Scope panel

The Scope panel provides a variety of charts which allow you to examine the distribution of luminance and chrominance in an image, allowing you to judge whether tonal or color correction is needed. It can be used as an alternative to, or in combination with, the Histogram panel.

About the Scope panel

The charts available on the Scope panel allow you to analyze an image in order to identify areas which need correcting. Some of these issues may be subtle to the eye but may dramatically improve a photo once corrected. Example issues which may be identified using the Scope panel include tonal problems or color casts.

The Scope panel is available from the Photo and Develop Personas; for the former, it can be switched on via View>Studio; for the latter, it can be expanded into view by clicking 'Scope' at the top right of your workspace.

Scope panel and photo

The Scope panel displaying the Intensity Waveform for the adjacent photo.

Available charts

Power Spectral Density

Power Spectral Density: the solid orange line represents the blurrier, low frequency tones of the image. The speckled areas represent the high frequencies. The blue and purple color of the high frequencies suggests the presence of chrominance noise.

Settings

The following settings are available in the panel:

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