Re: Broadcast Safe Adjustment Layer by jimmybee500 on Jul 3, 2007 at 8:31:06 pm
Put an adjustment layer on the top of your final render comp and apply levels and set blacks to 16 and whites to 235 (not 236!) Also check colour saturation - try broadcast safe colours effect to see if it keys out any illegal colours.
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Re: Broadcast Safe Adjustment Layer by Darby Edelen on Jul 3, 2007 at 8:43:08 pm
[jimmybee500]"Put an adjustment layer on the top of your final render comp and apply levels and set blacks to 16 and whites to 235 (not 236!)"
To clarify, set your output blacks to 16 and your output whites to 235. The Adjustment Layer at the top of the stack will apply this to all of the underlying layers (which is what you want).
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Re: Broadcast Safe Adjustment Layer by SRoughan on Jul 4, 2007 at 8:55:22 am
Also, a good idea is to add a directional blur, 0 degrees and 0.5 pixel to this final adjustment layer. it takes away any flimmer in diagonal lines or text.
OR...... by Dave LaRonde on Jul 4, 2007 at 10:36:57 pm
...you could use a plugin called Scopo Gidgio. It works in Photoshop or AE, Mac or Win, it simply depends on what you choose. All this plugin does is show you what you might see on a waveform monitor or vectorscope in your particular system. It works in PAL OR NTSC, HD or SD, whatever.
Now, you MUST set the plugin up: don't count on it getting everything right straight out of the box. You have to tell it about your color system (PAL/NTSC). You have to tell it about the color bars you use (100% / 75%). You have to tell it what black and white look like (0-256 / 16-235). You have to tell it about SD and HD.
However, once they're set, you will be hard pressed to find a better way to find what's happening in your AE project as far as the broadcast world is concerned.
