Using VS9 I made a DVD from all still pictures ~ 150 of them (slide show) using transistions and filters etc. Saved as MPEG 720 /480 and then made the DVD from the MPEG file.
The MPEG file viewed on the computer looks great! when viewing on the television all the pictures are washed out, bright, and a bit on the pink side.
How do I adjust the whole thing at once. Searching I see refrences to using a TV monitor to work with. I guess that means use it instead of the monitor? Do I have to start all over and adjust every picture to a TV monitor?
Matching brightness to my TV
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PeterMilliken
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You need to "calibrate" your computer monitor so that it shows a similar/same picture as your TV - either that or get a graphics card with a TV out and then adjust your video using the attached TV rather than the monitor.
The colours of your computer monitor and the colours displayed on the TV are different (not very well expressed but this is the result
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So the recommendation is (if you don't have a TV out on your graphics card) to make a DVD, display it on the TV and then attempt to adjust your computer display so that it shows the same scene in the same colours/brightness etc etc - do this by positioning the computer display beside the TV and change the display adjustments until you get as close a possible to how the TV displays it. Your computer display will probably have a system for "naming" the various sets of values for the graphics - use this mechanism to hold a set for when you want to do video editing and have another named set for just generic computer applications (games?).
Peter
The colours of your computer monitor and the colours displayed on the TV are different (not very well expressed but this is the result
).So the recommendation is (if you don't have a TV out on your graphics card) to make a DVD, display it on the TV and then attempt to adjust your computer display so that it shows the same scene in the same colours/brightness etc etc - do this by positioning the computer display beside the TV and change the display adjustments until you get as close a possible to how the TV displays it. Your computer display will probably have a system for "naming" the various sets of values for the graphics - use this mechanism to hold a set for when you want to do video editing and have another named set for just generic computer applications (games?
).Peter
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PeterMilliken
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Unfortunately yes. You have adjusted each picture so that it displays nicely on your monitor - which is a completely different display values to what is required for your TV. If you are lucky, your individual compensations were all the same (or similar) so all you need to do is work out a set of values for good display on the TV and then go through each picture and make the appropriate change - worse case is there is no similiarity between the filter/colour adjustments and you'll have to redo each picture on an individual basis.
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PeterMilliken
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BTW, when I right click on my computer display background I get an option in the dropdown menu called "Graphics Options" off of that is a "Graphics Properties". If you have that (and select it ) there should be a tab called "Colour" - on that tab you can adjust gamma, contrast, brightness and the individual colour settings i.e. red, green and blue - there is button to save the "scheme" that you create (prompts for a name of the scheme).
Then there is a tab called "schemes" - here you can load previously created schemes (ie video edit scheme, game scheme, Text editing scheme etc etc) and get the display settings that best suite your current application.
I haven't actually done this myself as yet - but it is something that I have planned for this weekend) as I have recently experienced a similar problem using my notebook to create a DVD.
Hope this helps and makes sense
Peter
) there should be a tab called "Colour" - on that tab you can adjust gamma, contrast, brightness and the individual colour settings i.e. red, green and blue - there is button to save the "scheme" that you create (prompts for a name of the scheme). Then there is a tab called "schemes" - here you can load previously created schemes (ie video edit scheme, game scheme, Text editing scheme etc etc) and get the display settings that best suite your current application.
I haven't actually done this myself as yet - but it is something that I have planned for this weekend) as I have recently experienced a similar problem using my notebook to create a DVD.
Hope this helps and makes sense
Peter