[Lance Copeland]

Thanks Dave,

I had already tried importing the eps directly into PS originally…(That being my usual procedure), but I still get the same result…I am actually using a tiff with transparency enabled, and it’s not just on the edge, but also within the logo…I have a wierd feeling that this is just how FCP deals with circular graphics because I looked at how it deals with it’s own internal circle generator and it looks the same when it is scaled down pretty small…very unfortunate….I love FCP, but sometimes it lets me down.

For every vision there is an equal and opposite revision.

[Lance Copeland]

Thanks Ed,

Sorry…No, I meant I scaled it down to the size I needed it in FCP. I’ve noticed that scaling down a large graphic in FCP actually looks worse than what I am seeing with this graphic. So I try to scale things in PS, then have multiple versions if I need them.

Lance

For every vision there is an equal and opposite revision.

[Lance Copeland]

Great advice Tom and thanks!

I’ve been learning a ton through this, and have found a great deal of info like you had said. I did not find anything in the menus of the DSR-45. I also tried several other ideas I had read that still came up bunk. So, under the current time constraints, (as in next round of spots ship tomorrow), I am having to just add setup levels to my timelines as I am finishing them. I have figured out a way that appears to be working, but I’m curious how you did it in the past? Or at least what you think is the best way to bring the black levels up to 7.5 IRE without compromising the contrast in the spot.

Like you said, Ingnorance is no excuse, and it is certainly NOT bliss…heh.

Thanks again!

Lance

[Lance Copeland]

Thanks Jeremy,

The only scopes I have are in FCP, and the way I understand IRE is that it is an analog measurement of how much voltage is in a video signal. The scopes in FCP are based on luminance level percentage, so do I just bring up the black to be at 7.5%? Or are you suggesting using an external scope of some sort? Thanks for your help, this has been really frustrating.

Lance

[Lance Copeland]

Ok, I just heard back from the CC house, they said:

“We added setup because NTSC *requires* it. It is not optional. If the client feels that this is washing out the picture, what he needs to do is create the spot with black at 7.5 IRE and add whatever *NTSC legal* chroma saturation he desires. The black will be at the same 7.5 IRE as everyone else

[Lance Copeland]

Thanks for the quick response Graeme…Unfortunately we just relocated and I won’t have my complete system until later this month, so I am dubbing from FCP through firewire into a DSR-45 then S Video into a UVW-1800. I don’t have an actual waveform monitor yet, so I am using the one in FCP, and it has the blacks at 0%. After I make the dub, and play it back on the video monitor it looks fine, it was only when seeing it on the air that I noticed the washed out look. Is it something I’m doing on this end?

Thanks again,

Lance