Color bars

Email from The Inventor of Color Bars

Color Bars on the Spinnaker of David Holmes' sailboat As a result of my article on Color Bars at VideoUniversity, I received an email from John D Holmes who wrote: I came across your article on color bars on the net and thought you might be interested in this little...

Color Bars and How To Use ’em

by Hal Landen Color bars are an artificial electronic signal generated by the camera or by post production equipment. They are recorded at the head of a videotape to provide a consistent reference in post production. They are also used for matching the output of two...