Editing Picture line-up generation equipment

{{Short description|Equipment to generate test patterns used by televisions}}
[[Image:Pluge.jpg|thumb|right|A Pluge signal as viewed on a monitor]]
[[Image:SMPTE Color Bars.svg|thumb|right|SMPTE colour bars showing a pluge signal in the bottom half second square from the right]]

For [[television|televisions]] the '''picture line-up generation equipment''' ('''PLUGE''' or '''pluge''') is a [[greyscale]] [[test pattern]] used in order to adjust the [[black level]] and [[contrast (vision)|contrast]] of the picture monitor. Various '''PLUGE patterns''' can be generated, the most common consisting of three vertical bars of super-black, normal black, and near-black and two rectangles of mid-gray and white (sometimes these are measured in [[IRE (unit)|IRE]]). These three '''PLUGE pulses''' are included in the [[SMPTE]] [[color bars]] (at the bottom and near the right) used for [[NTSC]], [[PAL]], and [[SÉCAM]].

== External links ==
* {{citation |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=7263879 |title=Pluge Method of Adjusting Picture Monitors in Television Studios - A Technical Note |author1= S. F. QUINN |author2=C. A. SIOCOS |date=September 1967 |journal=Journal of the SMPTE|volume=76 |issue=9 |page=925 |doi=10.5594/J10955 |url-access=subscription }}{{dead link|date=July 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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[[Category:Television technology]]

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