Re: [Avid-L2] Re: OT: FCP and color levels ) OT:

Alright Admins, (this actually means JDS but I don't want anyone to feel
left out) it's time!

Enough is too much.

I read OT: to find the humour and only find more references to work.
Where are the hot dogs, BBQs GFIs, Turducken, puppies, dancing and other
references which make life more worth living?

Can we please have a new category? We have pr jobs FR OT and a few others.

It is time we encouraged an FCP: or [FCP] designation. Certainly FCP is
not OT: to many on this list and it would be nice when looking through
older messages to be able to filter one way or the other from the gitgo.

Pullease!

For Jimmy: I wake up in the morning wondering why I am putting on my socks.

DD

Job ter Burg (L2B) wrote:
>
>
> "Oliver Peters" (14-05-2010 15:54) :
>
> >> Posted by: Job ter Burg
> >> They cut in Avid, exported as QT Uncompressed 10-bit 601. That got
> sent to
> >> the grading house.
> >
> > In theory, this would have sent a flatter file to the grading house.
>
> Not flatter, it's a straight export. Sure, if you are watching it on a
> non-601 monitor, it may look dull, but why would you? It's video, it's
> 601,
> so watch it in 601, work with it in 601.
>
> > Maybe RGB
> > export would have been a better choice
>
> I strongly disagree, Oliver.
>
> If you export from Avid as RGB, you crush all blacks below 16 (not often a
> problem) and lower them to 0, but you also clip ALL whites above 235 (and
> most if not all of the video footage I get from camcorders DO have peak
> whites over 235). So I ALWAYS stay 601, in order to not convert/clip/crush
> anything. If you export to RGB, you are throwing away valuable
> information.
>
> I've had this discussion before, and everyone eventually seems to
> agree that
> an RGB export is ONLY relevant when you export for desktop use, and
> want to
> forget about 601. When exporting to grading houses, you should keep things
> as they are, not clipping or crushing anything.
>
> --
> Job ter Burg
> film editor - NL
>
>

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