Viewing Exposed Areas

The histogram can also be used to determine if the video was shot correctly. A video clip with a histogram that arcs towards the left, indicates the video was underexposed (contains a lot of dark pixels), while one that arcs towards the right means there was an overexposure (lots of lighter pixels).

Click to view the areas of the video image that were so over and underexposed that all detail was lost, or clipped, in that area.

The areas that are overexposed are indicated in red. The areas of the video image that are underexposed, in blue. Click to hide these areas.