DMC 1000 Digital Media Camcorder User’s Guide (v1.15) 75
Chapter 5 - Video setup
5.11 Video menu adjustments
The following video adjustments are accessed via the VIDEO menu:
• detail enhancement
• skin detail
• knee (highlight compression)
•matrix (color adjustment)
• gamma
☞Note
Many of these controls are for advanced users and require the use of additional measurement
equipment (for example, a waveform monitor, a calibrated picture monitor, etc.) for correct
adjustment.
5.11.1 Detail
Horizontal and vertical detail enhancement increases the perception of image sharpeness by
creating contrast-rich edges around an object’s contour. The following menu items are
available to control the detail enhancement process:
• Level
• Source
• Vertical
• Coarse/fine Level
• Level dependency
• Noise slicer
• Soft detail
• Soft detail level
• Knee detail
Refer to the Video menu contents list in chapter 12 for more details on these controls.
☞Note
Detail enhancement differs between SD and HD modes.
5.11.2 Skin detail
Use skin detail to change the contour level in a selected color range. The detail level within this
color range can then be set independently of the rest of the picture.
Decreasing the detail level of a persons skin color softens only the skin tones. But not only
skin colors can be selected, for example, decrease the detail level of a playing field to
accentuate the players or increase the skin detail level to accentuate a rough surface.