[Dave Allen]

I didn’t know you were working with Final Touch! I am extremely interested in talking with you about using FT. I need to leave soon but I hope to pick up on this discussion tommorow. I have been specializing in color correcting documentaries for 20 some odd years with whatever tools I have had at hand. Just once I would like to have the real deal at my fingertips!

[Dave Allen]

I find it funny that you are at the Food Network! I am sitting here digitizing Simply Ming for PBS. (Roasted Garlic Asian Pesto) I am working on my 4th season of this series.

[Dave Allen]

I made them 96ire then added the make legal for the shots themselves, mostly to clip any chroma spikes. I will stick to 85 from now on I can tell you. We ended up renting the Sony HDCan deck again for fixes. Not good!

[Dave Allen]

Luminance only and basically just those white DVE borders. My scope said they were fine which puzzles me.

[Dave Allen]

Are you working in HD?

[Dave Allen]

Tape TC starts at 58;00;00 df

At 58;30;00 – 60 seconds of SMPTE bars and tone. Stereo programs require “PBS Stereo Leader”. (PBS Toolkit?)
10 seconds black
59;40;00 Slate -Show name,Texted or Textless, duration,audio config and date
Count down starts at 59;50;00 and runs downfrom 10 till 2 pops on for 2 fr at 59;58;00 to 59;58;02

Show starts at 1;00;00;00 staiight up.

PBS Usually requires a Texted and Textless version.
By textless they mean even the title sequence, GFX used in show, credits, lower thirds etc.

The default “make legal” effect in the color correction section will meet PBS video specs except for horizontal blanking width which only comes up on archival footage. If you see a black edge on the clip in your canvas larger than one on a recent footage shot, blow it up till black edge is gone.

White titles/lower thirds at 95ire to be safe. Chroma in titles should lean towards pastel rather than intense. Put make legal on top of everything to be safe.

Audio levels are measured by analog VU meters. There should be no peaks on an analog meter past plus3.
Plus 1 or 2 to be safe because meters vary. Mild compression helps.

TR 1&2 = stereo full mix left and right

TR 3&4 = Stereo M-E-D Mix, effects and dialogue with no narration

[Dave Allen]

Throw away 2nd track and center clip. Raise 1000K range a lot. Sounds like a tin can and a string. Lose lows and highs.

[Dave Allen]

Are your drives fast enough to sustain 1080i playback and record? You can’t exactly record this to a firewire drive without it choking after a fews seconds.