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MAC & PC brightness
Posted by Sean Tatalovich on August 4, 2008 at 6:19 pmI guess my question is by editing on a MAC does it my the final output video brighter or will it view same on a PC since a MAC shows brighter while PC is slightly darker? Or do I need to make the changes using gamma?
Sean Tatalovich replied 18 years, 1 month ago 3 Members · 5 Replies -
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Chris Poisson
August 4, 2008 at 10:37 pmVideos are always darker on a PC, you need to adjust the gamma.
Have a wonderful day.
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Sean Tatalovich
August 4, 2008 at 11:47 pmthanks by how much gamma is average? I just want it to look normal on most PCs since that is the most used platform.
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Chris Poisson
August 5, 2008 at 2:13 pmThe only gamma numbers I’m aware of are 1.8 and 2.2, which I believe are for Mac and PC respectively. Perhaps you should just run some tests.
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Ed Dooley
August 5, 2008 at 2:22 pmIf your video is going to play mostly on a PC you can change the gamma setting on your Mac to PC gamma (2.2). Go to System Preferences/Display/Color/Calibrate and either go throught the whole calibration or if you’re happy with the color, keep hitting continue until you get to the gamma setting, where you have a choice of Mac or PC gamma (1,8 or 2.2) or any custom setting you want.
You can always go back and change it to Mac later. I do 2 calibrations, one for Mac, one for PC, so I can toggle between them.
Ed
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