Is what I see on my screen on the internet the same as what I can produce in MEP MX Premium?

discburn wrote on 9/20/2012, 5:04 PM

I love the colours, whites and blacks of the music videos (YouTube, Vimeo, etc) that I see on my Monitor when browsing the internet. This is the same monitor that acts as my Full Screen Preview for Movie Edit Pro MX Premium (it's extended from my laptop over HDMI).

Does that mean that the DVDs and BDs I burn for my clients from MEP, if I reproduce on that screen the same 'look' I'm witnessing on the internet, will look somewhat like that when my clients play those discs on their systems?

In a way, I'm using the internet videos as a kind of calibration reference...

Seamus

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nirvanray wrote on 9/21/2012, 2:49 AM

Do you mean the quality of the videos? If that is your question, it depends on what format you export your final film into. After the film is done my suggestion will be to export the project in HD WMV format. Also when you import the files for your editing purpose have them in HD (.mts) format.

If you mean through your question is it the various techniques that you see in the website, it is actually YES. All the facilities can de done by the software after you install it.

All the best.

discburn wrote on 9/21/2012, 3:54 AM

Thanks for your reply.

I mean the actual colours, whites and blacks. In other words, if I'm viewing the internet on my monitor, does MEP produce the same colours, whites and blacks on that monitor? Or is there a difference because the source of the files is different - one being the internet, the other being MEP?

Seamus

nirvanray wrote on 9/21/2012, 4:40 AM

Yes you are right. Actually it depends on the sources of files that one imports as well as exports on the MEP.

gandjcarr wrote on 9/22/2012, 9:05 AM

Hi Seamus,

What you see on the internet, especially YouTube and Vimeo will be much lower resolution than what your clients will see from a High Definition export or burn to DVD. The colors will likely be a little stronger on the HD version but a lot of how it looks depends on the client's TV or monitor settings.

discburn wrote on 9/22/2012, 10:07 AM

Thanks George for that reply.

I was so impressed with the look from the internet that I thought 'I don't actually need to calibrate my monitor, because this all looks so good!'

But perhaps the gamma, brightness, etc that the Magix timeline produces is not actually the same as what the internet produces on the same monitor. Or is it all the same?

In other works, can one use the internet signal as a kind of reference?

Seamus.

gandjcarr wrote on 9/22/2012, 2:29 PM

Hey Seamus,

In my opinion if it looks good on the web it will probably look better on DVD. I would definitely set you monitor up to something that looks realistic with good solid white and good solid black. That way if you shoot your own client video, you will at least have a reference in case your camera is off or the white balance was not balanced in each lighting situation you shoot in.

Have you tried using your Pantone Huey to set up your monitor and then look at those same YouTube videos to see how they look? People make all kinds of post production color correction and adjustments to their videos, so what you see that has been shot and edited by other producion companies may or may not be the best reference point unless that is the look you are going for.

If the Pantone Huey does not look right to you, you may want to try some of the tools here. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/5-online-tools-calibrate-monitor/

discburn wrote on 9/22/2012, 4:10 PM

That's fantastic, George! Thanks for that. I'll let you know how I get on.

Seamus.

johnebaker wrote on 9/23/2012, 7:01 AM

George' s advice re getting the colour balance etc correct is spot on.

However there is a 'fly in the ointment' over which you have absolutely no control and may cause you to think something is wrong with your work - and that is the way your clients monitors, TV's, video projectors or whatever they use to view the DVD are set up with respect to colour balance, colour temperature, brightness, contrast etc.

It is essential that you produce a consistent product for commercial work, so following George's suggestions is worth doing.

Happy editing

John