On Sun, 20 Jan 2002 18:34:01 -0000, "James" wrote:

>Hi. I'm trying to correct some footage in Premiere 6, which I shot when it
>was getting late at night. The footage isn't too bad if I view it on a TV
>screen, but I want to edit the levels, etc, to get the colours, brightness,
>contrast, etc. a bit better.
>
>The problem is, I've got my monitor set up using Adobe Gamma for Photoshop
>which is perfect for Photoshop, but in Premiere the video footage appears
>darker that it actually is.
>
>I'm using two 17" Sony Trinitron monitors running from a Matrox G450
>Graphics card. Is there a way I can either calibrate my monitor more
>accurately, or output to a TV screen so I can see the changes whilst I'm
>editing.
>
>How do you guys get around this problem?
>
>I've heard people mention "pass-through" from their computer to other
>devices via their camcorder, is it possible to have the PC connected to the
>camcorder via firewire, and the camcorder connected to TV via the analogue
>out to preview my changes directly on the TV screen?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>PS. The camcorder is a Sony DCR-PC110e

Without calibration instruments, the best one can do is
set up your TV to show the best possible image with the
widest range of broadcast material (I took off the TV back
and adjusted the color - but newer TVs appear better than
older ones for color balance...). You can then use this as
a reasonable reference for setting up the camera VF
brightnesses (and more, if possible) so the VF is a
reasonable predictor of exposure (and color saturation
and balance, etc., if possible to adjust these on the
camera). With this, you can reference the computer
monitor to the TV (by connecting the FireWire to the
camera, and the reference TV to the camera and matching
up the monitor the best you can to the TV image). Since
the resultant monitor image will look "wrong" for most
other purposes, it is useful to have a dual-monitor
set-up, as you do, and leave the other monitor set up
for judging still images, web pages, etc.