Okay, but for us newbies, can any of you old hands tell us where we can find instructions on how to calbrate a pc monitor and how to calibrate a tv set?
--- "Jeffery J. Haas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes - use the brightness and contract filter - but > you cannot judge the > > quality on a PC monitor - you need to calibrate > everything.- watch it back > > on a monitor or TV and then decide ! > > > > Paul H > > > > > Yes, but he's repeatedly stated that he's authoring > for the web for goodness > sake, so he needs to get it to look right on a PC > screen!!!!! Watching it on > a calibrated TV monitor and adjusting according to > that is going to cause it > to look too dark on the web. An additional > complication is that Macs have a > different gamma to PC's so even if he gets it right > for the one it won't be > quite right for the other. Dunno what setting would > represent the best > compromise - you probably need to look at which is > going to be your biggest > target audience. > Wes D. > > > ----Nope, sorry....not true at all. Windows Media > Player displays video differently than your capture > tool and it is closer to NTSC. > Even if you are viewing WMP on a VGA you still get a > better idea of how the video really is going to > look, but only if your monitor is calibrated. > Best thing I can advise is to look at the clips in > Windows Media Player both as raw DV-AVI and ALSO > after you do a test encode as Windows Media Video. > But you will STILL need to calibrate ANY AND ALL > monitors before you do ANYTHING or else you're > shooting blanks. > That was the point I've been trying to make and > that's pretty much all......if there is any problem > in anything you shoot the first thing you need to > check is to find out if > what you are observing is the result of poor > calibration. Once you have eliminated that as a > possible culprit you can then pursue whatever avenue > of relief you see fit. > > But I cannot tell you how often I've had clients > schedule editing and at the same time launching into > a long spiel about "how terrible the color is or how > dark it looked, etc" > only to jump out of their skin the moment they see > it over here at my suite. > > I simply tell them that everything in this room is > calibrated to either VGA or NTSC broadcast and that > what they saw on their own system wasn't the truth. > > JeffH > Ch.S. > ---------- > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.298 / Virus Database: 265.6.6 - Release > Date: 12/28/2004 > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ===== Cliff Hall MD Work: (276)783-1200 Fax: (276)783-1465 Home: (276)783-3097 Fax: (276)783-2591 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/ADr1lB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
