RGB parade

The RGB parade is three waveforms side by side, one per channel, each showing that color’s brightness across the frame. When a neutral shot is balanced the three columns sit at matching heights; when one rides high or low in a region you’ve found a color cast (red high in the shadows = warm shadows). It’s the scope you diagnose white balance on, and the one you match shots against.

First used in: 1.2 · Scopes

Used in: Central to white balance in 1.6 · Balancing a shot and shot matching in 2.3.