[Ryan Shovey]

I’m using on a Mac Book Pro 2 GHz Intel Core Duo… 2GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM

-ryan

[Ryan Shovey]

Thank you very much, Lars! I applied an adjustment layer to my complete footage and used levels. Then, I simply set the Output Black to 16 and the Output White to 235. I tested this on my tv monitor and it looked perfect!!! The blacks still looked crushed and and the gray and white areas looked crisp. Amazing. I’m assuming that this will look the same when projected onto a screen in an auditorium as well.

One quick question, though…. When the video plays back on a computer monitor, will it look muddy and washed out? Because it really does look that way my cinema display. If someone watches my movie on the computer or internet, will it look muddy? Or will the dvd program convert it to where it looks right all around?

Thank you
-ryan

[Ryan Shovey]

OK, great. Thank you all for the help.

Unfortunately I do not have a regular monitor to simulate a TV. I basically created a file to throw in a dvd player, but you all know how time consuming that is.

Is there a certain brightness level, like a standard, that I should follow? Like Black level should be x; white level should be x; gamma should be at least x…. something like that?

It’s my first big project, and I really want to do it right.

ps… the scene I posted earlier was suppose to have that Silhouette from lightning flashes look to it. That’s why there’s no detail on the face.

-ryan

[Ryan Shovey]

Sorry, just thought of another point. I do work for an Internet company where I film and code people onto a series of websites (www.mycollegepark.com for example). They pay me $15/hr, which feels very low to me. Opinions? Thanks again!