Creating color bars and a 1-kHz tone

Editors place color bars at the beginning of their programs to help a viewer calibrate the video monitor that will show the program. A 1-kHz tone is usually recorded underneath the color bars and is used to help calibrate the audio. You can create a single clip containing both color bars and a 1-kHz tone; this clip is 10 seconds long.

To create color bars and a 1-kHz tone:

Click the Create Item button at the bottom of the Project Window and choose Bars and Tone from the Create Type menu.

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