TPM 1.0 Users Guide

Test Pattern Maker User’s Guide SyntheticAperture Copyright © 1999 Synthetic Aperture All rights reserved. This book is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompi- lation. Except as permitted by said license, no part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written autho- rization of Synthetic Aperture and its licensors, if any. Restricted Rights Use, duplication, or disclosure by the United States Government is Legend subject to the restrictions set forth in DFARS 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) and FAR 52.227-19. Trademarks Synthetic Aperture, the Synthetic Aperture logo, Video Finesse, and Test Pattern Maker are trademarks or registered trademarks of Syn- thetic Aperture in the U.S. and certain other countries. Adobe, Pre- miere, Acrobat, and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc. Apple, Macintosh, Power Macintosh, and QuickTime are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. All other brand or product names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. This manual reflects version 1.0 of Test Pattern Maker Table of Contents 1 - Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Why Test Patterns? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Why Test Pattern Maker? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 - Creating a Video Test Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Test Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 EIA Color Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 EBU Color Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SMPTE-Style Color Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Luma Steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Luma Ramp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Convergence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Overscan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …