[Duke Sweden]

Hey! You know I hate Star Wars/Star Trek and all those other Star things. SyFy is not my game, although I do appreciate a hot cosplay chick here and there 😉

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[Duke Sweden]

Chris! Sorry, did I wake you up? ????

Calibration isn’t going to do anything to a cheap ($300) HDTV if I can’t control the auto backlight, which I can’t on this model. I even tried turning backlight down to 0 but then the picture was too dark and washed out, even with brightness set to max. Anyway, as you well know, and are always forgetting, is I don’t need professional solutions for what I do, but I always appreciate your input, as well as Glen’s.
Cheers!

P.S. Do you still need those sample shots you asked for, to test grade? I actually had to call 911 when my back went completely out. I’ve been pretty immobile for a while.

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[Duke Sweden]

Thanks, guys, but the reason I originally posted was because the files ran a lot smoother before. As it turns out I did, in fact, make a bad tweak in the settings. I had created some optimized files, DNxHR SQ in fact, and they still ran at 3fps. I changed my color management settings back to where they should be, and the files played smoothly. I then unchecked “use optimized…” and the files still played back at 24 fps. So, problem solved. I meant to update this thread but got distracted. Sorry about that.
Cheers!

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[Duke Sweden]

Tried that previously, Marc. It’s something weird going on because I’m getting like 3fps playback even on clean files. It was a lot better before. Ah! Maybe during one of my tweaking sessions I set something to a heavy color output or something. I’ll look into it and report back.

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[Duke Sweden]

Way ahead of ya this time, Tero. No difference.

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[Duke Sweden]

Hey Marc. Well, like I said, closing and re-opening Resolve also fixed the problem. At least I know now that it’s not my PC. For some reason I have this subconscious thought that all software works perfectly and it’s my workstation that’s the problem 😉

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[Duke Sweden]

Yeah, I’ve played with that for a while but when I discovered those built in blur and midtone detail settings I completely forgot about it. For the record, and Tero can vouch for this, I’m just an amateur. I do this as a hobby for my own enjoyment and to keep my mind sharp. But when I get into something I like to do it right so I appreciate whatever advice you guys can give me. Cheers.

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[Duke Sweden]

Hey Marc. Sorry! I didn’t really grasp what you were recommending in your first post. Yeah, I can try that. Is it possible to do that with GH5 h264 footage? I’ll give it a shot in the meantime.

When I put up my previous post the image was really dark, but now, at night, with a light on in the room, it looks a lot better, so I’m thinking there’s an auto brightness adjustment going on that I have to find in the menu so I can turn it off.

Thanks for the advice!

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[Duke Sweden]

Thanks but it was impossible to key on the glasses. Normally I don’t go for as sharpened a look so I guess I should just go back to what I was doing, blurring by one tick on the scale.

One other question. On my monitor the image I pasted here looks waaaaaay too dark. If that is how I graded it I’d be ashamed to post it here. It looked much better when I initially grabbed the still. I’m kind of surprised neither of you said “Get some lessons, will ya!” so I’m guessing it doesn’t look that bad on your monitors? In which case I think I’d have to do some serious re-calibration. I’m using a 43″ LG HDTV for a monitor. Does backlight change the brightness through different lighting situations? I’m going to try setting it to 0. Advice appreciated.

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[Duke Sweden]

Is that all? 😉

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