[Jacek Kropinski]

Thanks Walter again,
I have tried every way I can think of to get a below Zero reading, including a variety of graphics files (in various bit rates).
Doesn’t seem possible to take the reading below zero – I also can’t find anything limiting it to zero, as in processing in a different colour space – maybe you have to set up the deck HDCAM SR?
Any other ideas?

[Jacek Kropinski]

Thanks for your response Walter,
As I said in my post, I am outputting to HD cam for a Picture in Picture stream for a Blu-ray DVD project.
The stream consists of a video picture that plays intermittently with the main picture stream. The video in between the clips has to be ‘below black’ so that it luma keys out. It is how the HDMV picture in picture pods work on Blue-ray.
I know FCP is capable of outputting superbalcks and whites, but how do you deliberately manufacture them to insert into the tape?
I need to do this urgently this afternoon so any help would be really appreciated.
Many thanks
Jacek