Vectorscope (advanced)¶

Description

This effect/filter draws and overlays a vectorscope of the video data. Compared to the Vectorscope effect it offers parameters to control the display mode and a few other things.

This is different from the Vectorscope from the View Menu because the Effect version writes the vectorscope into the output video, whereas the View Menu version displays the vectorscope in a separate widget while you still can preview your project.

Parameters

Parameter	Value	Description
Mode	Selection	Set the vectorscope mode. See below for available options.
X / Y	Integer	Set which color component will be represented on X / Y axis
Intensity	Float	Set intensity used by modes gray, color, color3 and color5 for increasing brightness of color component which represents frequency of (X, Y) location in graph
Envelope	Selection	Set whether the scope draws an edge or not and how the edge behaves
Graticule	Selection	Set what kind of graticule to draw
Graticule Opacity	Float	Set graticule opacity
Flags	Selection	Set graticule flags
Background Opacity[1]	Float	Set background opacity
Low Threshold	Float	Set low threshold for color component not represented on X or Y axis. Values lower than this value will be ignored. Default is 0. Note this value is multiplied with the actual max possible value one pixel component can have. So for 8-bit input and low threshold value of 0.1 the actual threshold is 0.1 * 255 = 25.
High Threshold	Float	Set high threshold for color component not represented on X or Y axis. Values higher than this value will be ignored. Default is 1. Note this value is multiplied with the actual max possible value one pixel component can have. So for 8-bit input and high threshold value of 0.9 the actual threshold is 0.9 * 255 = 230.
Colorspace	Selection	Set what kind of color space to use when drawing graticule

The following selection items are available:

Mode

gray	default
color
color2
color3
color4
color5

Envelope

None	default
Instant	Even darkest single pixel will be clearly highlighted
Peak	To hold maximum and minimum values presented in graph over time (this way you can still spot out-of-range values without constantly looking at the vectorscope)
Peak+Instant	For peak and instant envelope combined together

Graticule

none	default
color
green

Flags

White	Draw graticule for white point
Black	Draw graticule for black point
Name	Draw color points short names (default)

Colorspace

Auto	default
601
709