BCC Broadcast Safe
Category: BCC Image Restoration
Effect Name: BCC Broadcast Safe
The BCC Broadcast Safe filter, part of the BCC Image Restoration category, provides an easy and automated way to ensure that all of your projects are color and luma safe for delivery to any broadcast market. Simply apply the filter at the top level of your sequence or comp, select the preset that corresponds with the broadcast standard that you require and render.
This filter utilizes a soft knee approach to maintaining safe color and luma levels and by default does not hard clip the output. The included Custom option opens up all of the controls for you to create your own customized presets.
Working with the Filter
Presets and Common Controls
- BCC filters come with a library of factory installed presets plus the ability to create your own custom presets and preview them with the BCC FX Browserโข.
- BCC filters also include common controls that configure global effect preferences and other host-specific effect settings.
For more information about working with presets and other common controls, Click Here.
Compare Mode
The Compare Mode is used to view the filtered result alongside the original source layer. Several split-screen and side-by-side display options are available.
For more information, see Compare Mode.
- Broadcast Standards: Selects the desired broadcast standard for the clip or sequence. The available standards are:
- Neutral: No change is made to the underlying source (this is the default) and the filter is effectively bypassed when in this mode. All other selections from this menu will cause the underlying source to be altered to fit the selected broadcast standard.
- EBU 103
- EBU 103 Extra Safe
- 0-100 % RGB
- PAL
- NTSC
- NTSC No Setup
- EBU 103 + PAL
- EBU 103 + NTSC
- EBU 103 + NTSC No Setup
- Custom: This option will open up all of the filter controls to enable the generation of user definable customized presets.
- Color Range: Use this pop-up to select the desired color range. The available options are:
- Automatic: Automatically selects between full range and video range based on the selected broadcast standard
- Full Range: 0-100
- Video Range: 16-235
- Color Space: Use this pop-up to select the desired video space. The available options are:
- Rec. 601 (SD)
- Rec. 709/1886 (HD)
- View Mode: Displays the current view mode. Note that this selection is rendered into the final result so be sure to set this to Final Output before rendering.
- Final Output: The filtered broadcast safe result
- Zebra Pattern: Displays a zebra pattern over areas in the image that are being changed by the filter
- Clipped Pixels: Adds a color overlay over areas in the image that are being changed by the filter
- Color Mode: Selects the desired working color mode for the filter.
- RGB
- YRGB
- Composite
- Composite + RGB
- Chroma
- Composite Mode: Use to select the Composite settings when working in Composite or Compsite +RGB modes.
- NTSC with no Setup
- NTSC with 7.5 IRE Setup
- PAL
- High Clip
- High Knee
- Low Knee
- Low Clip
- High Clip
- High Knee
- Low Knee
- Low Clip
- High IRE
- Low IRE
- High IRE
- Low IRE
- High IRE
- Low IRE
- Soft Clip
- Hard Clip
Note: The following parameters are only available only when Custom is selected from the Broadcast Standards pop-up. The available / visible custom parameters change depending on the chosen Color Mode.
Y-Luma Range Group
Controls the clip points and knee widths for the Y or Luma channel.
RGB Range Group
Controls the clip points and knee widths for the RGB channels.
NTSC, no Setup Group
Controls the IRE settings when the Composite Mode is set to NTSC with no Setup.
NTSC, 7.5 IRE Setup Group
Controls the IRE settings when the Composite Mode is set to NTSC with 7.5 IRE Setup.
PAL Group
Controls the IRE settings when the Composite Mode is set to PAL.
Chroma Group
Controls custom clamping of just the saturation.
