2013 Mac Pro 4K Edit Suite Advice

[Scot Walker]

Yeah, my mistake. HD not NTSC. 🙂

Thanks so much for the feedback.

So an Apple 27″ for the user interface, a Dell 4K to see it at native resolution off the Thunderbolt bus 2 so it can do 60hz. If it is off the HDMI, I’ve read it only does 30hz.

I was thinking I’d need a consumer Samsung LCD TV off of the HDMI using the FCP X AV/Out option to see what the color looks like for the end user. Is that even necessary, or is what I see on the Dell 4K good enough?

I understand that professional color grading is done on expensive monitors that are calibrated to a precise setting, but the people viewing my indie shorts and features will be viewing DVDs, Blu-ray and VOD on consumer HD TVs, and also on computer screens.

10 TB not enough? Thank you for that! What I might do, to keep the initial cost as low as I can (this is over $10K) is I’ll wait until I get a feature project and then get the 20 TB LaCie. I’d need 2 drives so I have one for backup. The 10 TB should be fine for short indie projects, which is most likely what I’ll be getting at the beginning.

Thanks again for everyone’s time and advice. I greatly appreciate it.

[Dave Jenkins]

[Scot Walker] ” was thinking I’d need a consumer Samsung LCD TV off of the HDMI using the FCP X AV/Out option to see what the color looks like for the end user. Is that even necessary, or is what I see on the Dell 4K good enough?
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You wil not get an accurate viewing form the HDMI output. It outputs a computer feed to a monitor. On my Samsung when I hook it up to the HDMI output it turns off a lot of the setting on the monitor because it sees it as a computer feed which is a different dynamic range and color values.

It works but don’t use it to judge color or contrast of the image.

Dajen Productions, Santa Barbara, CA
Mac Pro 3.5MHz 6-Core Late 2013
FCP X

[Scot Walker]

Wow. Thanks! So I guess to get a true color representation of what the consumer would see (I realize people have different settings on their TVs) I’d need one of those AJA or Blackmagic boxes?

Thanks