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SMPTE — contd.
8) Border – A border line is drawn around the
image. It’s set in from the edges of displayed
video a distance equal to 1% of the displayed
height and has a thickness equal to 0.5% of
the displayed height. The intensity level is
the same as that of the crosshatch lines.
9) Circle – A large circle is centered in the image.
It touches the top and bottom of the active
video area when the aspect ratio is wider
than it is high (landscape-type display). The
circle touches the left and right sides of active
video when the aspect ratio is taller than it
is wide (portrait-type display). The intensity
level is the same as that of the crosshatch
lines. The circle is not part of the original
SMPTE specification.
10) Resolution Data - The number of active pixels
per line and the number of active lines is
shown as text below the lower black-and-
white window. The pixel depth also is shown.
The intensity level of the text is the same as
that of the crosshatch lines. The displaying
of the data is not part of the original SMPTE
specification.
The secondary version adds a row of six (6)
Color Bars above and below the black-and-
white windows. The order of the colors, from
left to right, is red, green, blue, cyan (g+b),
magenta (r+b) and yellow (r+g). The top row
is drawn at 100% intensity levels and the
bottom row is drawn at 50% intensity levels.
Color bars are not part of the original SMPTE
specification.