The main reason divergent media is pushing out ScopeBox 4 is that ScopeBox 3 is not compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina.I’ve said it before, I’m a bit of a video snob. I learned how to edit on 3/4” U-Matic machines with an A/B Roll controller. Later, I moved up to M-II and a CMX style editor (some of you young guys don’t even know what any of that means…). My video education taught me to keep things within broadcast standards, because that’s where the good video ended up. A big part of an editor’s job back then was monitoring levels using a waveform monitor and vector scope. Those tools ensured that colors where what they were supposed to be, and black and white levels were within spec. Of course, we also had to line up various decks, and do a whole lot of other things. Today of course, you dump some files from a card to a hard drive, drop them on the timeline and cut the story. No one cares much about levels, color or any of those pesky details (which is clearly evident every time I watch many of the second-tier cable networks). In churches, it’s really easy to put up a few cameras and a switcher and send the signal to a couple of projectors and call it video IMAG.Ĭall me old-school, but I like to know what I’m looking at and have an empirical reference to know that my whites are actually not overblown, faces are where they should be in level and my blacks aren’t crushed. Most churches don’t spend the $1,500-6,000 on a professional broadcast monitor that can be calibrated (or know how to properly calibrate the one they have), so it’s easy to end up with bad video on the screen.Īll of that to say, I’m still a firm believer in having a set of scopes available to monitor the video image before it hits the screen. from ScopeBox Software with the Reflecmedia LED Green Screen System. Back in the day (and it’s still true today), a hardware waveform monitor/vectorscope would cost you at least $4,000, probably more. Screen System Greenscreen, The Fosters, Software. Today, with processing power to spare, several companies have virtualized the scopes. One such firm is Divergent Media with their product called ScopeBox. I don’t have a hardware scope to compare to, so I can’t promise you everything you monitor with ScopeBox would be 100% accurate, but so far, it has proved more than adequate for getting properly exposed video up to our IMAG screens. The best part about the app is that it’s all of $99. We already had the Mac, and it took another $275 or so to get the Decklink installed. So for under $400, I have a very capable software scope solution that works quite well. If you don’t have any way of monitoring your video, I strongly recommend you look at something like this (Blackmagic also has a similar solution called UltraScope, though it’s hardware & software, and thus more expensive). We had an issue with the software not recognizing both cards, and support has been very responsive to getting us fixed up. I love supporting the small developer community, so check them out at. This post is brought to you by CCI Solutions. With a reputation for excellence, technical expertise and competitive pricing, CCI Solutions has served churches across the US in their media, equipment, design and installation needs for over 35 years.
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