[Werner Ingram]

Hi Jimmy

Please man you’ve got to help me. Looks like you have wrestled with this same problem that no one seems to have a clear answer about.

I’m doing broadcast design in South Africa, which is also on PAL. And i’m finding it impossible for someone to clarify whether i should be working in 0-255 or 16-235 colour space.

My ads are loosing colour etc when they are broadcast, i’m not sure whether its cause i’m working in 0-255. I am colour correcting that in Colour Finesse so i cant understand what is still wrong. Should i be working in 16-235 which obviously limits the colour palette, which is why i have not wanted to work in that if it is not necessary.

I am also not convinced that there might be slight problems kreeping in when the feels are transferred in Johannesburg to betacam, so i cant be sure whether the final product on tape is correct that arrives at the stations. Luckily next time i’m using a server so uploading the file digitally to the broadcasters. But i still need to know what colour space to use to ensure that my vectorscope is displaying the colours on the correct colour space. Otherwise its useless anyway.

Have you figured this out for sure by now?

Thanks!
Werner