I have created a .mov slideshow from iphoto. I now want to write it to a dvd using iDVD. When setting up the various dropzones the images look great. When I play the .mov in Quicktime, the images look great. When I preview the proposed DVD, all of the images look to contrasty / dark. Why is this and how can I fix it?
iDVD 7-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
How does it look on a TV or your Mac from a burned DVD?
Hi Klaus1. The DVD is watchable but the images are darker when viewing on our TV and on a Mac from the burned DVD. All our monitors/screens are calibrated so I don't believe it is an issue with our screens. The fact that palying the .mov in Quicktime results in the correct display. It seems that something is happening in iDVD.
Hi Klaus, some additional information. There is also a colour shift particularly in the reds. The skin tones are impacted as a result of their red content. - Sorry about the typos in the previous reply.
Hi
Just a ("stupid") thought.
Did You Calibrate Your Mac Screen ?
Yours Bengt W
Hi Bengt,
Yes all our screens, both Mac and PC, laptop and desktop, have been calibrated using a Datacolor Spyder 3 Elite.
Images look great when using all software other than iDVD, so it is still looking like the problem lies with what iDVD is doing to the images. While iDVD is not PC based, the images look the same across platforms (Mac and PC). When playing the .mov using Quicktime, the images look great.
Possibly doesn't get noticed that much with the masses as most of them don't have calibrated monitors.
My last resort is to modify the TV display when playng DVDs made with iDVD.
Maybe I will search out some alternate software.
Thanks for people's comments.
Cheers,
Mike
Yes all our screens, both Mac and PC, laptop and desktop, have been calibrated using a Datacolor Spyder 3 Elite.
There is your answer, and I am wondering why you did this?
Hi Klaus,
Me thinks you jest my good man.....
Again I repeat, in every other application, the images look the way they are meant to be.
Only in iDVD do they become "corrupted".
Anyone who has anything to do with digital imaging knows you should calibrate your monitors.
An industry standard calibrated environment is a must when dealing with a digital imaging environment.
iDVD is screwing up the images ad making them darker.
Quicktime isn't.
iPhoto isn't.
Photoshop isn't.
Capture One Pro isn't.
Adobe Bridge isn't.
Camera Raw isn't.
InDesign isn't.
Acrobat isn't.
I can list many more applications on both PCs and Macs that correctly display the images.
iDVD is the only one that screws them up!!!!!
Are you seriously suggesting that calibrating our monitors is the cause of iDVD displaying images incorrectly and different to all of the above mentioned software?
Me thinks you jest my good man.....
Kind regards,
Mike
No not joking, just an exercise in primitive logic! 🙂
The problem has not been reported here before AFAIK, nor has the use of Datacolor Spyder 3 Elite.
Ipso facto etc!
But you may be entirely correct!
why does a .mov slideshow look much darker when played with idvd
