Accuracy of Bars for HD alignment

farss wrote on 5/31/2006, 11:30 PM

Correct me anyone if I'm wrong but Vegas only has one set of bars and I assume they are for Rec 601 i.e. SD.
What to use to calibrate a monitor for HD.
Or does it matter?

Actually I'm pretty confused (as always).

Vegas correctly handles 601 and 709 and will convert between them but how does it handle sending this to the 2nd monitor preview. Does it convert everything to 601 and therefore that's how I should calibrate the monitor?

Someone please save me before my brain explodes, well more of a pop than an explosion I think :)

Bob.

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Yoyodyne wrote on 6/23/2006, 11:24 PM

Wow - great information here, you guys are talking over my head but I think I'm getting some of it.

"Windows secondary display will display the right color, but *make sure* you check the setting for studioRGB 16-235."

This was a great tip - I'm wondering if the people that are always crushing the blacks with their HDV footage have not done this. If you don't select it the computer display is washed out a bit and blacks don't appear correct. The scopes are still right but it can be a bit disconcerting.

Thanks so much for all this info - this HD and NTSC stuff can be a might bit confusing!