Digital Video Levels Explainer

EBU R 103 CS

Digital Video Levels Explainer, created by Thomas Berglund (NRK).

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This document explains how Video Levels are handled in typical Post Production and Live Workflows.

Several examples of monitoring and LUT conversion are provided.

For more video levels related material, please see: EBU R 103.

Version 1.1 change details

- On the first page under "Digital Video Signal Levels in Post Production", the signal mismatch example has been corrected to say "Expected input signal is 4-1019 (black to white)".

- "Display input set to Full Range" has been changed to "Display input set to SDI Full".

- The reference to Figure 20 has been replaced with a new reference to Figure 21.

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Version   Date   Short description
1.1   2025, June   Small corrections
1.0   2024, May    First version