Video tutorial: The Waveform monitor

Richard Harrington presents this video tutorial about the Waveform monitor. For the tutorial: <a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/premierepro/cs/using/WSCE1EF46C-AB40-45f9-BAD8-D790421BD01A.ht ml">this page in Help.</a>

Richard Harrington presents this video tutorial about the Waveform monitor: http://youtu.be/BNKue_8EPzI

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Why those gray bars in the waveform monitor ?

Hi,
On previous FCP, the gray bars in the Waveform monitor were visible only when using the Sequence's RGB render settings.
Now, with FCP 5.1.4, if i place, say, a layer with composite mode, the gray bars show even if i work in a "High quality YUV" setting.
Just curious...why that change ?
thanks

I don't know what gray bars you're talking about. If it's the graticule (thin horizontal lines at regular intervals), they're an essential part of a waveform display. Without them you'd have a hard time doing precise calibrations.
I can only assume that if they were gone before and there now for you, somebody fixed a problem. Or you had them turned off before.
If you're talking about some other kind of grey bars, then you'll have to explain what they are.

Where is the menu to select the waveform monitors and vectorscope?

I feel stupid but I am unable to find the menu to select the waveform monitors and vectorscope in the newest update to PP CC. Any guidance would be most helpful. Happy Halloween!

FWIW - I have set up a Keyboard Shortcut that Displays Waveforms in the Program Monitor.
My wish was for them to be available as a Button Icon but that is not possible.

There are diagonal stripes on some clips on the timeline and wont play video in the program monitor.

After reconnecting some origianl files after a hard drive crashed, there are diagonal stripes on some clips on the timeline that wont play video in the program monitor. They do however play in the source monitor.

Those stripes are most likely the missing media indicators, which means you've relinked to the wrong clips.

Inserting a Flash video and the Bandwidth Monitor

I am new to Captivate, and I want to be sure I'm following
some practical guidelines for inserting Flash video in my Captivate
slides.
I know there are quite a few variables relating to practical
bandwidth usage--basically, we are creating elearning presenations
that will have "talking head" videos embedded within. These
presentations will be available for download via our LMS site, both
within the US and overseas.
I have utilized Captivate's Bandwidth Monitor to gauge the
bandwidth hit each video slide is responsible for. However, I don't
believe the numbers I'm getting back: because I've set each
embedded video to "Pause slide till end of video", all the slides
are reporting the same length in seconds, KB per sec and Video KB
numbers.
Can someone suggest a practical method for setting up the
videos such that the Bandwidth Monitor can interpret them
correctly? Can you also suggest a rule of thumb for maximum length
for each slide with an embedded video (320 X 240) in it?
Thanks in advance,
Carl

I am new to Captivate, and I want to be sure I'm following
some practical guidelines for inserting Flash video in my Captivate
slides.
I know there are quite a few variables relating to practical
bandwidth usage--basically, we are creating elearning presenations
that will have "talking head" videos embedded within. These
presentations will be available for download via our LMS site, both
within the US and overseas.
I have utilized Captivate's Bandwidth Monitor to gauge the
bandwidth hit each video slide is responsible for. However, I don't
believe the numbers I'm getting back: because I've set each
embedded video to "Pause slide till end of video", all the slides
are reporting the same length in seconds, KB per sec and Video KB
numbers.
Can someone suggest a practical method for setting up the
videos such that the Bandwidth Monitor can interpret them
correctly? Can you also suggest a rule of thumb for maximum length
for each slide with an embedded video (320 X 240) in it?
Thanks in advance,
Carl

Tool bench / Waveform monitor / video scopes- brightness of display problem

the display in my tool bench, and specifically in the waveform monitor, is too dark to read.
Happily in the upper left corner, jsut below the "Video Scopes" tab, there are two buttons to adjust:
click to set scale brightness
click to set display brightness
But ... everytime i go away and come back to the tool bench, it reverts to the too dark setting and i must reset it. there must be some way to make a new default value to the display brightness that stays. As it is, the default is waaaay low, so it isn't some factory middle value.
Ideas?
thanks
gary

None, sorry. Mine work as they are supposed to which does not help.
Bogiesan

Using a calibration target with a waveform monitor to get the right contrast?

I was wondering if I am using this target correctly with the waveform monitor to achieve the right amount of contrast.

Dave
You are doing it kind of wrong.
What you should use that Black /Grey White TOOL for is to set an exposure at the camera. (NOT in Post Production..but it does have an application in post)
If your Camera has the Zebras set at 95-100% White...you would point camera at the "TOOL" and adjust exposure so that the zeras display on the white section. You can not do anything about the black. (It will fall into place from the exposure on the white)
Now the above assumes that as a photographer...you actuall want the white level to photograph as white for the particular shot that you are taking.
Exposure is all about tones. Black to white thru grey tone actually. (Forget about color)
Hope this helps but I am happy to expand if you wish.

Continuous output on a waveform monitor

Running an older Black Magic HD Extreme video card on a G5; SDI output to a waveform monitor.
External video set to "all frames." Problem is the output only changes when I pause the video. This is a problem because I want to shoot video of the waveform output changing -- it's for an instructional DVD.
Is the problem that it's running on a G5? Would I do any better running it on my Mac Pro quad? I need to check on this because I would have to buy a new Black Magic card for $1000 to fit the Mac Pro so I don't want to jump into it unless I have to.

Is the problem that it's running on a G5?
No, your Decklink HD equipped G5 is plenty capable. If you are not getting a full motion output then you have some other mismatch. What are your source clip properties, what are your sequence settings, and what video playback preset have you selected?
Cheers
Andy

Missing Waveform Monitors - New Install, Most Recent Premiere CC 2014

Hi,
I recently downloaded and installed Premiere Pro CC and related apps with a cloud subscription on a new Mac Pro tower. I connected by working RAIDs and opened a PPro project originated on my previous edit system, an iMac. Right away I noticed some strange behavior and key features missing when I went to color correct my footage.
With the desired timeline active in the "Editing" workspace, I used the keyboard shortcut (I also tried this with the dropdown menu) and switched the workspace to color correction. Rather than the timeline activated in the "editing" workspace, a completely different timeline in the project appeared in the "color correction" space. This occurred multiple times with seemingly every timeline, but the one I desired to correct activating in the "color correction" space.
Also, the waveform monitors are absent from both the reference and program viewer menus. I can't seem to the find them anywhere. This leaves me feeling a bit crazy, as I was operating in the most current PPro CC version on the iMac just yesterday and everything was in its place.
Thoughts on what is going on here?
Here are my system specs:
Mac Pro
Yosemite 10.10.1
Processor: 3.5 GHz 6-COre Intel Xeon E5
Memory: 32 GB 1886 MHz DDR3 ECC
Graphics: AMD FirePro D700 6144 MB
For now I suppose, I'll try uninstalling and re-installing the app. Other ideas? Anyone else experiencing this?
Lindsay

Thank you for all of the feedback. I have tried un-installing and re-installing twice now. Once using the cleaner tool and once without. Neither has remedied the problem. I was sure to check "Remove Preferences" when performing the un-install, but when I opened a new project after the re-installation, PPro opened in the "Color Correction" workspace rather than opening in the standard editing workspace and still no scopes.
Other ideas?
I found this thread, which isn't boosting my confidence in a healthy Premiere / Mac Pro relationship, but I have seen no mention of the missing scopes issue I am experiencing. And really I haven't progressed to the point of attempting an export or render. As you well know, scopes are vital, and there's no point exporting if I can't properly polish a product.
Premiere Pro CC and the New Mac Pro (2014)

No Video Showing in Program Monitor

I've just recently ran into a strange bug where no video shows up in the program monitor of my Premiere CC (latest version) when scrubbing through the timeline. Hitting play/space bar also does nothing; no time code rolls, the scrubber doesn't move, nothing at all. Here's a screen recording of what I'm seeing.
I've tried deleting prefs, cleaning caches, deleting caches completely, and I've even tried the awesome tools over at Digital Rebellion to see if that would help get things working – nothing helps. Just as an fyi: when opening the same project from the same drive on a different machine, the same stuff happens – so I've at least narrowed it down to something inside the project file. (??)
Also, when I try and save the project to quit out of Premiere to attempt more troubleshooting, Premiere CC hangs, and I end up having to force quit the application. After doing that, I see a strangely named project file pop up next to my original project file.
Does anyone have any other ideas on how to troubleshoot and/or fix this? I've searched these forums, google, etc. but haven't been able to find anyone with a similar problem. Thanks in advance!

Yes quite odd indeed. Those were some great bits of advice. I tried creating a new project and importing the problematic sequence. I ended up having to do it twice because the first time it didn't really work, but the second time everything imported correctly, and I now have video in the program monitor.
Not sure what happened, something to that other project file apparently, but now it's fixed and I believe it was thanks to just creating the new project and importing the old sequence into the new one.
Thanks for your help!

Waveform Monitor Levels

I think the Waveform Monitor (WV-150) is a great tool, but I am a bit confused as to how I should set the levels. For example, do I want to keep ALL levels below 100, or is it advisable to allow less important elements of the picture to exceed 100 in the interest getting a brighter picture in the more important areas? If so, how far can I push this? (I realize that there may be no easy answer to that second question.) Thank you.

Sorry can't do that test because I'm running PC's here and do not have Apple Color. The previous test sounded like a good way to see how the scopes are behaving when dealing with footage with proper levels.
I haven't sent any episodes shot with the Sony XDCAM EX footage to a duplication house with hardware scopes yet. A couple years ago I sent thirteen episodes shot with DVCAM for broadcast distribution. Those clips had the limiter effect on them in Premiere. My notes from them about one show say that the entire signal was 6 to 8 IRE too hot. Also there was a RGB gamut error at some point. Also they said the pedestal needed to be raised. These notes were just from one show, that was shot outside in the winter with snow by a different cinematographer. I DP'd the rest of the season forward, and probably shot with better levels right out of the can that needed less color correction. My point is, at least with this one episode using DVCAM, and probably CS3 at the time, the master deliverables levels were beyond the limiters settings as well.
Seems to be that the Premiere Pro limiter isn't properly processing the entire clip, and further more, at least with XDCAM EX, parts of the signal expand (using any of the color correction effects) after render. Before maybe we couldn't see these illegal values in the trace, but now with CS5 they are visible after render.
I'll just apply the limiter anyway and color grade using the scopes before rendering. The duplication house will have to run them through a real limiter, and sequentially clip some highlights in a poor manner. Seems like the best we can do for now with PP.

Does the mini displayport able to transfer audio and video to an external monitor (example: a tv) using a 2011 13" MacBook Pro with an hdmi cable?

I was wondering this, because I want to hook up my 2011 MacBook Pro to a external monitor (TV) using an hdmi cable. This would be heplful before I buy a mini displayport to hdmi adapter, and then maybe find out that the mini displayport might not transfer audio, only video.

Yes, min Displayport supports audio and video for the 2011 MBP 13" via HDMI.

How do I get my Mac Pro to see the second monitor through a video splitter and/or switcher?

In a recording studio we have a Mac Pro with two video display monitors in the control room and we want to be able to show the content of the second monitor to the person in the recording room on a big display monitor there. However, when we interpose a switcher or splitter between the computer and the second monitor so that we can (with a switcher) switch the second monitor signal from the control room monitor to the record room monitor or (with a splitter) split the signal to go to both monitors, we have no luck. On startup the computer does not see the monitor through the switcher, so it doesn't recognize its existence. If we start the computer up without the switcher in the signal chain, it sees the second monitor just fine, and (weirdly enough) we can then change the cabling to interpose the switch, which then works to switch back and forth between second monitors (control room and record room), but that cable swapping's a royal PITA. We want a simple solution that will allow us to start up the computer, see the second monitor in the control room, then choose to show it to the person in the record room with a simple flip of the switch (or even better, split the signal so it's available both places). The splitter we've tried most recently is this one: http://tinyurl.com/curen39 I'd appreciate any advice from people who have tried this configuration or something similar with success. We have a full ProTools HD Accel 3 system installed, so there's no room to install a second video card. Thanks.
Mac Pro 8-Core 2.4 GHz, OS 10.6.8

Christopher Dobrian wrote:
Thanks for the response! Yes, it's a 5x70 video card, a 5770 I believe. In any case, it does have the three ports, but (a not-well documented fact) that doesn't mean one can really get three full-resolution signals out of it at one time, as you alluded to in your message. So, yes, we did try hooking all three up directly to the computer, but the computer would only recognize two of those monitors, and the only way to get it to "de-recognize" the second monitor and recognize the third monitor was to physically disconnect the second monitor.
I did say when you want to connect three monitors to 5x70's there are some rules to adhere to. These are covered in the first two apple docs mentioned above, or by title:
Mac Pro (Mid 2010), Mac Pro (Early 2009): Issues with three displays and multiple DVI, HDMI connections
Mac Pro (Early 2009), Mac Pro (Mid 2010): Supported display configurations
The general gist of these rules is that to drive three monitor son a 5x70 you need two active adapters. That is why one of your monitors was disabled when you tried to add a third.
Here's a good explanation of what's going in here and why you need two active adapters on these cards:
Active vs. Passive Displayport adapters *the truth*
If you use DVI monitors and any of them have resolutions less than 1920 x 1200 then you can use single link active adapters. The "AMD Eyefinity Validated Dongles" chart shows some active (and passive) adapters that are acceptable. For example of a single link DVI active adapter is the Accell B087B-006B. An example of a dual link DVI active adapter would be the one from monoprice.com if you need to connect monitors with a resolution greater than 1920 x 1200.
I'm doubtful that SwitchResX would be able to convince the computer that there were only two monitors connected and direct the second monitor signal to the correct place, but it certainly seems worth a try, so thanks for the idea! Any other ideas are still welcome in the meantime.
I'm not doubtful. It is a very powerful utility for dealing with all aspects of multiple monitor configurations (they call them "Display Sets") complete with forcing EDID information if necessary. The different configurations can be controlled with a (contextual) menu and/or hot key.
SwitchResX is academic at this point if you want to have all three monitors connected. You would need to get that working first. Then use SwitchResX to vary the configuration combinations. So if you go this route the "name of the game" is figure out the active adapters you need.
I only described in general terms above about the adapters since you never said exactly what kind of connections these monitors require (single link DVI, dual link DVI, hdmi, mini-displayport, vga).

Why does my video clip show in the program monitor only when it is playing (the program monitor is blank otherwise)?

I am using WIndows 7 64 bit, and the most recent version of Premiere Pro CC on an I7 machine with 8GB of memory. I have imported a HD .mov clip and placed it on the timeline. When I press 'Play', it shows in the Program Monitor window. When I stop the playing, the window goes blank. I have rendered the clip (it has a yellow bar above it). Even after rendering, the yellow bar remains and the sequence only displays when it is playing. The source monitor has the same behavior.
Not being able to see where I am in a clip is making editing very difficult. I have used Premiere Elements for five years, I have taken the Lynda.com course, so I have some familiarity with the program that suggests that the frame at the point of the CTI should show in the program and source monitors.
What do I need to do to be able to see the frame in the monitors when it isn't playing?
Update: I spent 35 minutes with Tushar in a technical support chat (case number: 0186148124), during which time we deleted the contents of the Media cache folder in C:/Users/Your User Account/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Common file (after using task manager to close coresync32.exe and creativecloud32.exe) and renamed both the Adobe folder and the 8.0 folder in Documents/Adobe/Premiere Pro/8.0. This didn't get it, but was necessary for the next step:
Going to the File menu, Project Settings, and selecting 'General Settings', Tushar had me change the Renderer to Mercury Playback Engine Software Only (I don't have a GPU accelerator video card yet). I received a warning that all previews would be deleted, which I accepted. That brought the image back to the Program Monitor.
I've posted this for anyone who may experience a similar challenge in the future. Despite a lot of Google searching before I contacted Tech Support, I didn't find anything even close to the description of the problem. I hope this provides that source for future searchers.
Jeff

Thanks, Ann. As I mentioned in my post, Tushar correctly pointed out that, without a GPU accelerated card (which I don't have - mine is a piece of junk which I will be replacing with a compatible one soon) you must use the software only settings. I had changed my project over to the 'software only' setting, and I still had the problem. The value Tushar added was the procedure for clearing the cache.
What I did originally was a newbie error, no argument. I posted it here for others who may fall in the same hole. Your reply confirms that, without a GPU accelerated card, use the software only settings (sounds so obvious, yet I missed it.....).
Jeff

In Final Cut Pro x, Somehow my video got muted and I can't find a way to UNMUTE it! (it won't let me manually lift up or down the waveform - nor go in and raise the level of loudness) Any suggestions? (How to unmute)

In Final Cut Pro x, Somehow my video got muted and I can't find a way to UNMUTE it!
(it won't let me manually lift up or down the waveform - nor go in and raise the level of loudness)
Any suggestions? (How to unmute)

Do you know how to use the volume adjustment line?
If so, is it not working?
Can you post a screenshot of your audio?

Video tutorial: The Waveform monitor

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