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Bernard Lyall
February 25, 2010 at 4:02 pm in reply to: fcp and color output settings

I think you’re right, a codec change is what’s going on. I found this earlier thread

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/223/8005

which throws some light. What I’m getting is a gamma shift. When I apply a gamma correction to 0.85 in FCP, I get something indistinguishable from the Color output. I’m running with that for the moment, and next time make sure I’m using codecs Color is happy with. Later software versions might help me too.

And, of course, proper monitoring, in case anyone is about to remind me again. Not my set-up.

Thanks all.

Bernard
Bernard Lyall
February 25, 2010 at 2:54 pm in reply to: fcp and color output settings

Thanks for your help Walter, very much appreciated.

The round-trip experiment was to remove the effect of however Color is monitoring compared to FCP. The material changed, without me doing anything to it, when it arrived back in FCP, compared to the original FCP sequence. That’s the problem, irrespective of however accurate or otherwise my monitoring is.
Bernard Lyall
February 25, 2010 at 2:44 pm in reply to: fcp and color output settings

After more experimenting, I’m getting a contrast shift both when I send to Color – seems brighter and more contrasty – and then again when I send it back to FCP. This without doing any grading, just rendering the ungraded shots.
Bernard Lyall
February 25, 2010 at 2:32 pm in reply to: fcp and color output settings

Hi, I’m using the Apple Cinema display (and yes, I know it’s not a broadcast monitor but it’s all there is here) set to 2.2 gamma and 6500K. The point is that the same material looks different in Color and FCP. Even before I grade, the Color display brightens the shot. I don’t know which output I should trust more. Since to output to tape I have to go through FCP, I’m worried that that is what it’ll look like, not the sequence I graded.
Bernard Lyall
February 22, 2010 at 4:13 pm in reply to: Slicing up QT re-import

The why is because i just wanted to be sure there wasn’t anything left in the timeline – filters, motion effects or whatever – that might mess up the process. I’ve fallen foul of this before and ended up with Color trying to render entire tape-length sources. It didn’t take long to export. Or to chop up, now I’ve done it by hand.
Bernard Lyall
February 18, 2010 at 2:59 pm in reply to: Calibrating monitor

Yes, I know. But there isn’t one here and there isn’t going to be. Just wanted to know what settings to use to do the best I can!
Bernard Lyall
October 24, 2008 at 4:36 pm in reply to: Your favorite Avid MC keyboard

I use a Bella – the old, simple one, version 2.0 I think it’s called. (The new huge one with the wheel looks awful.) The main advantage being that it’ll work on PCs and Macs with no software, so I use it on Final Cut too. I have my FCP settings mapped to match my Avid ones, plug in my Avid keyboard, and try to pretend I’m not on Final Cut.

HP xw8000, MC v. 2.5, Mojo SDI, FX1100
Bernard Lyall
August 20, 2008 at 2:44 pm in reply to: Mojo SDI to s-video

Thanks for your help – all sorted now. Turned out to be a monitoring issue. The signal was getting through ok.

HP xw8000, MC v. 2.5, Mojo SDI, FX1100
Bernard Lyall
August 20, 2008 at 12:43 pm in reply to: Mojo SDI to s-video

Thanks – I tried that, as I mentioned. Doesn’t make any difference what video output setting I choose.

HP xw8000, MC v. 2.5, Mojo SDI, FX1100
Bernard Lyall
August 14, 2008 at 4:04 pm in reply to: Another newscutter query

Ok, sorted, don’t worry – seems segment drag sync lock (timeline settings) is on by default in NC.

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