contrast/brightness iss.; comes out diff. on diff. tv's.

[Marley_]

I know each tv can be set to diff. contrasts/brightnesses themselves, but there was such a large difference in c &b from tv to tv, that I thought maybe there was something else I could do in editing (using premiere 6)

isn't there a way to make the brightness/contrast the way you want it NO MATTER what individual televiision you use? Or at least lessen the diff?

[edDV]

I know each tv can be set to diff. contrasts/brightnesses themselves, but there was such a large difference in c &b from tv to tv, that I thought maybe there was something else I could do in editing (using premiere 6)

isn't there a way to make the brightness/contrast the way you want it NO MATTER what individual televiision you use? Or at least lessen the diff?

Upgrade to Premiere Pro, use the waveform monitor and match video levels to the SMPTE colorbar. DV and DVD use 0 IRE for black (digital level 16) and 100 IRE for white (digital level 235). The colorbar is used to calibrate the TV monitor.

No rocket science here, just quality control.

[guns1inger]

Ultimately though, all you can do is produce the best quality output you can. How people have their TV's set up, and how individual TV's display your picture after that is outside your control.

[Marley_]

Upgrade to Premiere Pro, use the waveform monitor and match video levels to the SMPTE colorbar. DV and DVD use 0 IRE for black (digital level 16) and 100 IRE for white (digital level 235). The colorbar is used to calibrate the TV monitor.

Is there a cheaper way to accomplish the same thing?

[edDV]

Upgrade to Premiere Pro, use the waveform monitor and match video levels to the SMPTE colorbar. DV and DVD use 0 IRE for black (digital level 16) and 100 IRE for white (digital level 235). The colorbar is used to calibrate the TV monitor.

Is there a cheaper way to accomplish the same thing?

Using Premiere 6 you can try to eyeball levels vs. the colorbar levels.

First thing to do is set your TV to a proper color bar. I posted some for download here (near end of thread). Just copy the jpg to your Premiere timeline.
https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=259098&start=60

Instructions
http://www.indianapolisfilm.net/article.php?story=20040117004721902
http://www.videouniversity.com/tvbars2.htm

If you are in NTSC territory and are using your DV camcorder for preview, remember that your TV must be set to 0 IRE black while DV editing. Return it to 7.5 IRE black for watching the DVD and normal TV.

Easiest way to do that is to encode a DV color bar on your DVD. When you play it back from the DVD player it will have 7.5 IRE setup. Adjust your TV brightness to that.

For normal DVD/TV watching you can also use the THX test pattern found on many commercial DVD to adjust your set.
http://www.thx.com/mod/products/dvd/optimizerIntro.html

[Marley_]

great, thank you for your trouble; I will try that and post back w/ results