E6 Video/Black Levels + Waveform/Vector Scope
For the first time in almost 12 years I find myself using an NLE system without any type of I/O board. How does anyone know what their video and black levels are? Here are the items I am seeing via the waveform/vector scope within Edius 6.
1) The Vector Scope only has a front end value if you are ingesting previously recorded material with Bars and we assume the recorded bars are correct. So generally the vector scope has limited value beyond the front end setup of a Color Balance filter before beginning my edit.
2) The “New Clip” Color Bars do not reference BLACK at 7.5 ire. So in order to use these bars I must first add a Color Balance filter to get them to as close to specks as possible.
3) A fade to the Edius Timeline shows the BLACK level to be “0” and there for I must create my own black matte to meet the 7.5 ire. Does anyone know the correct setting to make a Black Matte at 7.5 ire? I have tried mutiple filters and setting to create 7.5 ire and can get no closer than 7.2 ire and 7.75 ire for my Black Matte.
So I am not sure if my comments above should have been directed to Tech Support or this Forum, but I had to start somewhere.
While little of my work goes to Broadcast, I was trained to respect the Waveform Monitor. For those who just edit to edit may be doing the product some injustice when it comes to Black Levels. Running your video at “0” Black may make your blacks look rich and strong, however, you are actually destroying the details in your black areas.
I should also mention that I did go through and read as many post as I could find with regard to these issues, but there was nothing related to E6 and I feel E6 should have its own set of threads just in case things changed between 5.0/5.5 to 6.0. BTW, I do recall E5 having a setting for either 0 or 7.5 ire for your project, but that is gone in E6.
Lastly, has anyone actually checked the accuracy of the E6 Waveform/Vector Scope.
Sorry for this long post, but as a newbie I have to be sure what I am seeing is true and correct so that I do not deliver a poor quality product to a client or get a Network mad at me for bad levels.
Regards,
Chuck
For the first time in almost 12 years I find myself using an NLE system without any type of I/O board. How does anyone know what their video and black levels are? Here are the items I am seeing via the waveform/vector scope within Edius 6.
1) The Vector Scope only has a front end value if you are ingesting previously recorded material with Bars and we assume the recorded bars are correct. So generally the vector scope has limited value beyond the front end setup of a Color Balance filter before beginning my edit.
2) The “New Clip” Color Bars do not reference BLACK at 7.5 ire. So in order to use these bars I must first add a Color Balance filter to get them to as close to specks as possible.
3) A fade to the Edius Timeline shows the BLACK level to be “0” and there for I must create my own black matte to meet the 7.5 ire. Does anyone know the correct setting to make a Black Matte at 7.5 ire? I have tried mutiple filters and setting to create 7.5 ire and can get no closer than 7.2 ire and 7.75 ire for my Black Matte.
So I am not sure if my comments above should have been directed to Tech Support or this Forum, but I had to start somewhere.
While little of my work goes to Broadcast, I was trained to respect the Waveform Monitor. For those who just edit to edit may be doing the product some injustice when it comes to Black Levels. Running your video at “0” Black may make your blacks look rich and strong, however, you are actually destroying the details in your black areas.
I should also mention that I did go through and read as many post as I could find with regard to these issues, but there was nothing related to E6 and I feel E6 should have its own set of threads just in case things changed between 5.0/5.5 to 6.0. BTW, I do recall E5 having a setting for either 0 or 7.5 ire for your project, but that is gone in E6.
Lastly, has anyone actually checked the accuracy of the E6 Waveform/Vector Scope.
Sorry for this long post, but as a newbie I have to be sure what I am seeing is true and correct so that I do not deliver a poor quality product to a client or get a Network mad at me for bad levels.
Regards,
Chuck
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