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tornado12345
03-05-2006, 02:34 AM
Recently I did a animation project things looked just awesome on my monitor but when I converted that to a dvd and watched it on my television I was in for a shock http://cgfruits.luxactor.com/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif the whole look of the movie changed. So now I have decided to connect my television to my PC at compositing stage itself like every professional does. Can some guys give me some tips on what other things should be kept in mind while Iam doing this method and are these plugins necessary ??
http://www.cyberzeka.com/czk/lang~en~pID~20~gID~29~product.html
http://www.cyberzeka.com/czk/lang~en~pID~21~gID~50~product.html (http://www.cyberzeka.com/czk/lang~en~pID~21~gID~50~product.html)
http://www.cyberzeka.com/czk/lang~en~pID~29~gID~51~product.html (http://www.cyberzeka.com/czk/lang~en~pID~29~gID~51~product.html)
are these plugins required to do the job? or i can just view my composition on the television screen and color correct it to a point it starts looking good. Also is connecting television necessary for this job or is there any other method too? http://cgfruits.luxactor.com/images/smiles/icon_rolleyes.gif
mdillender
03-05-2006, 04:34 PM
What application are you using? If it's combustion, you can use the Framebuffer out through Firewire and composite conversion to go to a television (this is what I do).


The "cyber" software works really well though and better than the Firewire method if you have S-Vid out on your video card.

take care,

Martin
tornado12345
03-06-2006, 09:37 AM
Yes Iam having a s-video out on my card and Iam using combustion. thnkx! for your reply Iam thinking of buying cyber software now after reading your reply.
Steve Warner
03-08-2006, 04:12 PM
While hooking your PC up to a TV is a good way to "eyeball" the results of your work, it's not a solid way to ensure accuracy of the final animation/video. Standard televisions lack the necessary controls to fine tune color. For that you need a professional NTSC monitor that allows you adjust the Chroma and Phase and not just the brightness and contrast. Also, keep in mind that the output of your graphics card may not be as solid as that coming from a professional video capture card. If you're planning on sending your work off to a television station, you may want to run it through a waveform monitor or vectorscope to insure that the signal is within the legal video limits. Of course, for that you could just run AE's legal color filter. But I'd always recommending checking the scopes to be certain.
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