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If you want to alter color, with any degree of seriousness, get a proc amp. Those built-in adjustments are crap.
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Originally Posted by Speed Demon
PAL would be 0-100 IRE
The ADVC analog color bar looks like this coming out of the ADVC composite or S-Video outputs.
Error: This bar is similar to the ADVC bar except the black bar on the right is missing from this one.
When played back and captured as DV format, correct levels will look like this. If luma gain, saturation or hue are off, those should be corrected with the ADVC-300 proc amp settings for all captures or the VCR should be adjusted and retested. The noise in some amounts is normal for VHS format.
NOTE: The 7.5 IRE setting is used for NTSC. If the VCR is PAL, the ADVC setup switch should be in the 0 IRE position. The DV format levels shown in the scopes should look the same for NTSC or PAL in the DV format. Black (0% on the scale) is digital level 16. White (100% on the scale) is digital level 235. -
Just to follow on from edDV's excellent advice, if you want to see the same information in real-time as you adjust the ADVC's proc amp settings, you can take the ADVC's DV output and monitor it with our DV processor software. You don't have to capture with it (though you can) - just view the live video and look at a vectorscope and waveform generator. They're not as detailed as the ones in Vegas (as per edDV's images) but they are still very useful. It will save you a lot of time - no need to capture, look at the scopes in an NLE, adjust, recapture etc etc. (The software can also perform the same proc amp functions if you like).
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Originally Posted by edDV
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Originally Posted by 2Bdecided
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Thanks edDV.
I was nearly set on a 110 or 300, but now I'm reading (both here and elsewhere) that some people get as good, or even better results, using a DV or Digital8 camcorder instead of a Canopus device.
Does anyone else share this experience?
Would that be because of the camcorder having a decent TBC inside? Or some other reason?
Thanks - I'm keen to learn (especially before spending money!)
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Originally Posted by 2Bdecided
In NTSC areas DV camcorders lack proper accommodation of 7.5% setup on import causing blacks to map to digital 32 causing a washout. To compensate one needs a proc amp to set black to zero IRE or one must correct black in the digital domain during editing. The ADVC series has the 7.5IRE vs 0.0 IRE switch to allow proper black level capture.
* Many PAL camcorders lack DV or analog inputs due to taxation issues.
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