Waveform Monitor Explained - A Tool For Color and Exposure in Premiere Pro

[@JavierMercedes]

Let's ride the "wave" of learning the waveform monitor together! 🌊🏄‍♂️

[@9BlockProductions]

Javier, how are your videos sooo good?!! Thank you for every second of editing that you put into each video - this makes a huge difference in the ability for others to learn!

[@jdfilmzyyc]

You are a G, bro the stuff you teach is incredible and so easy to understand, thank you

[@ReadTheUnderstory]

It really shows that you're like the only professional on YT who is explaining this coherently. Thanks.

[@tehrube]

Dude, this was more helpful than the entire course of color correction on Lynda, good job!

[@gallitron7803]

Your tutorials are great, presentation is super slick.

[@JavierMercedes]

Glad you like them Gallitron!

[@josephb1884]

I shared this video with all of my co-workers so they better understand. I had to learn the hard way. Thank you.

[@JavierMercedes]

Glad it was helpful Joe!

[@parthbhardwaj4279]

I really loved this channel because this is the first channels which dedicated for premiere Pro not for another editing software I appreciate your efforts 👍👍👍

[@protoil]

The best explanation of waveform monitor I ever seen. Thank you!!!

[@BigLevelRecords]

Ok, let me just put this out there, What you are doing should go beyond filmmaking/color correction/etc, this way of teaching is fantastic!

[@ka.4084]

Shocked that I didn’t subscribe to your channel even that I’m used to search on topics and since I find a video were made by you I click on it immediately. Forgive me for that. your tutorials are the best! I’m excited to see other videos on color correction & color grading. please, we need you savior.

[@JavierMercedes]

haha, thanks KA! I'll try my best.

[@M.Borjas]

Damn dude! Learn more on this video, than the tutorials I've purchased! Great job!

[@CrestfallBay]

I really thought these waveform thingies were super complicated but your explanation was very coherent and easy to follow and it made the process easy to digest

[@mdmahimislam1899]

This is the first time i understand the lumetri pannel. I saw a lot of videos on color grading but didn’t understand nothing. Really love your videos and explanation. Keep it up man. Love from Bangladesh ❤️

[@squishyblob]

Confession: I’ve been making videos professionally for 10 years and I never new how to use this panel. You are a lifesaver!! This is amazing!!

[@jareddann7102]

I've been trying to get my head around colour for a long time. I understand and use the scopes and waveforms, but this just took it to a whole new level. Thanks for taking the time to explain what things mean and why certain numbers are used. I notice this throughout the channel that one explanation isn't enough, there isn't one way to do things or see things and Javier shows you different methods to achieve the same end goal.

[@JavierMercedes]

Really appreciate the comment Jared!

[@AmeerCorro]

This was the best tutorial on reading waveforms I've seen! Engaging, clear, and super informative. Thank you!

[@aleksandars9254]

What an amazing freaking guy! Thank you so much. All I have seen lately on YT are some full videos, this is pure gold.

[@SyedsLife]

Dude! I'm a final cut pro x user and watching this video has inspired me to start using premiere pro. Love your teaching style!

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you! But use what works for you, obviously I’m a little biased toward Premiere.

[@SyedsLife]

@@JavierMercedes tbh I’ve been toying with the idea of switching to premier. It would be nice to know how to use both I guess. Any advice on how to get started?

[@friedalichtenberg7050]

Your videos are my new Netflix

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@Jonathan-wm5ju]

Wow… youtube recommended this video to me WAY too late. What an amazing tutorial man, i wish i had found you so much sooner. This video deserves a few million more views. Thanks a ton!

[@PlanetJoeJoe]

Awesome! Thank you! It's probably the best and maybe the only video on KZbin that explains waveforms in lamen terms. Great video. thank you.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you Joe!

[@DarkSpaceStudios]

Great Job man. You really can make something that seems daunting easy to get. I never understood 8bit till now. Appreciate it.

[@broncoberkman]

Color grading is one of the most difficult thing I've had to learn with editing. This video helped me understand what I missing. Thank you!

[@emergenceuniversity]

Far and away, the best tutorial on waveform monitors I've ever seen. Wow!

[@RealLeystar]

You don't know how much your channel is helping as an editor, I learn quite. alot from it and thank you very much.

[@boombapunitclassone]

I believe you have fun while recording these lessons : ) because you love it and helping people at the same time!

[@benjaminjacobson3729]

This video is amazing. I’ve watched so many that haven’t properly explained this and finally someone nails it. Thanks

[@biancaraedeleon4574]

Felt compelled to comment and tell you how great this video is. Learned a lot! I'm gonna go watch your other vids! Thank you!

[@JimmyLikesTacos]

such a nice explanation of this. really well done!

[@mcprince]

This is the clearest explanation I've ever seen. I finally get it. Thank you!

[@ggwildlife]

perfect video for me as im just using LUTs and needed to know about waveforms, so so helpful thank you for sharing my PremPro is now set up with these on my workspace.

[@stevelewis7284]

I am relatively new to using a waveform monitor and did a quick KZbin search to see what I can find!! Wow! What an incredible and well done video that was easy enough to follow but advanced enough to be of good value. That is not easy to do, or to do well, but Javier knocked it out of the park!!!! Thanks for taking the time to do this!!!

[@EatBuildRideRepair]

Sir, your content is amazingly high quality, considering that reaches only a very small amount of people. It's sad that quality does not mean higher view numbers. I want to thank you for these precise and well explained tutorials. If I can ask for a topic it would be the most underrrated one in the editor indusrty: the sound. It would be good to see some tutorial from you, about how to work like a pro with sound using premiere and audition, how to (easily) master a VO and deal with the bg music, how to edit "uhm"s, and "ahms" in the vo, and any other interesting tweaks regarding to the sound design. Sound and coloring are the two weak points in nearly every average video editors workflow.

[@dgoddard]

I've been trying to get a grasp on this for about 2 years now. I was close, but would have to spend way too much time trying to get things just right. I wish I would have found this when you first put it out. You just saved me a ton of time. Thanks!

[@BrettSeeley]

you... are incredible. one of my new favorite channels!

[@colinkendall3128]

Javier, you are so clever! For the first time ever, I kind of understand those waveforms! Thanks.

[@renegadeeats]

OK finally someone explained this in a way I can understand! Thank you Javier 😎👍

[@JavierMercedes]

glad it clicked for you!

[@curiousart42]

One of the best on KZbin. This channel is so underrated. Some of these edits probably took hours. Just hit the like button to show appreciation. Smh. Thanks for the great content.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@MatthewArringtonphoto]

This is such a clear and concise explanation of the waveforms and how they represent color and luma info! It finally clicked for me. Well done!

[@JavierMercedes]

Awesome! exactly what I was going for.

[@LexRaeMac]

You are very thorough and engaging despite the topic being complex and slightly dry to explain. Thank you.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@osrstudiossanantonio6386]

been watching your stuff like how you break stuff down makes a lot of this easier to understand just getting into the color grading and correction also like your videos on editing tips and syncing sound thanks fro the tutorials will definitely watch more and recommend you to others

[@quiverfullproductionsllc]

Bro thank you so much ive been shooting and editing for a while. there is a difference between knowing things and understanding them. thank you

[@MrTerryRay1]

Yo Javier this was awesome! You answered so many simple questions I had about viewing waveforms that no one else had answered. I like that you explained about 8 bit and 10 bit and now it makes sense to me why someone would prefer a camera that records in 10 bit rather than 8 bit. For someone who feels week in the area of color, you sure learned a lot about it because you are able to explain it so well. Thanks and I look forward to your next video in this area. In the meantime I need to re-watch this video catch what I might have missed watching it the first time. Blessings!

[@sawtrain]

Great video. Thank you for actually explaining what certain things do...the whys and hows. Appreciate it!

[@fantaztikbeatz]

My new teacher. Short straight to the point easy to understand. I learned what I needed to learn in 15min. I literally just finished a 4 week Composition and Visual Design Class at my school and this was way more informative and easier to understand thank you so much!!

[@Tonyrona]

Great explanation of this topic, I learned a lot here. Also props on delivering this subject in a fun and simple to understand way. The video was so good I had to leave 2 comments! Thanks again bro. Cya on the next one.

[@AndysGolfBlog]

Great video - thanks for sharing. I really, really found the first section particularly useful when looking at adjusting exposure etc.

[@Kyle-4g343]

Super grateful for this video as I learn how to color grade without relying so much on presets!

[@GadgetInspector]

So glad I found your channel. You break things down in a way that I "get it" the first time. The segment on lighting was super helpful. What light were you using in the video? You were able to adjust brightness using a remote. I need that in my life.

[@darrinlalla9008]

You are my new favorite KZbinr!!! Thank you for this!

[@alexmighty9004]

The quality of this video is beyond top notch. I'm impressed. Thanks for putting in the time to make these videos. What a pro.

[@DarqueSyde66]

You are a bad dude, my brother. Thank you for breaking it down so easily. I've been eyeballing for years. I want to step my game up so I need to really wrap my head around all of this. BTW, I hope the shot to the face with the ball didn't hurt too bad! LOL! Good stuff, sir.

[@michaelpoczynek]

Mind blown! Very well done, Javier. Super impressive. Thanks so much for making this video. Have a great day! 😀

[@elkmurphy]

whenever I need to figure out smth in Premiere Pro, BOOM you are there to help

[@TheFPSChannel]

One of the best breakdowns I’ve seen…. And in my 35 years of doing this I’ve seen a lot.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@jasonwalton6311]

I've been color correcting and color grading my own footage for years, and this was hands down the most informative video I've seen on Waveforms. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@EnzoTavs]

Excellent video with plenty of technicalities yet simple-to-understand terms -- Also, at exactly 11:58, the 10-BIT value it's shown as 1203 instead of 1023. Thanks!

[@JavierMercedes]

Ugh, if only I could re-upload that one part, thanks for letting me know, at least you knew what it was supposed to be!

[@EnzoTavs]

@@JavierMercedes No worries! Thanks

[@TheArberndt]

Great job on this one, I've probably watched 10 of these tutorials but this one was the one that made it make sense. Adding masks to demonstrate different parts of the waveform was genius!

[@MattFromAmerica]

Appreciate the video. I have been using the lumetri presets for a while and tweaking them but just now decided to figure out the scope.

[@eugeneconstable4861]

Thank you 🙏 really informative and useful! - also that section on bit depth.. I never knew what that mean't until now. Brilliant.

[@EspenJohan]

Im learning so much by watching your tutorials👍

[@LukeHumphlett]

This by and far away the best explanation of these concepts I've ever seen. I feel like I've fully wrapped my head around it now. Thank you so much!

[@KOMAHeadshot]

Love all your videos! Learned more from a few of your vids than in 3 years of apprenticeship🙏🏼❤️

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you!

[@gregorhanewacker]

what a great and profound tutorial... I'm totally impressed! Thanks a lot!!

[@thedirtdominators]

what a well produced video and well explaination! though very detailed on a tough topic. good work man! thanks

[@stopeman82]

I’m really liking your videos man. Very detailed but no fluff. 👍👍

[@LawrenceKaneshiro]

I have watched several of your videos, and now that you asked; YES I love you teaching style. Keep up the good work. As for future videos on color, a deeper dive on how to use these tools to color grade. I understand this was an introduction to the color tools available, now we need to learn how to use these tools. Perhaps you have already done that, I will look for it. Otherwise I look foreword to watching it. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🖖🏼

[@itsDJuice]

It's the ball to the face for me. Thanks, I needed that. The info was awesome too thank you lmao!

[@FromGamingwithLove0456]

This video has enlightened me so much that I feel that anyone I know who doesn't know how the Lumetri Scopes work are unfortunate peasants who deserve my pity. Very, very well explained- if you can get it through my head then pretty soon my dog will be able to do my editing gruntwork.

[@funnykids6785]

Where did you get this excellent knowledge from? Maybe this is the second time I have returned to watch this tutorial :). Thank you!

[@musafir1930]

simply the best explanation on the subject. thanks.

[@warpig2786]

wow, a very complex task to put together i appreciate it very much. shows how much of a creative field video editing can be, but for this case the colour correction, there is so much to learn. thanks Javi-R

[@triplewario]

Very informative! There's just one thing I wonder (may be a stupid quesiton, but it's something I'm trying to get to click in my head, haha). On a waveform (let's take Parade as an example), we see the horizontal part of the image, and where the 3 colors are in that part of the image in terms of brightness. But what does the brightness on the waveform itself represent? Say, at one point there is "weak" red in some highlights and shadows, but at a certain brightness point the red is very strong, almost white. Is that the saturation of the color of that brightness level in that part of the screen? Or what does it represent?

[@misam5219]

Sir your teaching style its like fantabulous

[@guillermoyt89]

this was the best explanation i have seen so far

[@LandRunProductions]

Thank you, Dak Prescott. You just made things a *ton* clearer.

[@JavierMercedes]

You’re welcome!

[@diniiisaakuru]

thanks! i love the way you simplify complicated things. a great yt teacher!

[@jeffmit2675]

Amazing! Best YT tutorials ever. Thank you!

[@truckingpix]

one of the best explanations I've seen!!!! thanks👍👍👍👍

[@northumbrialearning5714]

Fantastic explanations with helpful animations! Many thanks and great work ... subscribed!

[@dumnyezau]

This is awesome dude. Thank you for this information. Looking forward for the color grading videos 🙆‍♂️

[@Braveindian4]

Amazing video man. Loved all the visual examples.

[@AbstractBlackArt]

Thank you so much for making this video! It is EXTREMELY helpful! You've just found yourself a new sub as well!

[@hurryupnwait9887]

Excellent tutorial Javier. I really enjoyed it.

[@HomeandVideos]

Great video, I love the use of infographics and overlays. Very high quality and informative, thank you!

[@NeilLovegrovemaker]

Nice job. Very useful thank you. I can imagine this one was a killer to plan and record. Lots of information there. Great work

[@JuUuH888]

I laughed with the ball, I learned so much, I subscribed! 🤣 Thank you! Awesome content! 😎👌

[@lewischikuni2900]

Brilliant video man! Great info and clear engaging presentation. You're a beast!

[@fabianalex7614]

Booom. Mind-blowing explanation! I finally understand whats an 8-bit

[@JavierMercedes]

Thank you so much Fabian, exactly what I was going for, glad you understand now!

[@gustafonseca2]

Another amazing learning experience! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

[@faithhouse6111]

Really thorough and comprehensive... thanks ( my color checker passport arrives tomorrow btw!)

[@JavierMercedes]

I keep using mine more and more, took me awhile to get used to the workflow, but I love it so far.

[@andreadecarlini499]

That was one of the best video on color grading!! Very useful, learned new things!!

[@chintu4198]

Excellent. Explanation that is easy to understand. Thank you!

[@cjtv5442]

Well explained. God bless you, fellow creative!

[@alejandrovlogs1248]

This was AWSOME!!! BEST EXPLANATION EVER.!!!!!!!!!

[@DaveMajor]

Awesome video Javier. Really useful. One thing I like to do is to download/get a screengrab from videos I like the look of (skintones, set design etc) and chuck that in premiere and use the Luma to see what exposure levels etc they are using. It at least gives me a fighting chance to replicate looks I like.

[@JavierMercedes]

Great idea!

[@ImageBySteve]

Thanks - just had a lightbulb moment - it all snapped into place.

[@sidfbh]

Thank you so much Javier. We need more tutorials like this !

[@mitdemall]

Thanks for the nice explanation, just getting into color grading and this really brought me a step ahead :)

[@BestBBQShow]

I can't wait for more! Finally understanding color work!

[@JavierMercedes]

More to come!

[@adityaaj8083]

a treasure for beginners like myself ♥