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- > I just back from a client. He said the video I did was too hot in
- > colors. He was using a Waveform monitor. ... it came out over 100.
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- I'm not a video expert, but this looks more like a client attitude
- problem than anything else (for all the good that does you). Colors
- aren't usually considered too hot until they're over 110 IRE, and in
- any case what the waveform looks like isn't as important as whether
- clipping is really visible on the screen of a composite monitor--hot
- colors are often cooled by the encoder anyway.
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- Software that cools image colors usually isn't very subtle, with the
- result that there's an undesireable loss of either saturation or
- contrast. If you have to deal with a client who's overly concerned
- with hot colors, it's better to avoid generating them in the first
- place. Stay away from fully saturated cyan and yellow in particular.
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- But I've never worried much about it. The hardware has always handled
- whatever I've given it.
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- - Ernie
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