reference monitor for control colors on post production

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etrust

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Hi,

i want to shot some music videos and short films in future and im searching a cheap solution to control the color correction from vegas..

i think that controling the color correction or colors on a normal tv is the false way.

my videos will be or hopefully be displayed on tv emitter.

what would you recomend?

Thank you
 
I have been searching for color management in video but seems there is nothing, I will look forward for the answers.
 
how cheap?

i have seen your other threads around the same subject. from what i gather, you are using vegas, have a 5770 card, and want a reference monitor for color correction.

you can get something like the dell ultrasharp monitor i think it's 2410. that will set you back about 600$. you can get something like a new professional plasma tv. i think from +1500 to 4500 would be the sweet spot for quality versus size.
 
Hi Amrrahmy,

yes

Program: vegas 9.0 Pro

grafic: ATI Radeon HD 5770
http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...d-5770/Pages/ati-radeon-hd-5770-overview.aspx

monitor: Dell 21.5in ST2210 Swiss Black (1920x1080) High Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI)
http://accessories.euro.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=de&l=de&s=corp&sku=308724&~tab=specstab

Question:

1) Can i trust this monitor for color correction?
2) Could i use my HDMI Output on the grafic card and conect to my TV (My TV has a HDMI Input)? If Yes, could i trust the colors there?

What you think?


 
No. You cannot trust what you see on a computer monitor for color correction.

Your best option is a professional monitor meant for that sort of thing, whether SD or HD.

Barring that, a TV is still a better option than a computer monitor, because a TV will show you what a TV will show, and its limitations, where a computer monitor will not. Things that look good on a computer monitor may look terrible on a TV.

This is especially important if you're working with SD or material you intend to be shown on an SD television (standard DVD, etc.).
 
I ran into a similar problem when putting together a documentary recently. I made the classic newbie mistake of doing all my colour correction on my computer screen. The main deliverable was a standard DVD. I had everything looking good on my computer, but when I took that first version to try it on the TV it looked waaaay worse. From that point on, I started monitoring on my television when doing the colour correction.

The specific issue I ran into wasn't actually colours - they looked reasonably good on the TV. Contrast, however, was a huge problem. On the computer, I was able to bump up the contrast a little and still hold the details. On the TV, I had to bring the contrast a long way down. You (or at least I) don't really know what the difference will be between your specific computer monitor and a TV. Definitely monitor (or at least regularly check) your work on a TV (calibrated if possible).
 
Hi everybody,

finally i have make some tests..

On my mentioned grafic card i have made following connections:

- Monitor over DVI
- TV Over HDMI (TV + Grafic Card)

Result on Monitor: Brighter
TV (Every Configuration in the middle): Darker, More Color

I agree that Color Correction should be controled on tv and not pc monitor.

Im happy to be able to watch the preview on my tv in HD Quality.

Question: Can i trust the colors on my tv. I have a normal LG TV. The only thing i have done is to set up Colors, Contrast and Brightness to 50%.
 
etrust said:
Question: Can i trust the colors on my tv. I have a normal LG TV. The only thing i have done is to set up Colors, Contrast and Brightness to 50%.
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If you have factory settings on your lG tv reset on those settings that might help you to average out the chances of going wrong with correction.
 
No. What you need to do is properly calibrate the screen so that it's displaying color bars correctly. Relying on factory settings is a bad way to go. TVs are made to make pictures look good, so you might be getting a lot of auto-correction in your display, and you don't want that. You want what the picture actually looks like with as little "help" from the TV as you can possibly get.

Setting as much as you can to manual (or turning off "auto" settings where you can) and properly calibrating to color bars will let you do that as best as it's possible on that TV.
 
Hi David, Hi Everybody.

David, how to do this? Could you make a pratical example please?

"and properly calibrating to color bars will let you do that as best as it's possible on that TV. "
 
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