PowerUP Tutorial 29: Reading Video Scopes in Final Cut Pro

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The first step to improving the look of your video is understanding how to read the video scopes inside Final Cut Pro.

In this short, focused, video tutorial, Larry Jordan illustrates each of the four scopes inside Final Cut Pro. With clear examples, he shows you how to read them and understand the information they are displaying. While he covers all four scopes, this tutorial concentrates on the two most important: the waveform monitor and the vectorscope.