Other ways to capture HDV?

[rawfa]

Hi,

I've been having problems capturing footage on premiere pro 2.0 because everything looks WAY darker. I played the footage directly from the FX1 to a tv and it looked exactly the way I shot it, the way I like it, the way it apears on the lcd. Then I captured this same footage with premiere and it looks WAY too dark. I tried playing it from the timeline, I tried playing it with media player classic, vlc, windows media player, etc...it always looked too dark.

So, my question is: is there a GOOD application (outside premiere) that I can use JUST TO CAPTURE the footage, that will still allow me to import it to premiere and edit it there?

P.S - Of course, the ideal would be if premiere actualy worked for me, since I wouldn't have to go through any render time this way. So, if in adition to a good capture software you know how I can solve this issue, it would be much better

 

[rawfa]

Never mind. I tried capturing with vegas and the footage is still dark. I think it may be something to do with the graphic card.

 

[Huy Vu]

Never mind. I tried capturing with vegas and the footage is still dark. I think it may be something to do with the graphic card.

It might be the LCD itself. Keep in mind that most camera LCD has too few pixels to accurately reproduce the colors that the camera is capturing. I'm constantly amazed at how different the color looks on a computer screen vs. what I see in the LCD.

 

[rawfa]

Nope, I played the footage straight form the camera to 2 different TV sets and the footage looked exactly like the one being displayed on the cameras' lcd.

 

[Barry_Green]

Try calibrating your computer's monitor.

 

[rawfa]

I tried with different applications/calibration tools but it still looks too dark. To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, my monitors' brightness is at 80% and the contrast is at 90%...when most are usualy at 50%. Anyway, I reinstalled premiere and the graphic card, I tried using different firewire cables/cards (LONG LONG shot), I tried capturing with Vegas. Nothing works. I then copied some footage and wathced it in another pc and it still looks dark, which means that the problem is taking place durring capture. I don't know what else to do. This weekend I'm going to try capturing with another pc to see what happens. It's weird because when I play the footage into any tv set all it looks perfect (the way it looks on the cameras' lcd).