On Wed, 30 Sep 1998 21:09:01 -0500, Martin wrote:

>Is it possible to control video settings such as brightness, contrast,
>saturation, hue, etc. through Radius and other brands of FireWire cards
>when inputting video in Premiere and other video capture applications?
>
>I have the Apple Firewire card and controlling the video settings during
>video input is not possible. My indoor video is too dark, and I cannot
>correct that via the firewire connection. However, if I use S-Video from
>my miniDV camcorder to my G3 AV card, then I can adjust the video
>settings, but I bought this firewire for a reason . . .

The FireWire system is a method of bringing already digitized material
into the computer (whole, as is...). Bringing the video footage in as
analogue material adds D-to-A conversion in the camera and A-to-D
conversion in the computer, with both resultant (at least slight)
image quality reduction, and the opportunity to modify the image
characteristics "on the fly"... (I use the A-to-D conversion ability
of my TRV-9 to improve the TRV-9 image with a video EQ...). More
time consuming, but possibly with higher-quality results, is bringing
the digitized material into the computer as is, then modifying it
with an editing program. Best of all is shooting it right in the
first place, of course...;-) BTW, does the indoor footage look good
on a TV (one that broadcast material also looks good on), but just
dark on the computer monitor? If so, I would not modify the original
footage, just the monitor set-up...