mxo and eye-one

[Shane Ross]

I first calibrated the monitor with the MXO not attached. Before I even had the MXO. When I added the MXO to the mix, then things were fine. But to tell you the truth, you don’t need to calibrate the monitor with anything like the Eye2One or Spyder first. That is mainly to make sure your monitor works with still photography and matches that way. The MXO calibration tools alone do what is needed.

I used the SPYDER when the MXO first came out. It didn’t have calibration tools, you just got the image and that was what you lived with. It was close, but not quite there. When they released the new version with calibration…golden. No need for the calibration software.

Shane

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[Robert Buncher]

Thanks Ross. I am puzzled by the look of the footage in mxo master view.

The footage I am working with was shot very low on the waveform. Just lows and midtones with almost no hightlights and that is how it looks in the FCP canvas. When I switch over to mxo master view the footage looks pushed, very light and noisy. This puzzles me.

I believe I have calibrated my bars correctly in mxoland and don’t understand why this footage looks so blownout.

Bob

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[Shane Ross]

Tough to say if you properly calibrated it unless I see it in person. Either what you saw in the viewfinder and in the Canvas is not what you REALLY shot (not uncommon, those can be way off), or you are not properly calibrated.

https://www.lafcpug.org/faqwiki/index.php/LAFCPUG:_Getting_Started_FAQs#How_do_I_calibrate_my_broadcast_monitor.3F

Shane

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[Robert Buncher]

Thanks Ross.
I’ll check my calibration again. When we shot we used both the macbookpro and a small panasonic hd lcd field monitor to check image and waveform.
Bob

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[Jon Hiseman]

I have the same kind of problem. I am working on a music DVD, shot in HDV at a venue where no colors are natural due to the theatre lighting. My eventual release will be in DVD.
I have a MacPro and 2x ACD/ second display via MXO
Its easy to color correct on the canvas but when I switch to the MXO output its rather like working in glue and the color is slightly washed out and overall lighter.
So I made a test DVD (via ProRes) and play it back on the new Pioneer 50″ 5090 KURO screen via the latest upscaling Pioneer DVD player and receiver. It looks EXACTLY the same as the MXO playback, color and brightness wise.
So I then look at the DVD in Apple’s DVD player on the second monitor and it still looks EXACTY the same.
In away I’m coming at this from a different direction – in view of the fact that I find color correcting using via the MXO quite notchy how can I set up the normal canvas output to roughly agree with what I am seeing via the MXO and Pioneer Screen. If I accept that the MXO output is correct why is the canvas so wrong?
Is there a way to put a specific filter on the whole project (or on every clip) and then globally remove it but nothing else before checking via the MXO and exporting?
Thanks
jonh