Levels filter

Jamz wrote on 2/5/2002, 6:48 AM

I understand in the update to vegas that to avoid washed out colors when burning to dvd, the levels filter will have a studio RGB to computer RGB preset. I tried that & it helps but if I move the input end up to 0.850 it seems to be almost exactly as the original. Is that moving the setting too much & how did sonic foundry determine the settings on this preset since there are no explainations on the settings? I assume input start doesn't do much in turning that up only input end. Am I correct? Thanks.

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Jamz wrote on 2/5/2002, 7:19 PM

Any sonic techs out there to help???

SonyEPM wrote on 2/6/2002, 12:57 PM

If you stick with the levels settings as described in my earlier posts, you'll likely have better results (and you did apparently). We did a number of tests and those settings helped the encoding of DV quite a bit.

About the levels filter:

Levels is a correction filter used to control color and brightness in video. By matching your input source with your output, you can precisely compensate for any difference and standardize your video signals. This is a very effective method of remapping the total range of the colors and improving the overall quality of the video.

Channel
Select the particular color channel (Red, Green, or Blue) or Alpha Channel that you want to adjust or adjust all (which is similar to adjusting the brightness).

Input Start/End
Use the slider to adjust the brightness or luminosity of the colors in the event as it is captured coming into Vegas.

Output Start/End
Use the slider to adjust the brightness or luminosity of the colors in the event as it is fed out to a preview monitor or back to a camcorder.

Gamma
Gamma compensates for difference in brightness between different sources and corrects the brightness as viewed on the destination monitor.

...you can think of the encoder itself as a destination device and adjust the controls accordingly.