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TheHappyFriar wrote on 10/30/2006, 10:56 AM
just look at the scopes. if the waveform is between 0 & 255, you're set. I'd set up the plugin in the video out FX so it affects everything.
Jay-Hancock wrote on 10/30/2006, 12:23 PM
0 & 255? I thought it was 16-235. Regardless, if you turn on the waveform monitor and set it for studio RGB, you can check that levels are between 0 and 100.
farss wrote on 10/30/2006, 1:27 PM
Keeping your levels within bounds is not the only issue.
If you're using generated media you also need to careful that you're not using out of gamut colors. Vegas's media generator(s) will flag this but other graphics apps may not.
Even with in gamut colors it's very easy to create color combinations that fall apart on broadcast. Not a bad idea to watch you production on a TV fed via composite.

And don't forget audio. It's pretty hard to create audio that'll cause your tape to get bounced unless it's a broadcaster still stuck in analogue land however that doesn't mean your audience is going to hear it right. Again check how it sounds through typical TV speakers.

Sadly in this game you have to accomodate the lowest common denominator. It might sounds really great on your studio monitors and like mud on the average TV.

Bob.
GlennChan wrote on 10/30/2006, 4:27 PM
In FCP, the range check feature could be misleading since the broadcast safe filter wouldn't always get applied when you render. I think this is fixed in the latest version of FCP?

2- In Vegas, I would use the broadcast colors filter. It should catch everything anyways.
[r]Evolution wrote on 10/30/2006, 8:37 PM
I usually add the Broadcast Colors Filter as my last FX going to my Main Video Bus.
This way I don't have to add it individually. The render times aren't that bad because normally most of my video is Legal. But just in case something isn't... this filter tends to catch it.