Video setting for Sony Artisan?

KevinCarter · #1 08-23-2007, 08:43 PM

My HD video is looking horrid and some folks think it may be becuase of my calibration.
I went to the little dropdown and everything is web and print. Is there a "video" setting somehow for this monitor?

Tim Smith · #2 08-23-2007, 10:53 PM

I remember there being a "photo" profile along with the print and web spaces, but no video. I don't think Sony is supporting the Artisan software any longer either. At least in terms of upgrading it.

AndrewRodney · #3 08-24-2007, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by KevinCarter

My HD video is looking horrid and some folks think it may be becuase of my calibration.
I went to the little dropdown and everything is web and print. Is there a "video" setting somehow for this monitor?

Those set contrast ratio. Web is probably your best option for video. Sounds more like the issue is you've got ugly (or non color managed) video. There's no reason it should look ugly if everything in Photoshop looks fine.

KevinCarter · #4 08-24-2007, 10:34 PM

Yeah I don't get it. This is video shot in HD, looks great on the LCD and also on a TV from camera, but after captured by Final Cut Express, looks horrid, yellow, flat, groos. I'm at a loss.

AndrewRodney · #5 08-25-2007, 11:29 AM

I'd look into what's going on with Final Cut.

BobSmith · #6 08-25-2007, 12:08 PM

a real long shot guess here. Are you by any chance using a two monitor setup? I run into problems like this from time to time on a Powerbook that's used both alone and with external monitors. Progams like Photoshop color manage two displays just fine. Most programs don't. They color manage based on whichever monitor is shown as the system default. That profile is used for both screens. On my setup, every now and then the default display will get set back to the laptop LCD without me knowing it. That can make things on the external display look horrible as it's trying to apply the laptop LCD profile to what's on the external display. Things look fine in Photoshop because it's still properly applying each individual monitor's profile to what's displayed on that particular monitor. Most other programs don't do that. They just use the system default for everything. The ColorSync utility will tell you which display is the default... and let you redefine it if its not correct. I have to check this so often that I've taken to keeping the ColorSync utility in the dock.

Bob Smith