AspectHD/Cineform acquisition problem at DVinfo.net

Sy Angelis · June 25th, 2007, 11:56 AM

I'm trying out the AspectHD software and tried it on some HDV video i did a few days ago.

Using Premier pro 2 on a quad core PC with a 22" asus 222 monitor

When capturing the video and playing back in premier, the footage does'nt look very good. It looks like it has way too much colour. Although it does look ok when the footage is paused on the screen. I've checked the capture settings and they are fine.

I've also captured it using the standard HDV capture on premier and the footage looks good. Far better than via Aspect.

Seems to me I have to do extra work to get the footage to look like the standard capture. Is this normal?

Ben Winter · June 25th, 2007, 12:39 PM

Video capture is always just copying 1's and 0's. It's not going to change the look of the footage. As I remember this has something to do with the graphics card you're using. What's in your computer?

David Newman · June 25th, 2007, 02:41 PM

Ben is correct. Let me guess, you have a NVidia card and the saturation for the overlay is set to 114% -- NVidia ships their cards with the wrong defaults for video work -- you need to tweak the NVidia settings.

Sy Angelis · June 26th, 2007, 05:40 AM

Yep, I have an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX

I'll have a play around with the settings and see what happens.

Thanks for the help.

Hernan Vilchez · June 28th, 2007, 09:53 AM

Sy, please tell me if you got the right look. Ive tweaked my nVidia Quadro FX1500 too much... and still couldnt get it.

June 25th, 2007, 11:56 AM	#1
Sy Angelis New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 5	AspectHD/Cineform acquisition problem I'm trying out the AspectHD software and tried it on some HDV video i did a few days ago. Using Premier pro 2 on a quad core PC with a 22" asus 222 monitor When capturing the video and playing back in premier, the footage does'nt look very good. It looks like it has way too much colour. Although it does look ok when the footage is paused on the screen. I've checked the capture settings and they are fine. I've also captured it using the standard HDV capture on premier and the footage looks good. Far better than via Aspect. Seems to me I have to do extra work to get the footage to look like the standard capture. Is this normal?

June 25th, 2007, 12:39 PM	#2
Ben Winter Trustee Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hollywood, CA Posts: 1,675 Images: 1	Video capture is always just copying 1's and 0's. It's not going to change the look of the footage. As I remember this has something to do with the graphics card you're using. What's in your computer? __________________ BenWinter.com

June 25th, 2007, 02:41 PM	#3
David Newman CTO, CineForm Inc. Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cardiff-by-the-Sea, California Posts: 8,095	Ben is correct. Let me guess, you have a NVidia card and the saturation for the overlay is set to 114% -- NVidia ships their cards with the wrong defaults for video work -- you need to tweak the NVidia settings. __________________ David Newman -- web: www.gopro.com blog: cineform.blogspot.com -- twitter: twitter.com/David_Newman

June 26th, 2007, 05:40 AM	#4
Sy Angelis New Boot Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 5	Yep, I have an Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX I'll have a play around with the settings and see what happens. Thanks for the help.

June 28th, 2007, 09:53 AM	#5
Hernan Vilchez Regular Crew Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Munich, Germany Posts: 135	Sy, please tell me if you got the right look. Ive tweaked my nVidia Quadro FX1500 too much... and still couldnt get it.