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Brendan Sundry · March 27th, 2006, 05:38 AM

WHat gamma/monitor setting should i use for doing video in the mac.
Its fairly dark on some already dark footage but i dont want to make the footage to bright. Any idea what to calibrate to?

B.Sundry

Glenn Chan · March 27th, 2006, 02:51 PM

Just monitor your footage on an external monitor with a DV device doing the digital-analog conversion.

Brendan Sundry · March 27th, 2006, 08:08 PM

Ill give that a go Glen, Is that what most people do, i.e not wory about the darkness?

Glenn Chan · March 27th, 2006, 08:58 PM

The Mac gamma issue affects computer monitors, but not external non-computer monitors.

By computer monitors, I mean computer monitors connected to your computer's video cards.

External monitors would be those connected to a firewire device, or a hardware capture card (aja, decklink, etc.).

March 27th, 2006, 05:38 AM	#1
Brendan Sundry Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 112	Mac gamma for video WHat gamma/monitor setting should i use for doing video in the mac. Its fairly dark on some already dark footage but i dont want to make the footage to bright. Any idea what to calibrate to? B.Sundry

March 27th, 2006, 02:51 PM	#2
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Just monitor your footage on an external monitor with a DV device doing the digital-analog conversion.

March 27th, 2006, 08:08 PM	#3
Brendan Sundry Regular Crew Join Date: May 2004 Location: Australia Posts: 112	Ill give that a go Glen, Is that what most people do, i.e not wory about the darkness?

March 27th, 2006, 08:58 PM	#4
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	The Mac gamma issue affects computer monitors, but not external non-computer monitors. By computer monitors, I mean computer monitors connected to your computer's video cards. External monitors would be those connected to a firewire device, or a hardware capture card (aja, decklink, etc.).