• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Reliable FCP Braodcast Safe Filter

  Posted by Sarah Bright on March 31, 2011 at 12:51 pm

  Hey,
  We’re just setting up our online suite and to make the work flow easier and with less steps to go through, I wanted to know if there was a RELIABLE broadcast safe filter (PAL) that can be used in FCP 7??

  The current one only caps the top, not the bottom and running it through Color can be a pain and I find it crashes a lot during the render process.

  Does anyone have a solution/ ssuggestion!??

  Tom Gomez replied 12 years, 11 months ago 14 Members · 17 Replies
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  Andy Mees

  March 31, 2011 at 1:54 pm

  For a one stop plugin you can get Eyeheight’s complianceSuiteFC : https://www.eyeheight.com/complianceSuite.asp … not cheap but the dogs bollocks of BS filters. I don’t use it myself but I have one of their hardware legalizers in the rack for those occasions when I really need it.
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  Deleted User

  March 31, 2011 at 1:58 pm

  If you have Magic Bullet looks, you can just apply the “auto shoulder” tool which works better than the FCP filter.

  Lee

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  Matthew Bradshaw

  March 31, 2011 at 2:52 pm

  Eyeheight do a compliance suite but it isn’t cheap.
  Matt.
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  Matthew Bradshaw

  March 31, 2011 at 2:54 pm

  Sorry, about repeat post, maybe they do an echo filter too!
  Matt.
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  Richard Sanchez

  March 31, 2011 at 3:49 pm

  I would consider getting a Harris 860 Legalizer.

  Richard Sanchez
  North Hollywood, CA

  “We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.” – Bill Hicks
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  Mark Suszko

  March 31, 2011 at 4:52 pm

  Would it be a burden to memo the shooters to use their zebra stripe indicators and stop sending you over-exposed footage? 🙂
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  Chris Borjis

  March 31, 2011 at 4:53 pm

  I need to ask, is the broadcast safe filter really that unreliable?

  I’ve found that if I check the luma levels on all clips in a sequence and adjust down those that are out of bounds, then apply the safe filter on extremely conservative….I never have problems.

  The question: is it only “unreliable” for those that don’t have time to color correct their sequences?
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  Keith Mcgregor

  March 31, 2011 at 6:28 pm

  Using the built-in scopes and the 3-way color corrector is quick and easy, and quite reliable from my tests.
  -Beef

  Reality? What did you make it?
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  Michael Gissing

  April 1, 2011 at 5:42 am

  Chris, broadcast safe is unreliable after render. I use the free broadcast safe that comes from this suite of grading tools. Download the demo and the safe comes for free. It works for luma (Peak white and black level) and chroma.

  https://www.thegradingsweet.com/w2/

  There are some other interesting tools in the suite which you might like and pay for.
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  Walter Biscardi

  April 1, 2011 at 2:19 pm

  Honestly Color is the best broadcast safe filter you have. If Color is crashing a lot, then you have a bad setup or you’re using a bad workflow to / from Color. We run dozens of shows per month through Color and it’s foolproof.

  Though I will say before I got Color we only use Final Cut Pro for all our broadcast work and never had a show rejected due to levels outside of safe. The key is color correct, broadcast safe and levels filter to ensure you’re legal throughout.

  Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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