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Shotover Gimbal Overlay
Updated onArticleChoose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Addons
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Legal Information
Updated onArticleOn product information can be found in the monitor’s Settings menus under Compliance.
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Focus Assist
Updated onArticlePaints a highlight around in-focus edges, enabling very fast and accurate focusing on-the-fly without needing any additional tools.We have some Tips for focusing here.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Focusing
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Peaking
Updated onArticlePeaking essentially mimics an exaggerated 'sharpening' filter like you may find on a consumer TV - this effectively increases contrast on in-focus portions of your image while retaining full color unlike Focus Assist. Because of its relatively benign effect on the image this makes it great to use in combination with other features.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Focusing
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Safe (guides)
Updated onArticleAlso known as Title-safe, this tool provides a simple line border near edges of the frame as a friendly reminder to keep important elements in-frame to account for 'overscan'- some TVs will crop out part of the frame to fit various aspect ratios/resolutions being sent and title safe is still used by broadcast stations and other users not using an internet medium.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Framing
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Aspect (guides)
Updated onArticleIf you are shooting in a different aspect ratio than the expected final output, place an Aspect Guide on your page for framing your shots instead of just using gaffer tape. These act like a Matte, but do not affect your footage.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Framing
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Crosshair
Updated onArticlePlaces a crosshair reticule in the center of your image; great reference point on shoots when symmetry or panning accuracy is an important part of the composition. *You will need a video signal to use most tools.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Framing
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Crosshatch
Updated onArticleAlso known as "Grid" this tool will overlay ta geometric grid pattern over your image with customizable rows/columns for a variety of on-set compositional needs.Crosshatch is beneficial for aligning elements of a shot into a grid-like and structured pattern, and can also be used for frame balance/ composure.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Framing
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Waveform
Updated onArticleThe Waveform is generally considered the most robust exposure tool because it plots your image's luminance (brightness) -- and chrominance if using RGB mode -- to a graph but unlike the Histogram, it physically matches the screen from left-to-right.
Choose a monitor series SmallHD Ultra 7 User Manual Tools - Scopes
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Histogram
Updated onArticleThe Histogram is a brightness graph - left side is darker values, right side brighter. Use it to judge the overall balance of exposure in your image.
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