Mulitple distro CC ideas

[scharky]

:huh: Ok, here is one for the DVD pros

I am currently working on a short film that will be sent to competitions as well as some DVD distrobution. The problem I am having is with the highlights. The film has a very surreal look, and for part of it the sky and all highlights are a very high keyed yellow. The problem I am having is that I can't seem to make it look good for both DVD stand alone players and PC-MAC DVD players, or anything that will be displayed on a good monitor. If I make it look good for the PC DVD player when the same disc is played on a standalone DVD player the highlights are way blown out. If I set the highlights so that they look good on a standalone DVD player on a PC DVD player the image is very flat and the highlights are too deep of a yellow.
I am very picky about the highlights, but I don't want people, especially judges to see the film to flat or with blown out hightlights.
So my question is, how do Hollywood DVD's accomplish this? I know that there is some latitude lost on a television set, but for the most part they look good on either a standalone or a PC? What is the secret? Is there a secret? or am I just expecting to much of this format? Any CC suggestions are appreciated, and I feel that posting in the screen grabs forum will help the most for CC ideas. I am pretty set on the look of the film, however comments of the overall look are appreciated as well.
Here are some pics


This is what I want the film to look like. I can make it look like this both on PC DVD players and standalone, but the color corrections are very different.

If I set up the DVD to look good on the Stand alone DVD player, this is what it looks like when played on a PC/MAC DVD player.:huh:

And this is what it looks like if I make it look good on a PC and play it back on a stand alone DVD player, note this is a simulated image that approximates the look.

Thanks for any suggestions that you have.

 

[Neil Rowe]

if you had to pick one. just go with the correction for the format that most matters for what youre sending it out for. but personally i like the look of the last still the best. the sky looks blown out in all of them , but the added contrast from the blow out to white makes it more visuallly stimualting for me. it makes the other 2 grabs seeem a little muted or drab IMHO.

is this for "awake" ? id really like to see that when its done

 

[alpi69]

PC is always darker.
if you prevent the blowout in the TV-set you are fine with the others.

 

[taubkin]

If you don't have acess to a monitor, make it look good on a TV (with proper colorbar calibration). You are dealing with a NTSC signal, and that is your guide. Converting it to a VGA image is a foreign experience to it, and should be taken as an adaptation.

 

[Barry_Green]

If you don't have acess to a monitor, make it look good on a TV (with proper colorbar calibration). You are dealing with a NTSC signal, and that is your guide. Converting it to a VGA image is a foreign experience to it, and should be taken as an adaptation.

Yeah, PC monitors have a different gamma than televisions do. So everything will look darker on a computer monitor than it does on a television. You're making a TV program, so make it look right on a properly-calibrated CRT monitor.

 

[Shaw]

I wonder, what is the gamma of a TV normally like?

 

[Gary_McClurg]

I also think the last one looks best.

 

[SirAllen]

Last one for teh win....