Footage on flat vs rounded monitor screen problem

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Kugar13

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I have edited footage that looks great on my flat screen monitor, on my field monitor, as well as my tv when burned to a dvd, but looks extremely dark when I play it on a regualar rounded computer monitor. This monitor is only a few years old. I've had friends test the footage on their computers and every flat screen comes up great and rounded screen comes up dark beyond belief. Any suggestions?

Thanks for any assistance!
 
Woah

Woah

rlm7189 said:
yeah, chuck the monitor.
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Woah, that won't work.
I'm trying to get this footage up and running on the web so people can check it out. I don't think the mass population will chunk their monitors and replace them with flat screens so they can watch my short. I did enjoy your humor though.... =)

Thx for the laugh...
 
Have you calibrated your monitors to NTSC SMPTE color bars? Without doing that before you do ANY video work, your signal is just dust in the wind... dust in the wind... dust... in... the... wind... du...

-Vic Rattlehead
 
Yes

Yes

vicrattlehead said:
Have you calibrated your monitors to NTSC SMPTE color bars? Without doing that before you do ANY video work, your signal is just dust in the wind... dust in the wind... dust... in... the... wind... du...

-Vic Rattlehead
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My field monitor is calibrated. Footage looks great on the field monitor, on the flat screen and every flat screen I have checked (6), and on my tv.... just not on a regular (non-flat) comp monitor. =/


Starting to realize if I get it to look good on a rounded tube monitor it's gonna look like crap on my flat screen, field monitor, and tv....
 
BTW Vic Rattlehead & rlm7189 thx for the replies. I found the chuck the monitor funny as heck and the dust in the wind comment as well. Any help, suggestions, attempts to relieve stress, etc is appreciated.
 
I was actually only half joking.

I wouldn't assume people would chuck their CRTs to watch your vid on an LCD. But, by the way your question read, it sounded to me like the culprit was solely your monitor. If it looks okay on an LCD and especially on a tv, I cant imagine it would look too terribly dark on everyones eles monitor. I could be wrong though. Especially if I am not reading you right.

If its not your monitor but only your settings, then yes, get it calibrated...
 
Thanks

Thanks

rlm7189 said:
I was actually only half joking.

I wouldn't assume people would chuck their CRTs to watch your vid on an LCD. But, by the way your question read, it sounded to me like the culprit was solely your monitor. If it looks okay on an LCD and especially on a tv, I cant imagine it would look too terribly dark on everyones eles monitor. I could be wrong though. Especially if I am not reading you right.

If its not your monitor but only your settings, then yes, get it calibrated...
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Thanks for the reply. I was hoping it was my CTR monitor, but seems to be a problem on every CTR monitor. I'm getting a Spyder 2 express calibration unit to see if this helps. I hope it does. I've tested the footage on numerous TVs and LCD monitors and it looks great. I was wondering if this was a common problem... Regardless thank you and I did find that post funny. Again... thanks!
 
No problem....I just find it odd. I've never heard of footage looking bad on only crt monitors...not that it cant happen...ive just never heard of that...
 
It's actually a very common problem, I'm not sure if there is anyway out of it, just one of the disadvantages to SD footage.

HD is pretty standardized, but SD not so much... I have 5 different TV's and monitors, after I finish footage, I burn a sample and watch it on each TV - kinda getting a sample of how it will look on multiple monitors. - it's amazing how different the footage is on each, 1 flat, 1 lcd, 2 normal tv's and a good computer screen.

Generall if you go straight to the web, you're fine as most people have good brioght comp monitors, but if you are sending out DVD's, man it can be a *****, you just calibrate to make the best picture possible overall.

Compression is part art part science.
 
Thx

Thx

Jmtasu said:
It's actually a very common problem, I'm not sure if there is anyway out of it, just one of the disadvantages to SD footage.

HD is pretty standardized, but SD not so much... I have 5 different TV's and monitors, after I finish footage, I burn a sample and watch it on each TV - kinda getting a sample of how it will look on multiple monitors. - it's amazing how different the footage is on each, 1 flat, 1 lcd, 2 normal tv's and a good computer screen.

Generall if you go straight to the web, you're fine as most people have good brioght comp monitors, but if you are sending out DVD's, man it can be a *****, you just calibrate to make the best picture possible overall.

Compression is part art part science.
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And part pain in the arse....LOL. (Can I say arse here?)
Thanks for the reply. I am verythankful for the comments and advice.
 
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