color is messed up!?

Inoran

Inoran

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ok i've now redone my color correction 100+ times!!!!!! i've spent months on a 15 min project most of which have been trying to get the color correctly adjusted for most televisions.

I've been using a emerson television and an s-video (i calibrated it as closely as possible). later after printing to tape and playing on other televisions, it's really dark and just plain looks yucky. so instead, i went from my laptop --> to my camera --> to my television -->. After correcting it this way, it still looks really dark and yucky on other televisions (and these other televisions aren't old crappy ones, one is quite new). I also notice that after i render them (as streaming mpeg 2, or avi NTSC DV) they look the really dark and noisey also when i play back the file on the computer. the what's a guy to do?

I am using Vegas 6.0. Is there anyway to apply some color correction/levels/brightness to the preview window so that it mimics a typical television?

certainly each television will vary a bit, but we're talking about drastic noise and darkness. when you watch a dvd on different televisions they don't vary this badly!

thanks alot.
 
DId you also use the broadcast colors plugin on your timeline? In addition on your monitor that you color corrected with did you do it using SMPTE color bars? If your television doesn't have a blue only option then the best you could do is to try to buy or rent a pro monitor like the PVM series from Sony or one from JVC. Because they tend to have 550 lines of resolution and have a blue only option for calibration.
 
which selection do i use for broadcast colors?

edit : when applying different broadcast color plugins, i can see almost no change at all in the picture. ?
 
You will notice it when you have the histogram activated and the extreme frequencies for both highest and lowest is taken out. Therefore it will takeout colors that will over-modulate the broadcast signal..which cause distortion of both the video and audio.
 
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