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May 11, 2016 5:53 PM in response to Meg The Dogby Rory Mells,To film festivals (projection screens in live theatres), internet, and Blu-Ray.
What level of brightness should I have my iMac monitor set at? About half way? Full brightness?
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May 12, 2016 10:10 AM in response to Rory Mellsby Shane Ross,Your monitor brightness shouldn't be a factor. it's not something you should concern yourself with. You cannot use the FCP interface for color correcting. It's not accurate. Export a QT and compare it to FCP and you'll see it's different. And if you are grading for projection...you need an external monitor. By that I mean you need a video IO device like found on decklink.com or AJA.com. That will send a proper signal to an external broadcast monitor, or HDTV. Budget systems can use an HDTV...but it needs to be calibrated. And you need an IO card from one of those two places....a computer connection out to this TV won't send a proper video signal for grading, It'll send a computer signal.
Now....grading for the web is fine on your computer...but still, the interface in FCP 7 and Color....most apps, isn't accurate. FCX is, I hear. Premiere Pro is. Resolve...not quite. That one's tricky.