Answers.Body: <p>Also sometimes called a test card (famously the BBC one had a kid with a clown where the X on the board was approximately the centre of the screen)</p>
  <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Card_F" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Card_F</a></p>
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Answers.Body: <p><strong>bipbop Test Video</strong></p>
  <p><a href="https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8%5Benter" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8[enter</a> link description here]<a href="https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8" rel="nofollow noreferrer">1</a></p>
  <p>For more info check <a href="https://developer.apple.com/streaming/examples/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://developer.apple.com/streaming/examples/</a></p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>Never mind. Found the answer. It's called "Color Bars".</p>
  
  <p>To be precise...</p>
  
  <pre><code>SMPTE Color Bars
  SMPTE Bars are "split field" bars composed of:
  **Frame Height (Approx)**       **Type of Bars**
  Top 67%                     Standard EIA 75% amplitude white bars
  Next 8%                     Reverse blue bars
  Lower 25%                       Pluge signal
  </code></pre>
  
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  <sub><a href="http://www.mediacollege.com/video/test-patterns/colour-bars-smpte.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">source</a></sub></p>
  
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Body: <p>What is the name of those colour test screens at the beginning of videos? I've used it before in Final Cut Pro but I forget what it's called.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks.</p>
  
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ThreadText: # What is the name of that color test in video production with the beep?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2011-03-18)
  
  What is the name of those colour test screens at the beginning of videos? I've used it before in Final Cut Pro but I forget what it's called.
  
  Thanks.
  
  **Tags:** video
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2011-03-19. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  Never mind. Found the answer. It's called "Color Bars".
  
  To be precise...
  
  ```
  SMPTE Color Bars
  SMPTE Bars are "split field" bars composed of:
  **Frame Height (Approx)**       **Type of Bars**
  Top 67%                     Standard EIA 75% amplitude white bars
  Next 8%                     Reverse blue bars
  Lower 25%                       Pluge signal
  
  ```
  
  ![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/eLSWM.gif)
  [source](http://www.mediacollege.com/video/test-patterns/colour-bars-smpte.html)
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2022-02-04. Score: 0
  
  Also sometimes called a test card (famously the BBC one had a kid with a clown where the X on the board was approximately the centre of the screen)
  
  <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_Card_F>
  
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  ### Answer by username_2 on 2022-02-03. Score: 0
  
  **bipbop Test Video**
  
  [https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop\_adv\_example\_hevc/master.m3u8[enter](https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8%5Benter) link description here][1](https://devstreaming-cdn.apple.com/videos/streaming/examples/bipbop_adv_example_hevc/master.m3u8)
  
  For more info check <https://developer.apple.com/streaming/examples/>
  
  
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