Re: Bleeding red on monitors

Hi Ken,

I have a scene in my FCP 7 timeline that has an Elmo stuffed animal which is extremely red causing that color to bleed on some monitors (usually SD ones). I don't want to desaturate the entire scene. I've applied the RGB Limit filter which pulls the red down on the RGB scope. The scene looks fine on my 27" iMac but I'm not sure if it will be improved on the other monitors.

Can you suggest anything else that I might try to de-intensify the red?

Thanks,
Phil

Not sure about that, but I have four kids and Elmo makes my ears bleed.

LOL

Have you tried the 3 way color corrector?
If you drop it on the clip, open up the control panel then way down at the bottom click the discloser triangle to open up the Limit effect menu. Select your red with the eye dropper and adjust it as you like.

How are you hooking it up to the SD monitors? With composite the red will bleed A LOT! With s-video the red will still bleed but everything will be much improved. Component and RGB should look near perfect depending on make, model and calibration.

Yes, Joe, it happens on TVs with RCA patches hooked up to the DVD player. Like I said, it looks OK on my iMac but I have no control over how it looks on other monitors or TVs. The one where the complaint is coming from is an old TV. Going back to my days in TV commercial post-production, the worry was always how much the red would bleed on the average TV despite looking great on the studio RGB calibrated monitor. In this instance, I had warned the director about this when the scene was shot. But of course, it was the old story: "You can fix it in post."

Tell them that this is 2015 and there is no need for composite any more. At least step up to the late 90's with s-video. Problem solved... or at least improved!