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Confused about Levels effect
I’m working on a DVD project.
I have a sequence (Sequence A) with a combination of clips and graphics. I have it nested inside Sequence B, where I’m trying to make Sequence A broadcast-safe.
I’ve read that the Broadcast Colors effect is not the best way to achieve this. Instead, I’m applying the Levels effect to the Sequence A clip inside of Sequence B.
RGB Black Input and Output are set to 16, with RGB White Input and Output at 235.
This seems to work well, except when I have a graphic that doesn’t fill the frame (which occurs often). The space around each graphic is still deep black. The blacks on the graphics are getting crushed, but the spaces around them aren’t.
I can compensate for this by layering a solid black event below the graphic. This fills the space, and the black event gets crushed, matching the graphic.
But I’m trying to understand why this is necessary. Why is Sequence B not applying the effect to the entire frame?
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3 Replies
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The background, the part that is behind a frame, is a void. Its shows black because there isn’t anything. You cannot add an effect to an empty space.
Hope that makes sense.———————————————–
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Thank you, that makes sense.
I’m surprised that empty space carries through to the other sequence. Live and learn.
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AE comps work in much the same way. It’s nice in PPro to nest a large number of graphics and add one transition and still have them keying through to the other layers. It is easy enough to just add a layer of black video or a black matte under your graphics, if you want black behind them.
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