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Reds bleeding and I can’t fix it
Hi,
I am working with a red circle I created with a solid and an elliptical mask. No matter what I try (I used Aahron’s broadcast safe tutorial as well as other broadcast safe filters) I can’t stop the red from bleeding. The red circle seems shifted to the right on my broadcast NTSC monitor. And the left-hand side of the circle looks like it is casting a drop shadow. How can I eliminted the shifted reds (it also affects other bright colors, but the problem isn’t the brighness or saturation…I can de-saturate the layer and there is still bleeding)?
I’d appreciate any ideas you might have on the subject…
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Just to make sure you are watching your graphics through an uncompressed card to that broadcast monitor through either SDI or Component video. If you’re looking at composite, all kinds of bad things happen.
Chris Smith
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Aha! You are absolutely right…I was previewing it via firewire. The actual images look great. One more question, if you don’t mind. How can I export my final render to tape via firewire from my NLE once I incorporate my graphics into a final DV timeline? Will my tape reflect the same strange bleeding?
Thanks so much for your help,
Slade -
Also, really vivid reds can look even worse if on black. Best to avoid that colour combination if possible. It won’t show on your PC monitor, but view it on a b/cast mon or domestic TV and you’ll see it. Going for a more blood red will often fix it.
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I should have been more clear with my question; I didn’t mean technically how do I export my timeline to tape, but rather how can I ensure that my reds don’t bleed when exporting to tape via firewire. If my preview looks bad via firewire, then won’t my export look the same?
Sorry for the confusion,
Slade -
You can’t hook up a broadcast monitor using Firewire, so how are you getting from your firewire deck or bridge into the monitor?
Chris Smith
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Sometimes a good trick can be to put a very light white glow (or deeper red glow if white not suitable) on the red if over black (Is it over a black BG?)
But if the prob is your firewire output (don’t know exactly because not tried firewire to o/p) and it is mission critical I’d seriously think of getting a Decklink Pro put in your machine, so you can have a ‘proper’ component or SDI signal going to your broadcast monitor for an undistorted view of what your image/colours will look like. Tis only
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Might be going through a converter? Or I suspect it is just a domestic TV.
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You’re absolutely right, and I just realized my folly. I was previewing via firewire to my deck, then via s video to a JVC studio monitor. My problem was just ignorance of the capabilities of S Video. So, now that I am previewing with my Blackmagic card, I see that I have no red bleed at all. Thanks for your help and advice…I learned a thing or two today!
Sincerely,
Slade
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