4KScope Waveform/Vectorscope

view up to 4K signals through professional scope tools

4KScope software provides real time, professional quality signal analysis for on set, production, post production, and research and development environments. 4KScope is designed to monitor from 4096x2160 down to NTSC/PAL and everything in between.

4KScope is perfect for Live/Post production, DIT pipelines, Broadcast monitoring, Signal QC and final HDR mastering workflows, including basic HDR/HLG/WCG monitoring and validating. For more advanced HDR, please check out our HDRScope.

Compatibility:
		Windows 7 or greater, macOS 13 Ventura - macOS 14 Sonoma, CentOS/Red Hat 7.4-7.8

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4KScope provides SDR and HDR image analysis with support for 601, 709, 2020, HDR10, HLG and WCG color spaces. Multiple audio and video scopes can be selected in a variety of layouts depending on your monitoring needs. For more advanced HDR monitoring, please see our HDRScope. For SMPTE 2110/2022 monitoring, please see our 2110Scope. And for a more cost effective HD solution, see our sdiScope.

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4KScope can display up to six video, data, or audio scopes with pixel accurate 16 bit precision in SDR or HDR. 4KScope is ideal for HDR mastering, DIT and broadcast monitoring, signal QC, and remote monitoring. It is available as software for Windows, macOS, and Linux, or as a 1U hardware device from our partner CineSys.

Video Scopes

Vectorscope (with WCG support), Waveform Luma, Waveform RGB, Waveform YCbCr (with HDR10 and HLG support), Histogram RGB, Histogram Luma, Chromaticity, Status

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Audio Scopes

Audio Vectorscope, Audio Waveform, Audio Histogram, Audio Phase, Audio Meters in RMS or Loudness

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Picture Modes

Red only, Green only, Blue only, Luma only, Zebra luma, Zebra chroma, Clipping, Edge difference, Focus assist, Flip/flop, False color, Opacity, Luma key, Greenscreen/chroma key

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Advanced Features

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Closed caption display (608, 708, OP-47), error logging, 8/10/12 bit processes as 16 bit, HTML5/Web remote access, zoom and pan, user markers, signal compare, frame capture and more.

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Main Use Cases

HDR/HLG/WCG monitoring and validating
SD/HD/4K monitoring, live production
DIT pipelines
Broadcast monitoring
Remote network monitoring
Post production
Signal QC and final HDR mastering

Available Upgrades

2110Scope
- All 4KScope features
- Network packet timing and chart
- 10G/25G/100G NIC support
- SMPTE 2110 and 2022
videoQC
- File based analysis same scope set as 4KScope
- Single sided analysis
- Full reference analysis

Ancillary Data - In the Data View with Show Anc checked, time code streams, closed caption, and other ancillary data associated with the signal are displayed in rows. Each data stream can be selected and its details will be reflected in the hex display below.

Ancillary Data Scope - Time code streams, closed caption, and other ancillary data associated with the signal are displayed in rows. This view provides a look at each of the data streams without opening Data View and closing the other scopes.

Vectorscope - Color accurate graticules automatically switch between SD (601), HD (709) and 4K/QHD (709 or 2020) color spaces. The markers include color points (for standard bar checks) at 75% and 100% saturation. All the standard points are boxed; red, magenta, blue, cyan, green and yellow. A skin tone/flesh line is provided to allow for easy hue adjustment as well as standard diagonals.

Waveform YCbCr - Displays the levels of the Y, Cb and Cr from the left of the picture to the right of the picture with all the lines summed into one graph. The Y, or luma/luminance, graph provides accurate white and black level information, as well as the range in between. The luma waveform supports standard, HDR10 (Dolby Vision /ST.2084) and HLG (Hybrid Log Gamma) display up to 10,000 nits.

Waveform Luma/NIT Light Level - Displays the overall intensity of the picture. Standard 601/709 levels are supported, as well as NITs display for HDR/ST 2084 and HLG signals.

Waveform YCbCr Parade - Displays the levels of the Y, Cb and Cr from the left of the picture to the right of the picture with all the lines summed into one graph. The Y, or luma/luminance, graph provides accurate white and black level information, as well as the range in between.

Waveform RGB - The RGB Waveform Monitor shows each of the red, green and blue signals as independent graphs, displaying the RGB, or chrominance/color values associated with the signal. Above is the stacked waveform, a parade waveform is also available.

Waveform RGB Parade - The RGB Waveform Monitor shows each of the red, green and blue signals as independent graphs, displaying the RGB, or chrominance/color values associated with the signal. Above is the parade waveform, a stacked waveform is also available.

CIE XY Gamut - The CIE XY Gamut, or chromaticity, scope provides a visual representation of the color in a video across all the colors of visible light. For a particular YCbCr range (BT.2020, P3, Rec.709, CCIR-601) a triangle can be superimposed to show the colors that fall within the acceptable range and those that are outside it. The color of the trace can be white, black, or the chromaticity hued background.

Waveform High/Low - The Waveform Monitor in high/low mode allows the colorist to focus just on the blacks and peaking levels in the signal. Traditional scopes can zoom into one or the other, but this view gives access to both at the same time.

Histogram YCbCr - The Histogram YCbCr / YUV scope displays the luminance, and both chroma signals stacked top to bottom. Y is the luma component and Cb and Cr are the blue-difference and red-difference chroma components. .

Histogram Luma - The Luma Histogram shows the distribution of luminance within the signal as a series of discrete bars that make a continuous graph. This display provides an overview of the tonal range of each color in the picture.

Histogram RGB - The Histogram RGB scope displays each of the R, G, and B (red, green, and blue) channel values stacked top to bottom. RGB color space is directly represented; equivalent values are generated for other color spaces.

Histogram HSV - The HSV (Hue/Saturation/Value) Histogram shows the distribution of hue (which color appears most prominent) in the top row, the saturation level (how much gray in each particular color) in the center, and the value (luminance, or how light or dark the signal appears) in the bottom row.

Data View - The Data view allows access to the raw pixel values being monitored on the HDMI or SDI input. Raw values are captured and displayed with no manipulation by the software. This mode is perfect for checking vertical blank signalling and metadata, as well as picture issues like inner line sync markers or out of range colors. Pixel starts can be selected, along with lines, in the edit boxes above the data area.

Status - The Status view presents real time data on the overall signal in terms of gamut, maximum and minimum chroma and luma, audio levels and MaxFALL/MaxCLL for HDR signals. Any issues detected by the status panel are automatically entered in the log file and window with time, type, source and reason.

H/S Scope - The H/S Scope allows easy calibration of lighting or camera to a standard DSC ChromaDuMonde chart. The target color level or saturation is calibrated to a single horizontal line in the chart. The color hue component is mapped horizontally, with standard 601, 709 or 2020 targets as vertical lines. For details, click here.

Audio Meters - Up to 16 audio channel metering is supported, with Over/Under warnings. Meters are provided as a full scope for easy viewing across your facility.

Surround Sound - 5.1 and 7.1 audio meters for surround sound workflows, with Over/Under warnings. SMPTE, ProTools, AAC, DTS, EXT, and Dolby setups supported.

Audio Scale Settings - Audio Scale types include dBFS, dBu SMPTE RP155 (+24), dBu EBU R68 (+18 and 0), dBu PPM (EBU and BBC), and LUFS/LKFS (EBU and US).

Audio Phase - The audio phase meter shows the relative density of two audio channels and the relative loudness as a line moving towards the louder channel.

Audio Loudness - Loudness meters in EBU +9 or BBC +9 for loudness K-weighted to full scale.

Audio Vectorscope Polar - The audio vector polar meter shows the relative density of two audio channels oriented on the center bottom of the scope.

Audio Vector Lissajous - The audio vector Lissajous meter shows the relative density of two audio channels oriented on the center middle of the scope.

Audio Vector Lissajous XY - The audio vectorscope Lissajouxy meter shows the relative density of two audio channels oriented on the xy line (from lower left to upper right).

Audio Histogram Linear - The audio histogram displays a bar chart of the levels of the components of an audio signal.

Audio Histogram Linear Reverse Log - The audio histogram displays a bar chart of the levels of the components of an audio signal.

Audio Histogram Log - The audio histogram displays a bar chart of the levels of the components of an audio signal.

Waveform - The waveform displays the selected pair's audio as a standard wave.

The Picture view shows the video signal, to confirm the source is correct and to display time code location. Action Safe, Title Safe, Graphic Safe, Picture Frame, and Active Region graticules are optionally available. A number of display modes can be set using the Display Mode selector:

Luma - Show only the Y or brightness of the picture.

Red - Show only the red channel.

Green - Show only the green channel.

Blue - Show only the blue channel.

Zebra Luma - Draw zebra bars where the luma is too high or too low.

Zebra Chroma - Draw zebra bars where the chroma is out of range.

Clipping - Draw green anywhere the signal is too low, or red anywhere the signal is too high.

Edge Difference - Highlight every edge in the picture.

Focus Assist - Show areas of the image that are in focus.

Flip/Flop - Flip the picture horizontally or vertically.

False Color - Show each exposure level as a color. See Here for details.

Luma Key - Show the video luma keyed over a checkerboard or image.

Green Screen - Show the image green screen keyed over a checkerboard.

Green Screen Despill - Show the image green screen keyed with edge despilling over a checkerboard.

Closed Caption and XDS Data Detection and Display - Decode closed captions from line 21 encoding (SD) and line 9 ANC encoding (HD). SD 608, HD 708 and OP-47 can all be decoded in real time and displayed as text over the picture. The actual data can also be viewed on line 9, or 21 for SD, in data mode. XDS (extended data service data) is also displayed.

Error Log Window - The error logging review window displays the video and audio errors from the log stored on disk. These include loudness/gamut overages, luma/chroma too high/low, broadcast illegal, repeating lines, saturation, and signal loss. Event Sensitivity provides conditions for error/event logging per category or ancillary data stream.

8 Bit Signal - 8 bit signal processing is supported, including detection of 8 bit signals in a 10 bit path (note the missing lines/bins).

10/12 Bit Signal - Smooth scopes on true 10 and 12 bit signals display every possible level in the signal, allowing finer analysis.

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HTTP/Web Server - Check the status of your facility from anywhere with our live HTTP/Web page interface. Real time updates in pure HTML5 without any extra plugins.

Remote Desktop Access - You can also control and view using standard remote desktop tools to create a full featured monitor for your entire facility. This video tutorial gives an overview of setting up a remote system with an AJA U-TAP and KUMO series router.

Zoom and Pan - The waveform monitors and vectorscope zoom in for a closer look at low saturation signals, or the luma elements of the waveform. The live picture can also be zoomed in or out, and panned with the mouse. To zoom, roll the mouse wheel. To pan, click and drag. To reset to normal view, right click the mouse. Specific 1x, 2x and exact decimal zooms are also available in the config dialog.

Signal Compare - The signal compare feature can be used to freeze a complete frame of video (two fields in interlaced), every second line (field), or at a 50/50 dissolve to compare two signals or cameras. Once frozen, all the standard scopes are still available for setup and comparison. While a frame is frozen, the comparison mode and type of scope can be changed.

User Markers, Lines, Circles and Boxes - Users can place plus sign markers (+) and lines on any of the scopes, that will persist to help make exact measurements between different signals.

Raw and JPEG Capture - The incoming image can be captured as a raw (YUV, V210, or RGB10, depending on the input) image in full, bit perfect resolution or a JPEG version for easy sharing. The entire scope's interface can also be captured.

Full HDR Support - Along with Rec 709, both SMPTE 2084/HDR10 and HLG luminance HDR profiles are supported. BT.2020/WCG is also supported to allow analysis of full color WCG, as well as in contained color display standards list P3.

Loudness and RMS Metering - All audio meters can be set for EBU9 or EBU18 loudness monitoring, as well as RMS/peak. The status window also supports loudness as a floating point value, and any excursions are automatically collected in the on disk error log.

Vertical Blank Analysis - Up to 32 lines of vertical blank can be analyzed along with the active picture. Captions, time code and other decodable metadata is automatically detected. Any SMPTE DID/SDID packets found are highlighted in the HEX Data view.

Line and Region Select - as well as full picture analysis, the scopes can be set to analyze a single line or a rectangular area of the picture, to detect finer detail errors.

Time Code - read multiple time code types simultaneously and display them in the lower third data area. RP-188 VITC and LTC, SMPTE LTC (analog), vertical blank encoded VITC and RP-215 film KLV time code are all supported.

Full Screen Mode - Double clicking on the interface will put HDRScope into full screen mode. This maximizes the space for the scopes and the picture, and removes the interface controls for a distraction free look at the signal analysis.

Camera Support - All SDR (HD/SD) and HDR/HLG cameras are supported along with direct support for ARRI, Canon, RED, Sony, Panasonic and AJA production cameras, utilizing standard or custom curves and/or LUTs.

Main Use Cases - HDR/HLG/WCG monitoring and validating, SD/HD monitoring. live production, DIT pipelines, broadcast monitoring, remote network monitoring, post production, signal QC and final HDR mastering.

Hardware and OS Support - 4KScope is available for Windows 64, macOS 13 Ventura - macOS 14 Sonoma, and Red Hat/CentOS 64. It is also available as a hardware device from our partner CineSys.

Capture Board Support - For 4K-SD workflows, see 4KScope for a list of supported hardware.

ScopeDirect for Avid/Adobe - 4KScope provides a ScopeDirect Transmitter for Adobe and for Avid that allows users to monitor the main output directly without SDI/HDMI or IP Video being used to connect them.

OpenFX plugin for DaVinci Resolve - 4KScope provides an OpenFX plugin for DaVinci Resolve that allows users to monitor the main output directly without SDI/HDMI or IP Video being used to connect them.

90 Seconds With 4kScope

Full HDRScope demo / walk through

Remote Desktop with 4kScope

Note: many of the features below require capable hardware, and proper setup/configuration. Please contact Drastic if you need help with a specific workflow.

Video Inputs

SDI

Single Link SDI/HD-SDI 4:2:2 8/10 bit
Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4 10/12 bit
Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4:4 10 bit
Quad Link HD-SDI (Quad HD and 4K) 4:2:2 or 4:4:4 8/10/12 bit
3G/6G Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4 10/12 bit
3G/6G Dual Link HD-SDI 4:4:4:4 10 bit
3G/6G Dual Rate SDI/HD-SDI 4:2:2 8/10 bit
12G QHD/4K Quad Link and 2SI 12G (sample interleave)
CCIR-601 (SD), Rec.709 (HD), BT.2020 (WCG), P3 or Rec.709 (QHD/4K)
HDR (High Dynamic Range) as ST2084/PQ/HDR10 or HLG

HDMI

HDMI (1.4 or 2.0+, hardware dependent)

NDI

NewTek NDI® - (Network Device Interface) Any NDI audio/video source (includes Adobe/Avid/Resolve, more)

Adobe/Avid

AJA shared mode (requires AJA board)
ScopeDirect Transmitter (Adobe)
ScopeDirect OpenIO (Avid)

Assimilate/OpenFX

ScopeDirect - receive audio/video from any application running on the same machine
Direct support for Assimilate
Direct support for OpenFX

Desktop

View your desktop through scopes

Sync

Reference video sync (Blackburst or Tri-Level, hardware dependent)

Audio Inputs

NewTek NDI^®
Embedded audio, up to 16 channels 24 bit
Analog audio, up to 16 channels 16/24 bit
AES/EBU audio, up to 16 channels 24 bit

Outputs

Main output (computer monitor) from HD up to 8K
Available in monitor HDR -> SDR picture conversion
Secondary down converted output available
SD/HD/2K down conversion to HDMI and analog
HDMI 4K quadrant output

Format Support

SD - PAL/NTSC
720P - 23 / 24 / 25 / 29 / 30 / 50 / 59 / 60
1080i - 23 / 24 / 25 / 29 / 30
1080PsF - 23 / 24 / 25 / 29 / 30
1080P - 23 / 24 / 25 / 29 / 30 / 50 / 59 / 60
2K Digital Cinema (2048 x 1080) - 23 / 24 / 25
2K Film (2048 x 1556) - 14 / 15 / 23 / 24
UltraHD/UHD (3840 x 2160) - 23 / 24 / 29 / 30 / 50 / 59 / 60
4K (4096 x 2160) - 23 / 24 / 29 / 30 / 50 / 59 / 60

Processing Modes

4K/QHD Processing Modes

YCbCr 8 bit 4:2:2
YCbCr 10 bit 4:2:2 (standard single link)
RGB 8 and 10 bit 4:4:4:4

SD/HD Processing Modes

YCbCr 8 bit 4:2:2
YCbCr 10 bit 4:2:2 (standard single link)
RGB 8 and 10 bit 4:4:4:4
RGB 10 and 12 bit 4:4:4 (standard dual link or 3G)
Full active picture
Up to 32 lines of vertical blank
HANC processing for audio and time code

Metadata

LTC/SMPTE analog time code and user bits
VITC/D-VITC vertical blank time code and user bits
RP-188 HANC time code and user bits
RP-215 VANC time code, user bits, key code and ink code
Active Format Description detection
DID/SDID detection and highlighting

Recommended Hardware Environment

Our scopes can run on a variety of hardware, but for real time performance on multiple scopes, here are some general guidelines:

HD 1080p60
- A recent Intel, AMD or NVidia with at least 1G memory card is fine for the GPU
- A recent Quad Core i5/i7/AMD processor with at least 8G of ram

4K/QHD
- A gaming level NVidia or AMD (NVidia 1080 or better/AMD Vega 2 or better)
- Minimum 8 cores [16 virtual] Intel/AMD, recommended 8~12 cores with at least 8G ram

Supported I/O Hardware

AJA: KONA LHe/plus, KONA LHi, KONA 3G, KONA 4, KONA IP, KONA 5, KONA HDMI, Io-XT, Io-4K, OEM2K, Corvid Series, U-TAP
Blackmagic (version 11/12 drivers required): UltraStudio, DeckLink, Intensity Pro, Intensity, Mini Recorder, UltraScope^TM, HyperDeck, Ursa, BMPCC
Bluefish444: Epoch Supernova, Epoch Neutron, KRONOS
Digitnow: HDMI USB Capture
Elgato: Game device capture devices
Epiphan: AV.io HDMI/SDI/4K
Inogeni: 4K, 3G, DVI, VGA/CVBS
Logitech: HDMI Screen Share
Magewell: HDMI and SDI USB-3 devices
Microsoft: USB Cameras
Mokose: HDMI/SDI USB-3
NewTek: NDI^®
Rybozen: HDMI USB Capture
UVC: Most (USB Video Class) compliant video devices

Download 4KScope 7.0

End User License Agreement: International Canadian

Available for Windows (7 or greater), Linux (CentOS/Red Hat 7.4-7.8), or macOS (macOS 13 Ventura - macOS 14 Sonoma).

To ensure optimal hardware support, please make sure your drivers are up to date:

Blackmagic Design drivers (12.x)
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/ca/support/family/capture-and-playback

AJA drivers (16.x) [UVC/U-Tap drivers are in OS]
(note: 17.x drivers are not currently compatible with our software)
https://www.aja.com/support

Bluefish444 drivers (6.3.2.2)
https://bluefish444.com/support/downloads.html

Download 4KScope 7.0 for CentOS/Red Hat

Download 4KScope 7.0 for macOS

Download 4KScope 7.0 for Windows 64

4KScope installs in demo mode, with limited functionality. To unlock the full feature set of the software you will need at least a temp license. Please generate a site code and send it to us at: authorization@drastictech.com. We will send back a site key which will remove the demo limitations. Prior to purchase, the key will be temporary. There is more detailed information on the licensing process here: http://license.drastictech.com

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