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author | Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> | 2013-02-18 20:12:07 +0000 |
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committer | Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> | 2013-02-18 20:13:07 +0000 |
commit | 480ddf2bc9c0796493eb76203e255c4c84881947 (patch) | |
tree | 48866b0ec8fae3f1828fca848f8819a56fb4b841 /doc/filters.texi | |
parent | e39821a65e42722e81bf53bb44237f9bf8e4ce07 (diff) | |
download | ffmpeg-480ddf2bc9c0796493eb76203e255c4c84881947.tar.gz |
lavfi/histogram: overlay display mode for levels histogram mode
Signed-off-by: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/filters.texi b/doc/filters.texi index a9ee7cb9a9..43bfd9c872 100644 --- a/doc/filters.texi +++ b/doc/filters.texi @@ -3170,29 +3170,33 @@ Set mode for @code{waveform}. Can be either @code{row}, or @code{column}. Default is @code{row}. @item display_mode -Set display mode for @code{waveform}. +Set display mode for @code{waveform} and @code{levels}. It accepts the following values: @table @samp @item parade -Display separate waveforms for the color components side by side in -@code{row} mode or one below other in @code{column} mode. - -In this display mode it is easy to spot color casts in the highlights and -shadows of an image, by comparing the contours of the top and the bottom -of each waveform. Since whites, grays, and blacks are characterized by +Display separate graph for the color components side by side in +@code{row} waveform mode or one below other in @code{column} waveform mode +for @code{waveform} histogram mode. For @code{levels} histogram mode +per color component graphs are placed one bellow other. + +This display mode in @code{waveform} histogram mode makes it easy to spot +color casts in the highlights and shadows of an image, by comparing the +contours of the top and the bottom of each waveform. +Since whites, grays, and blacks are characterized by exactly equal amounts of red, green, and blue, neutral areas of the -picture should display three waveforms of roughly equal height. +picture should display three waveforms of roughly equal width/height. If not, the correction is easy to make by making adjustments to level the three waveforms. @item overlay Presents information that's identical to that in the @code{parade}, except -that the waveforms representing color components are superimposed directly +that the graphs representing color components are superimposed directly over one another. -This display mode can make it easier to spot the relative differences or -similarities in overlapping areas of the color components that are supposed -to be identical, such as neutral whites, grays, or blacks. +This display mode in @code{waveform} histogram mode can make it easier to spot +the relative differences or similarities in overlapping areas of the color +components that are supposed to be identical, such as neutral whites, grays, +or blacks. @end table Default is @code{parade}. @end table |