Can you change brightness when importing... at DVinfo.net

John Vincent · December 1st, 2006, 03:59 PM

using PP2? We had some dark footage shot on a JVC 100 and wanted to import/capture it while jacking up the brightness levels as it was being digitized.

Is this even possible? Are any changes to brightness/color/etc. possible as you're digitizing? It would save mucho mucho rendering time....

If so, how? Thanks in advance -

john
evilgeniusentertainment.com

Chris Barcellos · December 1st, 2006, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by John Vincent

using PP2? We had some dark footage shot on a JVC 100 and wanted to import/capture it while jacking up the brightness levels as it was being digitized.

Is this even possible? Are any changes to brightness/color/etc. possible as you're digitizing? It would save mucho mucho rendering time....

If so, how? Thanks in advance -

john
evilgeniusentertainment.com

I don't think so. When you are capturing, you are pulling the ones and zeros of the tape, to a disk file being created. In DV cases that stream is also viewable on the capture monitor in most applications, but I am not aware that you can actually change the properties.

John Vincent · December 5th, 2006, 10:26 AM

That's what I thought... Thanks anyway!

john
evilgeniusentertainment.com

John Miller · December 5th, 2006, 11:13 AM

I skipped over this message when I saw PP2 thinking it meant the HD memory cards. But I realize it means Premiere Pro 2.0.

Anyway, if you are capturing SD DV via Firewire (I'm not familiar with the JVC 100), you can use our DV processor to do exactly what you are after. It has a proc amp for adjusting brightness, chroma, phase etc etc on the fly during capture. If you have already captured the video, you can do it with the existing AVIs, too.

See my profile for website link.

John Vincent · December 5th, 2006, 11:22 AM

Not SD, HD. Is it possible with HD?

john
evilgeniusentertainment.com

John Miller · December 5th, 2006, 02:04 PM

Not currently.

We hope to extend it to HD (i.e., the HD forms of DV, not MPEG2-based HDV) if the product is successful.

December 1st, 2006, 03:59 PM	#1
John Vincent Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,065	Can you change brightness when importing... using PP2? We had some dark footage shot on a JVC 100 and wanted to import/capture it while jacking up the brightness levels as it was being digitized. Is this even possible? Are any changes to brightness/color/etc. possible as you're digitizing? It would save mucho mucho rendering time.... If so, how? Thanks in advance - john evilgeniusentertainment.com

December 5th, 2006, 10:26 AM	#3
John Vincent Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,065	That's what I thought... Thanks anyway! john evilgeniusentertainment.com

December 5th, 2006, 11:13 AM	#4
John Miller Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hillsborough, NC, USA Posts: 968	I skipped over this message when I saw PP2 thinking it meant the HD memory cards. But I realize it means Premiere Pro 2.0. Anyway, if you are capturing SD DV via Firewire (I'm not familiar with the JVC 100), you can use our DV processor to do exactly what you are after. It has a proc amp for adjusting brightness, chroma, phase etc etc on the fly during capture. If you have already captured the video, you can do it with the existing AVIs, too. See my profile for website link.

December 5th, 2006, 11:22 AM	#5
John Vincent Trustee Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,065	Not SD, HD. Is it possible with HD? john evilgeniusentertainment.com

December 5th, 2006, 02:04 PM	#6
John Miller Major Player Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hillsborough, NC, USA Posts: 968	Not currently. We hope to extend it to HD (i.e., the HD forms of DV, not MPEG2-based HDV) if the product is successful.