Why EVERYONE Should Use Video Scopes for Color Correction!

[@cameronidk2]

This Giuy is Special. As i'm getting closer to starting my own channel with a pro set up... I've been researching.. The logistics of a pro set up.. I bounced around alot.. and kept finding these video's being the most informative while staying simple and effective.. I just got my black magic 4k and totally paid for his 79.00 tutarial .. and feel it was a great purchase.

[@AllThingsFilm1]

Well, it's not just about the eyes when it comes to color correction and grading. As a VFX artist for 15 years, I most often work in very dark rooms.The reason being that ambient light and nearby practical lights can affect how your eyes interpret color. There are light bulbs you can get that are specifically designed for people needing some light in their room but don't want to affect the colors they see on their screen. In the meantime, having less ambient light in your work area helps immensely. In the end, as you suggest, it's worth the time and effort to learn how to read and work with scopes when grading and correcting your footage. Great video, Caleb. Thanks!

[@eigojiyouzu]

Thank you so much for this. I am colorblind and I feel more comfortable grading my images/footage thanks to you. Cheers

[@bobceffo]

same here :D

[@8b0i21]

I'm digging these advanced tutorials and budget gear, please keep them coming!

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thank you so much John! Means a lot man!

[@davidogburn5374]

I love how you can see him talking with his hands in the Waveform

[@tekkythai]

LOL super accurate about coming back to a grade and thinking it's terrible

[@brewbuilds]

wow, I'm really late to the game on this video being that it's 3 years old, but thank you so much for this break down. I make woodworking videos and want to step my video quality game up, but color grading has always intimated me because I am color blind. I knew there had to be a way to do it and not just by using your eye. 👍

[@WJ6FRadio]

This is the best video I have seen on using scopes and understanding color! I use both the X=Rite Color Checker Passport 2 and Color Checker Passport video, and they do make life so much easier!

[@littlestudio1287]

"Skin tone line" is in fact one of the two chrominance subcarries advanced by 33 deg from R-Y axe called "I" (the other is called "Q" and is advanced from B-Y axe). They are made due to the fact that human eye can resolve orange and cyan hues better than green and magenta. Just a small info, great video!

[@ShotInTheDark]

Fantastic explanation.

[@derontompke]

This is easily one of my favourite videos you have ever done and I've literally been showing it to everyone I know who even does basic video stuff. It's usually way too complicated to explain to the person that doesn't do much video, but once they see how simple and easy the workflow is everyone I know is switching to using these for everything. Love this, keep it up :D

[@AmitTiwari]

I bought guide for my sony cam last month even though i have been using it for 2 year. I wanted to know your views about that in details. Loved it.

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Thank you Amit!!!

[@JacobHillPGHVideo]

Anyone a waveform fan? Rarely I use vectorscopes to make skin tones accurate. But after this, I'm gonna use it more. Awesome vid as usual, Caleb!

[@michaelpoczynek]

WOW! Brain overload. Great job Caleb.

[@NowyKurs]

Works with me differently. When I sit too much and work and think it's crap, I take a break, and look at it with a fresh mind. Usually works and saves time.

[@Valleedbrume]

All video engineers use waveform and vectorscopes. Color correctors in film to digital use the as well.In the old days we used Tektronix.Graphics people rely on LUT’s With often mis aligned monitors that also rely on a LUT.You Must Use Scopes!!!And make sure your display is set correctly as well.Go to Flanders Scientific to learn how to correctly set you display(pro display)Bram Desmet is amazing.

[@iancraig]

Hi Caleb. I’ve been playing around with colour and gamma for about a month now. Reason being that my software has no inbuilt scopes and my computer display just doesn’t look the same as the TV screen. So what I’ve been doing is playing back the picture on my TV screen and adjusting the colour balance, gamma and hue on my software output to basically match my TV screen. That means that at least while I edit, I am getting a clearer picture of what I will get on the TV. Then before rendering, I take the ‘adjustments’ on the software out and so I’m left with a picture that looks wrong on computer but the TV looks closer to what I saw with the adjustments while editing. It’s a bit convoluted, but just gets around the problem of not having scopes, albeit in a cruder way.

[@homemovies751]

Very nice. The clearest description I have seen about these scopes.

[@chriseyrewalker]

Eeeeeepic and useful as always Caleb! Thanks!

[@qzorn4440]

this makes me think of the days of using a vectorscope to setup crt color tv sets... heathkit, sencor, etc all older stuff...🤔 now for the new stuff... thanks a lot..:)

[@KhoPhi]

I'm learning so much I feel my head is gonna explain. These are really helpful tutorials.

[@claudiorassouli1240]

Huge help! Thank you. I appreciate the walk through, the screen casting and examples on how you do your editing. I would like to see more videos like this talking color.

[@VistarCreative]

Unbelievably helpful! Your delivery as an instructor is stellar!

[@AMAETV]

SO. MUCH. INFO!! Who else is bookmarking and coming back again and again?

[@murillomr7]

Man...I started to see your videos and I became a fan! You're really great to simplify and explain the things!!

[@JamieHarveyJr]

The note that you set your LUT PACKS with a gray card waveform at 50% is VERY helpful to include in your LUT PACK webpages! I found a 5-7 year old exposure video of yours where you suggested about 40% for skin tones and that wasn’t quite ideal for the stops in your packs.

[@AdamLoboTV]

Great video Caleb, I am very familiar with waveforms but wasn't sure about vector scopes and now I do, thanks a lot, I have previously bought your GH4, G85 and the BMPC4k guide and it is amazing, thanks a lot for helping You Tube content creators like us 🙂

[@maxadrums]

Even though I already use them to an extent, you breaking this down and running it through is massive. Thank you. Interested in the other potential future videos mentioned!

[@ToddBangz]

Just what I need in my filming career. Thank you 🙏🏽

[@pal2tech]

Outstanding video Caleb. I’m having constant color balance and exposure issues in my studio and videos, so I’ll definitely look into more on-set color balance monitoring. Thanks again for the great info.

[@curtisjudd]

Love this, super helpful!

[@lukakoprivica]

Amazing!!! So much info in such a chewable size! THANK YOU!!!

[@mfreeman313]

Excellent as usual. I've never used these tools with any great confidence but I'm a few steps closer watching this.

[@DannyPytell]

Super helpful, thank you! Love the various examples that demonstrate different scenarios, learned a lot! :D

[@lostroadproductions3062]

Great video on vectorscope! Thanks!

[@Shawn_Kelley]

This is great - thanks Caleb! Please keep them coming.

[@KingDarius266]

The gift that keeps on giving. Thank you for your info.

[@joseduran9232]

Definitely needed that! Another aspect of film making that's not blurry for me thanks to you.

[@Debtfreehomesteaders]

Caleb, Wow! Loved this tutorial. Please continue to do more on coloring and exposure. Good information here. I learned a lot. Thank you. -Will

[@ross1ful]

Excellent presentation and explanation, more like this😎👍🏼

[@4theWINMEDIA]

This is the best explanation for scopes I've ever seen or heard.

[@GregsGarage]

Great stuff as always Caleb.

[@ethanhall208]

Great video Caleb! Scopes are awesome tools for video, especially once you get past how daunting they look!

[@alanbesedin]

Great video. Now feel even more confident using these tools. Thank you! 👍

[@johnblystone2936]

Brilliant - lovely super-useful explanation. I would even appreciate a couple of extra videos if you have time showing the individual steps (in detail) that you take to use these monitors effectively on set, blow-by-blow with the tweaks. Many thanks as ever.

[@matthewTobrien]

Love this more in-depth overview. Was just grading a vlog and wrapping up my grade while I watched this - went back and used Hue vs. Hue in FCPX to tweak my skin tones a bit to dial things in. Love using a gray card as well! Always use on interview shoots, and it makes post sooooo much easier.

[@itsBritss]

I know it´s a kinda old guide, but I just bought the g85 guide and it´s fantastic! Thank you, thank you!

[@TheManShiv]

Been looking for a concise video like this for a minute! Thanks!

[@leomachine23]

Insane results, awesome work!!!

[@jamesrussell1967]

Great stuff!!! On set I use RGB parade for white balance using a white card... it really makes it fast and easy. Scopes are the best!!!

[@greatpix]

Well done explaining a new concept for many of us.

[@JarrielCarter]

This was a great tutorial. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it understand and useful.

[@AnthonyGreene15]

Great stuff Caleb. Been making films for years now and color correction still confuses me. This was helpful.

[@TheScotchula]

Love this breakdown. Super clear and concise.

[@tiago__claro]

Great video!! Finally understood the power of these tools!

[@typerryrealestate6996]

Great video. I'm old enough when vector and waveform monitors were separate components --- and expensive add - ons at that. They are incorporated now and everyone should evaluate their usefulness when shooting. Thanks for an informative video. I enjoy your content.

[@vladistuvashev9910]

Very nice explication ! More tutorials like this !

[@AnhNguyen-iq7fs]

Great video. I’m new to the color correction and grading. Can you do a video from beginning to end on how to correct color in Final Cut Pro? Thanks

[@manuelrota6268]

Great and Short explanation! Thanks for the amazing job ; )

[@adymatt334]

Brilliant information. Thanks for the lesson.

[@ScissorVixens]

Hi...awesome quickie on using these two scopes! I've been shooting video content for the web for many years now without using any scopes. For exposure I've been using zebras and for color I've been using the custom temp setting on my GH5. But...as you have pointed out...your eyes can lie to you so even trying to eyeball color by looking at my GH5 LCD can be deceiving. That said...I definitely want to start taking advantage of using these scopes since I now own the two exact monitors you show in this video. I first bought the Small HD a few years ago but was primarily using it as a monitor and not taking advantage of the powerful scopes it offfers. Then, I decided I wanted to start getting more out of my GH5 and so I purchased the Atomos Ninja V and bought a 2TB Samsung 960 Pro SSD as well and HDMI cable capable of carrying the 10bit 4:2:2 signal coming out of my GH5 to the Atomos. I was going to possibly sell my SmallHD but to be honest...I really think SmallHD does an amazing job with the scopes and allowing you to create custom pages/screens with any combination of scopes. Much more friendly and flexible than the Ninja V. So, what I'm thinking of doing is actually mounting my SmallHD on top of the Ninja V and using the HDMI output of the Ninja V to go into the SmallHD. That way I can use the much more friendly and flexible scopes on the SmallHD to dial color and exposure in and of course record to the Ninja V. I haven't' tired this yet but have you ever used two monitors in one setup during recording or is this overkill...? Kind regards, Drew

[@franklinmichael671]

Looking forward to the video on using your middle gray card to nail exposure

[@kjubon1618]

I love your tutorials. Bought Shinobi last week, awesome tool! BTW nice outro music!

[@BitcoinEffect]

Caleb, great explanation! Been dabbling with the scopes, but your clarification of exactly what I’m looking at will add a lot of confidence! Also, having scopes is necessary for those of us who want to create, but don’t see colors perfectly. Thank you!

[@agaliafilms]

Really made it simple and easy to understand.

[@mikecoster2709]

Great video, Caleb! Very informative and just the right amount of explanation. Detailed enough to be able to go work on it ourselves, but not so much that it seems daunting.

[@jedifyll]

Mind blown. Mystery solved on what the scopes were good for. I thought you had to have been in the Matrix to figure those things out! Thank you so much!

[@RiverRadioDigital]

You are by far my favorite camera/gear reviewer dude. :-)

[@TechReflex]

Hey Kayluhb! Nice light setup.

[@pepeye]

Users of the FieldMonitor app (that I learned about from you) can get scopes wirelessly too. Works great.

[@MaRkDaShArK210]

I appreciate these in depth informative videos so much!!

[@enriqueapalacios]

What a Great Video, so helpful and well explained

[@FatihVideographer]

Perfectly explained!! Thanks

[@houthat]

been here for awhile now. Always super valuable information on this channel. Love it

[@martinmeyerbiz]

You Sir deserve a cookie (as always)

[@simo_villani]

Great video, well explained. Thanks

[@cjexplores]

Thanks a lot dude, you covered a lot in there! Super helpful 🤘

[@jonathanmorell8694]

best video ever! so well explained. thank you!!!

[@PaulStewartPositivePaul]

Great video. I absolutely love these tutorials. Keep up the fantastic work.

[@ElectricosCosmos]

That pixel tracker add looked interesting lol... first KZbin ad I’ve watched in ages.

[@shkspear52]

SO So helpful...excellent content!!!!

[@KevinvanDiest]

Thx man ..good explanation. It was already familiar to me but nice to get some more in-depth info on this matter. Good job

[@GlassonDesignStudio]

Thanks for sharing - I found this enlightening. I'm new to colour grading using the vectorscope and can see how it would be useful for grading caucasian skin tones, but I'm not sure how it useful it would be for grading, say, very dark skinned people, or people with an olive complexion. Is there any chance you could do a tutorial showing it in action with different coloured skin tones?

[@aaronsilver9765]

i love everything you do. in this video you mentioned doing a white balance video with the grey card. did you ever do one? can i see the link to it? thanks

[@floridaproductiongroup9970]

Nicely done! Thank you.

[@Ranger7Studios]

Great video! Really easy to understand.

[@mrmooremedia]

A brilliant video - thanks for taking the time to produce this 👍

[@ClassicCyclingCC]

I enjoy your videos. Any plan to had a guide for the A7SIII?

[@nhacnguyen7010]

it is really clear and easy to understand.

[@simeonbricker736]

This is uber helpful. Thanks much, Caleb!

[@luftballonproducciones3067]

Your videos are amazing! I always learn so much with them! Thank you!

[@saveriocampanini8077]

Very technical and clear as always, thanks! I'd like your review of Z CAM E2, will you talk about it?

[@jonathan__BBE]

Can you make a video on how to use the iPhone app Mavis? It’s has all of this but it’s confusing to use for a beginner

[@orelbitan]

Love your explainations, thank you!

[@therealDannyVasquez]

This was super helpful. Thank you!

[@ive595]

You made it very clear thank you.

[@_parkphoto]

W O W that was SO helpful and instructional. It all makes sense now!! Thanks!

[@tubekane]

Thank you for creating this video, very helpful

[@UnasdomastudioCz_video-photo]

Great video! Thank You Caleb!

[@billymurphy3]

Yes! The editing for a long period of time eyes are terrible 😂 I do 1st, 2nd, and 3rd pass on photos 😂

[@dslrvideoshooter]

Smart!