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How to assign Color Space to a project ?
Hello and Happy new 2012!
My question is – how to assign a color space in Sony Vegas (so the footage can appear more consistent across the platforms/devices).
Until now I only though that it is a matter of codecs used to decode and that some devices do not have a range as wide as others, it turns out there’s another factor at play here.
My understanding is that a color space can be assigned to a project, so people using other media players can see what I see.
I was first made aware of the problem when I uploaded a video to Vimeo – they boosted the contrast a lot! Doing some research led to this term “color space” and how there’s a standard that can be utilized for exactly that purpose.I’ve watched a tutorial how to do it in After Effects – can it be done in Sony Vegas as well ?
Cheers
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In Vegas all projects are understood to have studio RGB video
levels but beyond that there is no way to attach color space
metadata to a file unless the codec (see the mpeg-2 codec)
allows it to be set at output time.If you are outputting to Blueray or TV, you should acquire a
monitoring setup (intensity pro + NTSC reference monitor) and
color correct to that. By default then your working color space
will be whatever the monitor+output card is obeying.If you are color correcting for web, get familiar with how
your compression for web pipeline (YouTube, private hosting, etc.)
will mangle the luminance in your data. You should monitor
on an sRGB monitor and then apply a filter that will undo
whatever crazy stuff the pipeline will do and be happy with
the result. -
Going Color Crazy is a very recent and excellent thread that deals with these issues.
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[Mike Kujbida] “Going Color Crazy is a very recent and excellent thread that deals with these issues.”
…and it was very appropriately named. lol 😀
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
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As the instigator of that thread, I can say that thanks to John’s help, I’m no longer going color crazy, but am still slightly…color disoriented? Color suspicious? Anyway, the adventure continues!
James
PS A belated thanks to John for his help. Other obligations prevented me from thanking him properly.
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[James Dubendorf] “PS A belated thanks to John for his help. Other obligations prevented me from thanking him properly.”
You’re very welcome. Glad I could help.
~jr
http://www.johnrofrano.com
http://www.vasst.com
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