Monitoring Question

[Bill Dewald]

There’s a big difference – on a broadcast monitor, you are actually monitoring the video signal. Digital Cinema Preview is just that – a preview.

Same with the GFX cards with the vid outs – you need to see what’s at whats headed to your tape.

[Nick Lovell]

Excellent! That’s what I figured.

Thank you!!!

[David Roth weiss]

I’m glad you asked that, because our little forum here is getting deluged with questions from those who confuse “computer displays” with “video monitors.” Computer displays and video monitors are not the same things.

Computer displays are fed by cards that are often inaccutately referred to as video cards, simply for lack of a better term. These cards display computer generated text and graphics, and they do not display true video very accurately.

Meanwhile, as Bill also pointed out, video I/O cards are designed for piping in real, honest to goodness, accurate video signals, signals intended for display on calibrated broadcast video monitors that represent a true reference of the underlying video signal.

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[Mark Raudonis]

David,

Of course you are right! But I fear that you may be “pissing in the wind” on this.

Yes, there’s plenty of people here that don’t know what a “true video signal” is. But the increasing reality is that many of the programs that they’re working on may NEVER see a broadcast tower… or satellite, or cable. They’re headed right for the internet, and therefore, one could argue, if it looks good on the same monitor that they will eventually be watching on, then why bother with that old fashioned interlaced 4×3
tube? Yes, I know, this “ain’t right”, but my point is, it really may not matter!

Now, if any of these knuckleheads try to pass off their crap as “broadcast standard, up to spec, meets all delivery requirements”, they’re in for a rude surprise.

Mark

[David Roth weiss]

[Mark Raudonis] “I fear that you may be “pissing in the wind” on this.”

And, I’ll admit I’ve also pulled the mask off the Lone Ranger on more than one occasion as well. However, if I can save even one young person from missing one of those “tough” questions you ask every job applicant, then I will die satisfied.

David

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[Mike James]

I may not be a young person (56) but I am certainly a knucklehead when it comes to understanding how to convert my beautiful Photoshopped photos into real video out (through an AJA Xena card) and making it look like real video.

What I’m getting now are blown out images and exaggerated jpeg artifacts instead of the beautiful sequences I’m so lovingly crafting on my PC.

What techniques are involved in getting digital camera images to look good on an honest-to-goodness video monitor? If this is too complicated to explain then please point me to a web page or book.

Thanks,

Mike

[David Roth weiss]

[Mike James] “I may not be a young person (56)”

Man, you are old… I’m 55 next month and just a baby by comparison.

[Mike James] “I am certainly a knucklehead when it comes to understanding how to convert my beautiful Photoshopped photos into real video out (through an AJA Xena card) and making it look like real video.”

Mike, this is the Final Cut Pro Forum… It sure sounds to me like you should be asking this question on the Premiere Pro Forum. Right?

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[Mike James]

I’ve been scouring the Cow trying to find someone who knows about this pretend computer-land video to real broadcast video video business. Please don’t send me away when I finally found experts who know the Answer!

PS. No I don’t use Premiere Pro… 🙂

[David Roth weiss]

Well, I know how to animate good looking stills as good looking video for broadcast, but what app are you using with your Xena card to do that?

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[Mike James]

I’m taking digital camera stills, cleaning them up in PhotoShop, then animating them in After Effects. I use Sony Vegas to sequence the clips into longer pieces.

I’m seeing the same crappy video output in PS, AE and Vegas.