Question about color correctors...

[Dkolacz]

Hello All,

I recently added a TBC-1000 to my JVC9911 capture setup.

I think I am ready to add a color corrector, but am lost in this department.

I am mainly capturing billiard matches to convert to DVD.

On many older tapes, the colors of the balls are very hard to distinguish as they are small in relation to the entire screen size. Sometimes the purple, black, maroon, and blue balls all look similar shades.

Would a color corrector help me in this situation???

Some tapes, there is also a lot of red or blue push. If the lighting at the billiard tournament was not that good to begin with, am I going to have any success with the corrector?

Suggestions for a unit? I see a lot of people talking about a Sima CC 2 and a BVP-4. What do you think would be most effective for my captures?

Thanks

[trhouse]

You might look towards the end of this thread. There are some examples of what a color corrector can do.

https://www.videohelp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=239205

[Megahurts]

Dkolacz

When video is recorded on VHS tape, it records the luminance and delays the chroma 1 line (2 scan lines because of interlace) as chroma takes more processing. So after a few generations it is possible for lipstick to creep down to the chin and people with black hair (no color) will have white foreheads close to the hairline. The smaller the object, the more noticable the shift.

To shift the color back to where it belongs, use a VirtualDub filter called TV and select Chrominance shift up. If it's a second generation tape then add the filter twice.

It may not solve all your chroma problems but should be an improvement.

Regards,

Chas

[edDV]

Unless you use very expensive equipment, analog color correction is limited to global full image adjustments.

The main goal preparing analog for the A/D is to steer luminance and UV to correct levels so that the full signal is digitized. Once in digital form, sophisticated primary-secondary color correction techniques can be used including masking corrections to small portions of the image.

http://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/cc_legal_fcp4.html
http://www.wideopenwest.com/%7ewvg/tutorial-11.htm
http://www.synthetic-ap.com/

[vhelp]

@ Dkolacz

Was this issue done using a DNR setting of your vcr ??

I was asking, because the filtering may be adding to the
phenomina you exampled. So, my next question would be,
did you try w/out any filtering turned on in your vcr ?
..and then compared both versions ?

>> I am mainly capturing billiard matches to convert to DVD.

curious.. what is "billiard matches" anyways ??

-vhelp 3482

[guns1inger]

curious.. what is "billiard matches" anyways ??

Think Snooker with less balls (if he talking about true billiards)

http://www3.sympatico.ca/eric.perreault/defaulthtml.html

[Dkolacz]

all types of billiard (pool) matches....9-Ball, One Pocket, 3 Cushion, etc...

[lordsmurf]

9-ball is fun, so is one pocket. Takes a lot more skill than regular pool.

Back on topic...

As far as color correction, I agree with what edDV said. Proc amps are great but pretty much anything under $1000 cannot do individual colors, it does ranges of luma and chroma adjustments.

For individual colors ... TMPGEnc, Vegas, Premiere, VirtualDub ... those are your friends, all software.