FCP Make Legal effect

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave Allen] ”
Has anyone experienced this? Does the “make legal not work in the HD realm? What is the scope showing me, a downconverted, made legal version of what I am looking at? Perhaps someone knows a workaround?”

I’ve used a combination of Broadcast Safe, 3-Way CC and Levels filter on about 26 episodes for the Food Network with no rejection. I really work on the levels in the 3-Way first before applying the Broadcast Safe Filter.

This year we’ve transitioned over to using Final Touch HD for all our Color Correction and color levels. It’s flawless with colors and broadcast safe.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Dave Allen]

Are you working in HD?

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave Allen] “Are you working in HD?”

HD only. No SD.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Walter Biscardi]

Forgot to ask, did you get burned on luminance levels or super black?

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Dave Allen]

Luminance only and basically just those white DVE borders. My scope said they were fine which puzzles me.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave Allen] “Luminance only and basically just those white DVE borders. My scope said they were fine which puzzles me.”

Are they ok before you applied the Broadcast safe? I always create my “whites” at 85% luminance, never 100%

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Dave Allen]

I made them 96ire then added the make legal for the shots themselves, mostly to clip any chroma spikes. I will stick to 85 from now on I can tell you. We ended up renting the Sony HDCan deck again for fixes. Not good!

[Dave Allen]

I find it funny that you are at the Food Network! I am sitting here digitizing Simply Ming for PBS. (Roasted Garlic Asian Pesto) I am working on my 4th season of this series.

[Walter Biscardi]

[Dave Allen] “I find it funny that you are at the Food Network! I am sitting here digitizing Simply Ming for PBS. (Roasted Garlic Asian Pesto) I am working on my 4th season of this series.”

I’m not at the Food Network, I just provide Post services for the one show. They have some very stringent requirements there and what got us in the initial testing was the blacks. I forgot FCP can output superblack so I got burned on that one.

We did about 3 months of testing before I ever delivered an actual episode to them. Now I’m in the starting phase of testing with another HD network to ensure our levels are proper on show delivery to them.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Chi-ho Lee]

Walter,

Do you mean specifically when you say “Super black?” Do you mean 0 ire vs 7.5?

CHL

Chi-Ho Lee
Film & Video Editor
Apple Certified Final Cut Pro Trainer
http://www.chiholee.com