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What displays the truest Colour?
Always wondered this, may be a silly question but i am curious. I have Aja Card which outputs to a HDTV. Now when I am in Final cut pro and I push play the color shift( I was reading somewhere that this is normal and that the true color is when the video is playing)
The video playing on my monitor and on the TV (through Aja card) are the same. Now I am using the Aja 2vuy compressor for my videos. When I export it out for quick time the color also shift a bit but nothing to crazy.
Now my question is, is it the AjA that is causing the color shift? Because when I color correct it in Fusion its the way I want it. But when i export it out of fusion as a Aja2vuy and bring it into FCP when I push play it is a dramatic shift.
Is this a Fusion problem? should be going by the color on my TV monitor? If the final platform is a Computer monitor will the Tv even help me ?
lots of questions… i know im sorry.
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Well… seems to me that since you’re delivering for a computer display playback, you need to color correct using that as a guide, and not a video monitor. Does this help clear it up a bit. To further complicate things, a Mac’s gamma response isn’t the same as a PC’s… Mac corrected material will look dark on a PC. Using H.264 though solves the problem… it knows whether or not a PC or Mac is accessing the stream, so it adjusts the gammas accordingly.
I’m not sure about why you see a shift from Fusion back in FCP, but I’m sure that there is a difference between what you see on a computer display and what you see on TV or video monitor. The gamma responses are quite different between the two…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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Hey Jerry thanks so much for the help. Does it matter that I am not using apple monitors? I am using Samsung. Also If the final output is for a computer is there even a point to having a tv output? I always thought (and im pretty sure i could be wrong) that viewing it on a tv would show you the truest color and that would be the color that would be viewed by most monitors… Is there a way to get it so that it will look pretty much the same on most monitor? Or is it always going to be an issue depending on who is viewing it and if their monitor is set up correct
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That last statement is correct. Here’s the rule: Color Correct for the end product. If for the web, then on your properly set up computer display. If it’s a Mac setup, then use H.264 as the delivery format, and you needn’t worry about the PC’s gamma differences, H.264 takes care of it.
If for TV delivery, then use the external video monitor.
Make sense? The idea is to always closely use monitoring gear which matches the end product’s delivery system. Same goes for audio…
Jerry
Apple Certified Trainer
Author: “Jerry Hofmann on Final Cut Pro 4” Click here
8-Core 3.0 Intel Mac Pro, Dual 2 gig G5, AJA Kona SD, AJA Kona 2, Huge Systems Array UL3D, AJA Io HD, 17″ MBP, Matrox MXO, CD’s
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