[Robin Seymour]

Due to time constraints on the project I was working on I found an alternative solution, so I didn’t get round to sending a .log file, I’d still be interested to know what the problem was and if any subsequent updates have resolved it.

Thanks all

[Robin Seymour]

Thanks Gary, I appreciate your helpful response. I’m not averse to emailing you. I just think that taking the correspondence away from the forum is unhelpful for the rest of the ‘community’. Apologies if my previous message was a bit strong!

[Robin Seymour]

I have an objection to the nature of the responses on this particular forum.

Creative Cow has always been a place wherein video users could share their experiences with one another and openly discuss their experiences with one another. From great to abysmal and everything in between. It’s a place where we share our problems and solutions and try to help each other out.

Most of the responses on this forum are encouraging users to email Genarts directly. This undermines the nature of this forum, and completely bypasses the principle of shared experience that has in the past made creative cow so great.

Genarts I have no intention of emailing you directly regarding this matter or any other. It is clear from my post and others that this is a serious problem and not a one off. If you can address it, please do so on here, for all to see and benefit from.

It would seem that the plugins are quite buggy, in this instance – previews, I look forward to you providing a solution or suitable upgrade if you can on the forum for all to see and either benefit from or to understand the limitations of your product so that they can make informed decisions as to whether to use it or not.

[Robin Seymour]

Thanks Bob,

This may seem like a bit of a basic question, but what I’m trying to get to the bottom of is in practical terms what the difference is between a pro broadcast and a domestic. You know I’ve graded stuff on a Final Cut set up that has had top post houses amazed by the results. The high end expensive route isn’t always the answer. It just occured to me that perhaps with calibration a really good domestic might be imperceptible from a broadcast monitor. So I wanted to pose the question to see if anyone had any experience of comparing them.

When you said:

“understand that you are not qualified to do an on line conform for broadcast, or get thru a color correction session. ”

What is it that the pro monitors give you that the domestic ones don’t, and are there definitely no ‘workarounds’ to attain the required results?

I guess the question I’m asking myself is – do you have to have a broadcast monitor because it says ‘pro’ on the box, or is there a very valid practical reason why it is not possible to achieve acceptable results on a domestic monitor.

Cheers

[Robin Seymour]

Meh, don’t sweat it.

I just used the component input and it’s fine. Pretty sure the SDI board on the monitor is shot.

[Robin Seymour]

Figured it out! That’s awesome! I’ve never used Layer Comps before. What a brilliant toy. Thanks a lot for your help Richard. Just saved me hours of time!!!

R x

[Robin Seymour]

Thanks for that Richard, could you give a bit more detail on that one? Layer comps? Selected Layer comps..? still slightly puzzled. Sorry if this seems like a bit of a noob question, but I haven’t had to do this kind of batch processing before.

Your help is much appreciated. Thanks!