Gamma Shift Prob (Exporting DVCpro Timeline to H264)

[Gabriel Weigl]

Dont know ntsc coz Im from europe but its good to know 🙂 My sentiment is to shoot b/w. Not only reference monitor will tell how its done. Got one realy cheap acer monitor on which I watch movies just to compare. The case with fcp gamma exports is just bridge how to handle grading compromises, coz its needed to downconvert to DVD. Btw every movie on this cheap monitor got nice picture, maybe a little over saturated but nice. What I have just done looks not nice on acer, and after conversion to h264 odd. On samsung syncmaster washedout but still interesting and on jvc like the new clip I saw today on mtv, nice. As Im used to tape workflow Im just curious, wouldnt be the best way to finalize DVD to send hdmi signal directly from fcp to dvd recorder? And wouldnt be that the highest quality finalization?

[Matt Lyon]

[Gabriel Weigl] “wouldnt be the best way to finalize DVD to send hdmi signal directly from fcp to dvd recorder?”

I think it certainly would be worthwhile to do a test. I’ve only ever used DVD recorders for making dailies reels (not color-critical quality needed). I suppose the quality would depend entirely on how good the DVD recorder is. I suspect the fidelity could vary wildly across makes and models.

Matt Lyon
Editor
Toronto