Configuring Image Display in Monitors
You can configure each monitor to display those segments that are most useful for making comparisons in your project.
To configure the display in a monitor:
  Click the monitor's Source menu, and select one of the commands described in the following table.
Source Menu Commandsá
Command
Description
Empty
Displays no image (black).
Entire Sequence
Makes the entire sequence available in the monitor. This is useful when you want to compare shots from many different places in a sequence. For example, you can display the current segment and the next segment in two monitors for immediate shot-to-shot comparison and display the entire sequence in the third monitor so that you can quickly navigate to any other part of the sequence you want to view. When you change the current segment, the entire sequence updates to that segment.
  You can use the Play Loop button in the Command palette to play the whole sequence in the active monitor even if the monitor is not set to Entire Sequence. For more information, see Using the Play Loop Button in Color Correction Mode.
Reference
Locks the current frame (the frame the position indicator is on) in the monitor. When the other monitors update as you navigate in the Timeline, this frame continues to display as a reference. This is useful if you want to use a specific place in your sequence as a reference against which to compare all other shots, for example, a segment that contains optimal skin tones.
To lock the current frame as a reference:
  Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl+Shift+click (Macintosh) in the Composer window or the Color Correction tool, and select Reference Current.
Current
Displays the current segment. This option is not available in the Source menu if another monitor is already set to Current.
Previous
Displays the segment immediately before the current segment.
Next
Displays the segment immediately after the current segment.
Second Previous
Displays the segment two segments before the current segment (the segment the position indicator is on in the Timeline).
Second Next
Displays the segment two segments after the current segment.
Waveform and Vectorscope commands
  Quad Display
  RGB Histogram
  RGB Parade
  Vectorscope
  Y Waveform
  YC Waveform
  YCbCr Histogram
  YCbCr Parade
These commands configure the monitor as a Waveform monitor or Vectorscope monitor. The system displays the information for the currently active monitor. For more information, see Working with the Waveform Monitors and Vectorscope Monitor.
See Also
Understanding Default Monitor Display
Splitting the Image Display in Monitors
Hiding the Video in Monitors
Displaying 16:9 Video in Monitors

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