TV Viewing

nirvanray wrote on 2/15/2014, 5:31 AM

Hello friends,

I have made a movie whose output as 16:9 has come out well in my laptop. I burned the film using Windows DVD Maker.
However, when I watch the same in my LED TV, some parts (mainly the edges) of the final product get chopped out and we get to see some parts and not the entire images. Also the colour looks so bright and odd.

Can someone please suggest me the following?
1. What is the best medium to showcase the film for festivals (which is safe from such no-cutting-out images)? A form / format / style that can be viewed safely in any form of medium (TV, projector)?

2. How do I play with the colour? Viewing on TV can make such a change; what will happen if it is shown in big screens. How do I set the colour for such viewing?

Regards.

Comments

johnebaker wrote on 2/15/2014, 2:04 PM

Hi Anirban

The loss at the edges is a result of TV cropping - with old CRT TV this could be as much as 10 - 12 % of the total image width. With LED TV this is about 2 - 5 % depending on the manufacturer. MEP has a TV overscan overlay you can use when editting the video and you can change the values it uses - see under Effects, Effects setting movies. TV cropping. You do need to take this into account when videoing ie do not put any action at the very edge of the frame.

Q 1 - you must take into account the playback devices you are likely to encounter at the festivals, ie are they large or mega large TV's, projectors - SVGA , VGA or full HD and whether they are DLP or LCD * see below.

Q 2 - use MEP to export / burn the video. It sounds like Windows DVD Maker has altered the chrominance of the video possibly because it is using NTSC settings.

* DLP projectors tend to make the image lower contrast and the colours less saturated then a LCD projector

HTH

John

gandjcarr wrote on 2/15/2014, 2:29 PM

Hi Anirban,

To add to John's comments (which I totally agree with). You need to set up both your TV and Laptop using standard color bars so that you are comparing colors the same way. If you video is color correct using the standards, and your TV is set to those same standars, then the color should look the same. If whoever is displaying your video using a projector, if their projector is calibrated using standard color bars, then your video colors should look the same as the ones on your calibrated laptop and television.

George

nirvanray wrote on 2/16/2014, 3:18 AM

Dear John,
Thanks for the mail. Can you show me by an image how I do the cropping for burning?
I am not sure what devices will be used for festivals…so for that in that case can you suggest me a standard and a safe means where the colour and size will be ok?

Dear George,
Thanks for your mail.
What is standard colour bars and how do I get them in MAGIX? Please suggest.

Thanks for the help mates.