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Final Cut Studio with Samsung B2330HD Monitors
Can’t get the settings right to get good picture quality on Samsungs. At 1080i PAL the .mov files look grainy and over colourised. The same file looks perfect on Macbook Pro. Have messed around with different permutations – pics look much better in at higher display ranges. Any advice?
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We have mo idea what type of Samsung monitor you’re talking about (computer monitor or television), or how you’re attempting to connect it. You have to be specific otherwise you’ll get guesses not answers.
David Roth Weiss
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Samsungs, out of the box have a whole lot of image processing that needs to be turned off. I have played with a few recently and they have various smooth motion options, dynamic contrast etc. Once you turn off all that unnecessary processing, you will still have to calibrate basic color, contrast, brightness. A lot has been written here on on various COW forums about monitor calibration so search the forums and Google for detailed advice.
And as David said, please let us know how you are connecting to FCP. The FCP viewer on the computer screen is a poor way to judge anything. It is not accurate for color balance.
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This appears to be a small very low-end samsung monitor.
And I presume you have not calibrated it in any way.
In addition to not knowing how you have it connected, nor knowing how you’re trying to use it (for what purpose), not sure how to be helpful beyond saying that you have a very low-end monitor that isn’t calibrated and isn’t going to give you anything close to an accurate image.
Regards,
Chris
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