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Dark vs light
Ive noticed when working on projects where i want a dark room or sumthin dark looking on monitor it is fine(pc) but sometimes when this converts to either a mac or tv screen its way darker.
Is there a way i can kind of see what the darkness will be as a standard to most tvs. Is there a standard or sumthin i can look at. i want darkness to my scenes but i dont want it so u cant see on tv. i could just send it out to a tv screen i know but i want to be workin frame by frame and changing light all the time.
Should i worry about this or does everyone just have dark telvisions and macs are set differently?
This project is for short film festivals so i dont want to give them something they cant see. some views and help would be nice cheers. I guess this question is in after effects because there might be a handy way to look at the final darkness of it.cheers
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Well, chances are you may not be working within proper NTSC colorspace. That is the safe color range that can be displayed on a TV or NTSC monitor. There’s a helpful AE tutorial on here that explains that pretty well. Also, your computer monitor may need to be properly calibrated as far as colors go. Just because it looks a specific way on your monitor doesn’t mean that it’s an accurate representation of the actual colors being used. Hope this helps.
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After Effects has a Video Preview function that enables you to view your footage on a video monitor via Firewire and other devices. The ONLY way to reliably check your video work is to watch it on a video monitor.
Apple computers at default settings run at a different gamma level than PCs.
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