Setting Safe Color Limits
You set safe color limits and control how those limits are applied by selecting options in the Safe Color Settings dialog box.
Safe Color Settings button
To select safe color options:
1.  Open the Safe Color Settings dialog box by doing one of the following:
  In the Settings scroll list of the Project window, double-click Safe Colors.
  In the Color Correction tool, click the Safe Color Settings button.
  The Safe Color Settings button in the Color Correction tool provides a visual indication of the status of the Safe Colors feature. If Warn is selected in one or more of the Actions pop-up menus, the icon on the Safe Color Settings button appears orange to indicate that at least some of the Safe Colors options are active. Otherwise, the icon on the Safe Color Settings button appears black.
2.  For each limit type, set the limits at which you want the system to issue a warning by doing the following:
a.  Click the Units button, and select the unit of measurement you want to use.
b.  Type the low and high safe color values you want in the Low and High text boxes.
c.  Click the Actions button, and select the action that you want the system to take.
The following table provides more information on the options available in the Safe Color Settings dialog box. The graphical view at the bottom of the Safe Color Settings dialog box shows the current limits in relation to the default limits in an easy-to-read format. For more information, see Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings.
3.  Click OK.
Safe Color Settings Optionsá
Option
Description
Composite
Sets safe color values for the composite video signal.
Luminance
Sets safe color values based on brightness.
RGB Gamut
Sets safe color values based on color range.
Units buttons
Define the units of measurement for the three types of safe color values.
Click the Composite Units button and select either IRE or mVolts (millivolts).
Click the Luminance and RGB Gamut buttons and select from the following options:
8 Bit — Measures the adjustment on a scale from 0átoá255.
  The RGB value for a color in the Color Correction tool will not be identical to the RGB value for the same color in a graphics application such as Adobe Photoshop. For example, the 8-bit RGB values for reference black and reference white are 16 and 235 respectively.
Percent — Measures the adjustment on a percentage scale from 0 to 100.
IRE — Measures the adjustment in IRE units.
mVolts — Measures the adjustment in millivolts.
Actions buttons
Define how the system implements the safe color settings. The top button controls both the Composite and the Luminance limit types; the bottom button controls the RGB Gamut limit type.
Click an Actions button and select from the following options:
Ignore — The system does not limit based on these settings. This is the default setting.
Warn — The system provides warnings when these limits are exceeded. For more information on safe color warnings, see Understanding Safe Color Warnings.
See Also
Overview of Safe Color Limits
Understanding the Graphical View of Safe Color Settings
Understanding Safe Color Warnings
Safe Color Limits with Waveform and Vectorscope Information

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