Importing full range RGB stills in FCP at DVinfo.net

David Lorente · July 14th, 2008, 06:39 AM

Hello everybody. I want to import a still file which has been coded in the video range values (black and white are 16 and 235 respectively, instead of 0 and 255). When I change the sequence settings, if I set the "Process maximum white as" setting (in the "Video Processing" tab) to Super-White, FCP takes the value 235 as the 100% white, with higher values entering the SuperWhite area of the waveform. But there's no setting to put the black level to 16, so black is displayed at 6% IRE instead of 0%.

Is there any way to import stills that use the standard video levels instead of CG levels into FCP?

July 14th, 2008, 06:39 AM	#1
David Lorente Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Cuenca (Spain) Posts: 92	Importing full range RGB stills in FCP Hello everybody. I want to import a still file which has been coded in the video range values (black and white are 16 and 235 respectively, instead of 0 and 255). When I change the sequence settings, if I set the "Process maximum white as" setting (in the "Video Processing" tab) to Super-White, FCP takes the value 235 as the 100% white, with higher values entering the SuperWhite area of the waveform. But there's no setting to put the black level to 16, so black is displayed at 6% IRE instead of 0%. Is there any way to import stills that use the standard video levels instead of CG levels into FCP? __________________ Wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Radio operates exactly the same way, but there is no cat.