Re: reduce luminance not making my movie safe!
"actually, i never have problems with footage so the capture card isn't even involved-"
If you're outputting to tape then the capture card/codec combination is involved. You need to know how it handles video. There wouldn't be any problem with the video you capture because the card/codec combination has been matched. It's only when you add elements created on your computer that you need to know how the levels and luminance values are handled. Only then can you make the right decision and apply the right settings to your footage.
If you are rendering titles over a black background you can easily get into trouble with the AVID codecs if your whites are above about 190 RGB. It's the difference between white and black that gets you into trouble. In many cases, simply putting an adjustment layer on top of your timeline and applying levels with output black set to 16 and output white set to 235 will fix most titles. If there's a lot of contrast in your titles you may have to go farther.
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Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 11:33:07 -0700