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units to set are EDR (Extreme Dynamic Range, not compatible on all models) and PTF (Post
Trigger Frames) covered later in this section.
SELECTING A CAMER A
Select the camera(s) to be controlled listed in the 'Manager' tab, or select the camera(s)
from the 'Camera' pull-down list in the 'Live' tab.
Once a camera is selected, a 'Preview' panel will display to the left of the control tabs
showing the current image being captured by the camera.
IMAGE PROCESSING
'Image Tools' provides extensive control over the look of the image,
from color and contrast settings to image orientation and crop
settings. The menu is accessed by clicking on the 'Image Tools'
toolbar button (the one that looks like an artist's palette).
The top of the 'Image Tools' window displays a 'Histogram.' This
is a graphic representation of the pixel brightness levels of the
displayed image. The left represents black, the right represents
white and the height represents the proportionate number of pixels
at that particular value. Unlike a waveform, the histogram's shape
is not representative of the content—it is simply an averaging of the
brightness values.
Below the histogram are controls which change image settings of
the live images, recorded images and the video output.
Some of the variables include; brightness, gain, gamma, saturation,
toe, white balance adjustments (Temp (K) and Tint), individual red,
green and blue pedestal, gain and gamma values and tone curves.
At the bottom of the window is a 'Default' button that restores all
parameters except white balance, tone and color matrix to their
default values.
The 'Default White Balance' button restores white balance to the
defaults on color cameras.
The Tone 'Reset' button restores the image tone to the default values, and the Color Matrix
'Restore' button returns the color matrix values to their default values.
Changes made here only affect the metadata of the Cine Raw file. They are applied in
software but not "baked in."
Image Processing settings are no longer editable after saving to a format other than Cine
Raw, so it is important to ensure they are set to values that produce the best looking image.
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