triangle. We describe this in more detail later, but for now just realize monochrome is on the left so a 50% Gray Signal would be a vertical straight line from 0% to 50%. www.tektronix.com/products/video_test/...
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100% Saturated (5C) and which one is 75% Saturated (5B). Saturation is the purity or vividness of a color expressed as the absence of white. A color with 100% Saturation contains no white. Reducing Saturation drains the color away leaving just the gray-scale component. www.tektronix.com/products/video_test/...
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Hue of higher Saturation and Value parts of the image. Finally, it is interesting to note that the bright red nose of the ape is visible as a higher intensity series of dots near the tip of the Spearhead and the nose is at full 100% Value and Saturation. www.tektronix.com/products/video_test/...
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Spearhead selection. You can also save this as a Preset by Depressing the PRESET Button and then selecting the location you want to save it to. After saving the preset you can rename it as shown in this example. www.tektronix.com/products/video_test/...
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Presets are a simple a way of saving a set of conditions that can easily be recalled later. You can give them real world names that eliminate the need to keep a list of 32 presets and what they were for. If you have not tried the sample Top Ten Presets they are available at www.tektronix.com. Summary The Spearhead Display provides a simplified, 2D gamut ara of valid, real time RGB signals for content creation, color correction, color grading, format conversion and distribution.
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