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  Posted by Oliver Jones on February 27, 2009 at 4:11 pm

  Hi,

  I was recently asked to produce a master of my film on Beta SP for broadcast with at least 30 seconds of color bars at the beginning.

  Which is the best/standard color bar option to use?

  Thanks.

  Walter Biscardi replied 17 years, 2 months ago 4 Members · 4 Replies
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  Alex Elkins

  February 27, 2009 at 5:13 pm

  If you’re in the UK the standard is to use ‘Full Frame’ bars with tone at -18dB.
  Simplest way to know what you need for certain is to ask the channel for their delivery spec document – it will give you all of the information you need.
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  Oliver Jones

  February 27, 2009 at 6:48 pm

  I suppose the best is to use “Mire et 1000 Hz PAL” (in French) in Video Generators right?
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  Michael Gissing

  February 28, 2009 at 5:13 am

  Actually, on beta SP the 1khz tone should be set to 0 VU. -18dbfs is only for digital scale machines, not old analog SP.

  I would assume full frame 75% bars but it varies depending on broadcasters. International masters that I produce always have full frame 75% bars.
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  Walter Biscardi

  February 28, 2009 at 11:26 am

  [Michael Gissing] “Actually, on beta SP the 1khz tone should be set to 0 VU. -18dbfs is only for digital scale machines, not old analog SP. “

  -18 is generally what you will set your FCP Bars to for setup at 0 analog. Why FCP sets up to -12 as default is beyond me.

  And all the networks we deliver to require -20 for Bars on any digital master both SD and HD.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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