Avid Color correction problem

[Shane Ross]

The problem is that you cannot in any way use the COMPUTER monitors to judge quality when color correcting. You need to have a MOJO or Nitris DX box connected to the system, and a professional broadcast monitor, or at least a good HDTV. Sorry, but this is the way it is, and no, it isn’t cheap.

Shane

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[Grinner Hester]

you’ll wanna monitor from a real monitor and introduce external scopes to the mix.

[Kris Anderson]

The problem is not the Avid application. It does what you tell it to do based on what your eye is seeing on your computer monitors. Computer monitors are not accurate for colour grading purposes. As mentioned earlier you need a Mojo and a proper, calibrated broadcast monitor to make accurate colour decisions.

[Pratul Gaikwad]

Yes I understand what you guys are pointing at ………..
but as i said earlier i am working on student proj. i dont have privilege to use dedicated monitors … i was just curious to know why avid video monitors are playing video with less brightness?

Thanks for your replies …

[Shane Ross]

[Pratul gaikwad] “but as i said earlier i am working on student proj. i dont have privilege to use dedicated monitors … “

Doesn’t your school have Avid’s with these monitors? You can take your drive and project there to use them, can’t you? When I was in school, we had ONE Avid, and no one had the good fortune to have the software on their own computers.

[Pratul gaikwad] ” i was just curious to know why avid video monitors are playing video with less brightness? “

They aren’t “Avid video monitors.” They are computer monitors, and computer monitors aren’t designed to show off full quality video. They are designed to allow you to see what you are doing.

This is why a LOT of people who are budget conscious go with FCP. Because you can get a device to play out the video signal for under $500 (there are three options in that price range) and then hook that up to an HDTV. The cheapest Avid option is the MOJO DX, and that is $8000.

Shane

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[Kris Anderson]

If you’re a student you can pick up an SDI Mojo for around $950 from sellers on ebay. This will give you proper video input/output.

I’m curious as to why you keep calling them “Avid” monitors? The Avid software is simply running on an off the shelf PC or Mac, so not sure why you think the colour issue is caused by Avid.

Personally, I grade in Avid a lot when budget doesn’t allow us to go to a higher end suite. With an SDI out and a calibrated SDI capable CRT monitor, whatever I do in the suite looks exactly the same when I see it on air.

[Shane Ross]

Is that SDI Mojo capable of HD?

Shane

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[Michael Hancock]

No MojoSDI’s do HD. They’re SD only. You have to go to the MojoDX for HD.

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Michael Hancock
http://www.oswaldcommunications.com

[Grinner Hester]

This is the downfall of Avid.
8k mojos can stumble along with HD but early 40k Adrenalines advertised to be able to, can’t handle HD at all.
Their revolving door of execs caught up with em a long time ago.

[Pratul Gaikwad]

I call them “AVID monitors” because .. when i take a dump of the same footage and play it in VLC player its playing with correct brightness…now while doing this i have not changed my computer .. the monitor remains the same … only thing changing here is the player …VLC plays it fine .. but not the AVID (thats why AVID monitors)

Thanks for replies .. this is my first post and i am really happy to see all you guys giving your inputs on my query

Thanks to all