Filter Problem...

bmac0130 wrote on 2/17/2005, 2:33 PM

when i add filter effects to make the video darker, it looks good on the computer screen but when i watch it on dvd on television it is brighter than how it looked on the computer. how do i know when its at the darkness i want it at?
thanks

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Liam_Vegas wrote on 2/17/2005, 2:35 PM

Youy answered the question yourself.

If your final destination will be TV then you must preview the video on a TV monitor and do you color corrections/brightness adjustments based on that. Computer screens are pretty much always gonna be different (darker) than a TV monitor.

You can preview your timeline out to an atached TV monitor via your firewire camcorder with anaolog passthru (most of them have this capability) or use an external firewire converter box.

[edit]... corrected my statement above... I meant to say "TV Monitor"... but it came out "PC Monitor".

Grazie wrote on 2/17/2005, 8:42 PM

Liam is spot on.

My left hand Samsung is greeny black. Now my JVC 15" HiRes TM-150C is spectacular at getting me the "true-view" on stuff - well for me anyway.

I just had a tech check for a project being screened using a MONSTA Panasonic forward projector - this goes over 100" - colours were perfect! I really couldn't now contemplate NOT doing this without a proper pro-ish CRT monitor. Just think of doing colour correction? Colour Curves and Gamma controlling without any form of external? I couldn't!

Get yourself Externally monitored - NOW! You are asking the question? Then don't delay. Do it! You NLE life will change - immeadiately!

First they were blind - now they can see!

Best regards,

Grazie

bmac0130 wrote on 2/17/2005, 9:45 PM

thanks guys.